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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Ashmont, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Vermilion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44089. It stands on Chappel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vermilion West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ashmont within Erie County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ashmont (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Ashmont (historical), surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,216 shown

Museums hold 1,216 specimens collected within 10 miles of Ashmont (historical) between 1874 and 1975: 748 Plantae, 373 Animalia, 94 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. Dowdy, A. M. Evans and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T.MooreDennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T.Moore1900Grover, F.O."Dry sandy hillside, shaded
A photograph of the species Carduus nutans, not of this specimenCarduus nutans L.1874Jones, G.T.Berlin Twp., just W of Ceylon
A photograph of the species Macropetalichthys rhapheidolabis, not of this specimenMacropetalichthys rhapheidolabis Norwood & Owen, 1846 (fossil)1881D. S. Young
A photograph of the species Carex gracillima, not of this specimenCarex gracillima Schwein.1892Moseley, E.L.Shinrock
A photograph of the species Catharus fuscescens, not of this specimenCatharus fuscescens fuscescens (Stephens, 1817)1892C. TuttleBerlin Heights
A photograph of the species Salix discolor, not of this specimenSalix discolor Muhl.1892Moseley, E.L.Florence
A photograph of the species Huperzia lucidula, not of this specimenHuperzia lucidula (Michx.) Trevis.1893Moseley, E.L.Vermilion, Furnace Woods
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1894C. RutterVermillion River, Ohio
A photograph of the species Apios tuberosa, not of this specimenApios tuberosa Moench1894Moseley, E.L.Florence
A photograph of the species Aster macrophyllus, not of this specimenAster macrophyllus L.1894Moseley, E.L.Florence Twp
Apocynum sibiricum Jacq.1896Watson, J.R.North Ohio
Aristolochia serpentaria L.1896Simms, C.Berlin

All 1,216 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ashmont (historical): 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cleveland QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Harris Brothers Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Harris Brothers Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shinrock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Shinrock Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Erie County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Joppa0.9 miles14
Beulah Beach1.1 miles12
Heidelberg Beach1.1 miles12
Mitiwanga1.4 miles12
Volunteer Bay1.9 miles12
Ruggles Beach1.9 miles12
Ogontz2.5 miles14
Colonial Villa2.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049989. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.