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

Ashwood, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Defiance Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43512. The Survey maps it on the Defiance West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ashwood within Defiance County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ashwood (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Ashwood (historical), surveyed 1907

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 466 shown

Museums hold 466 specimens collected within 10 miles of Ashwood (historical) between 1858 and 1974: 455 Animalia, 7 Plantae, 4 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Angle, E. (Eric) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard), Angle, E. (Eric), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Hoschak, J. (John), Athearn, Herbert D. 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 Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)1908not recordedAuglaize River, Defiance
Specimen of Gomphus spicatus Hagen, 1854Gomphus spicatus Hagen, 18541945H. PriceKrill's Lake
A photograph of the species Trifolium subcaulescens, not of this specimenTrifolium subcaulescens A.Gray1858J. S. NewberryFort Defiance
A photograph of the species Moxostoma anisurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque, 1820)1860unknownBrunersburg
A photograph of the species Moxostoma erythrurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)1860unknownBrunersburg
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Micropterus dolomieu, not of this specimenMicropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 18021888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Notropis spilopterus, not of this specimenNotropis spilopterus (Cope, 1867)1888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Notropis stramineus, not of this specimenNotropis stramineus (Cope, 1865)1888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Megascops asio, not of this specimenMegascops asio naevius1891J. O. Snyderunspecified
A photograph of the species Accipiter cooperii, not of this specimenAccipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828)1892J. O. Snyderunspecified
A photograph of the species Cardinalis cardinalis, not of this specimenCardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1892J. O. Snyderunspecified

All 466 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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
The Bend3.6 miles11
Brunersburg5.1 miles12
Cooks Rolling Hills5.3 miles12
Millers Rolling Hills Estates5.4 miles12
Sherwood5.5 miles11
Williamstown5.7 miles12
Defiance5.7 miles12
North Town Estates5.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1057292. 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.

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