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

Atomic View, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ross Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45013. The Survey maps it on the Shandon quadrangle.

Atomic View within Butler County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Atomic View, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Atomic View, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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.

In the 1905 county history

25,952 words on this township

The county history of 1905 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Ross Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Ross Township - 25,952 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 164 shown

Museums hold 164 specimens collected within 10 miles of Atomic View between 1879 and 1975: 128 Animalia, 28 Plantae, 6 Fungi, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross, Arden R. Gaufin 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 LeptostromataceaeLeptostromataceae1883Prof. W. A. Kellerman
Specimen of Phyllosticta Pers., 1818Phyllosticta Pers., 18181883W. A. KellermanLancaster.
A photograph of the species Calidris melanotos, not of this specimenCalidris melanotos (Vieillot, 1819)1879W. DouglassJones Station
A photograph of the species Mimus polyglottos, not of this specimenMimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758)1879Porter collection, J.B.LOCNM: Jones
A photograph of the species Spiza americana, not of this specimenSpiza americana (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1879Porter, J.B.
A photograph of the species Tringa flavipes, not of this specimenTringa flavipes (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1879Porter collection, J.B.LOCNM: Jones
A photograph of the species Tringa solitaria, not of this specimenTringa solitaria A.Wilson, 18131879Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Bartramia longicauda, not of this specimenBartramia longicauda (Bechstein, 1812)1880Porter collection, J.B.LOCNM: Jones Station
A photograph of the species Charadrius semipalmatus, not of this specimenCharadrius semipalmatus Bonaparte, 18251880not recorded
A photograph of the species Chlidonias niger, not of this specimenChlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)1880Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Porzana carolina, not of this specimenPorzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)1880W. DouglassJones Station
A photograph of the species Tringa melanoleuca, not of this specimenTringa melanoleuca (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1880Porter collection, J.B.

All 164 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 16 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Atomic View: 7 past producers, 7 producers, 2 plants. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
F and C PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
F and C PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fairfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fairfield Plant No. 10 & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Fairfield Plant Number 10 and PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hilltop PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Indian Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Indian Creek Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ross PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ross Plant Number 15 and PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Butler 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
Ross1.3 miles14
Birdland1.6 miles14
Shandon2.4 miles14
Layhigh3.7 miles14
Fairplay4.5 miles16
Brandy Wine5.2 miles16
Alert5.4 miles15
Millville5.5 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122542227The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2353371. 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.