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

Avalon Heights, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Lebanon City. It lies in ZIP code area 45036. It stands on Reeders Run. The Survey maps it on the Lebanon quadrangle.

Avalon Heights within Warren County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Avalon Heights, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Avalon Heights, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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 3,314 shown

Museums hold 3,314 specimens collected within 10 miles of Avalon Heights between 1878 and 1974: 3,083 Animalia, 153 Fungi, 64 Plantae, 11 Unrecorded, 3 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14529, A. Gaufin, A. J. Mix 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 Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)1892H. SmithCreek About 2 Mile NE Of South Lebanon
A photograph of the species Colinus virginianus, not of this specimenColinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Collector(s): unknownFoster Point
A photograph of the species Saponaria officinalis, not of this specimenSaponaria officinalis L.1881not recordedLebanon
A photograph of the species Achillea millefolium, not of this specimenAchillea millefolium subsp. millefolium1884Bennett, F.G.Lebanon
A photograph of the species Agrostemma githago, not of this specimenAgrostemma githago L.1884Bennerht, F.G.Lebanon
A photograph of the species Anthemis cotula, not of this specimenAnthemis cotula L.1884Bennett, F.G.[Lebanon]
A photograph of the species Asclepias syriaca, not of this specimenAsclepias syriaca L.1884Berrerlt, F.G.near Lebanon
A photograph of the species Calystegia sepium, not of this specimenCalystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.1884not recordedLebanon
A photograph of the species Campsis radicans, not of this specimenCampsis radicans (L.) Bureau1884Bennett, F.G.Near Lebanon
A photograph of the species Datura stramonium, not of this specimenDatura stramonium L.1884Bennett, F.G.Lebanon
A photograph of the species Erigeron strigosus, not of this specimenErigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.1884Bennett, F.G.Lebanon
Glechoma hederacea L.1884Bennett, F.G.Lebanon

All 3,314 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

6 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Avalon Heights: 4 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 5 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
Clark Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Dravo South Lebanon PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Freeze PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mason Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Turtlecreek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Watson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Warren 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
Lebanon1.2 miles15
Ridge (historical)1.6 miles15
Hillcrest2.5 miles16
Lelan (historical)3.0 miles15
Hageman3.4 miles16
South Lebanon3.5 miles14
Genntown3.6 miles15
Mary Ellen3.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1057284. 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.