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

Bowen, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Richfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43504. The Survey maps it on the Berkey quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bowen within Lucas County

Then and now

1911 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bowen (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Bowen (historical), surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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.

Fires nearby

2 since 2018

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Bowen (historical) between 2018 and 2020, burning about 1 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 March 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOTTAWA LAKE FD 0000040 - 2018
11 October 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOTTAWA LAKE FD 20154 - 2020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lucas County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,310 shown

Museums hold 1,310 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bowen (historical) between 1885 and 1974: 1,173 Animalia, 129 Plantae, 4 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Aaron J. Sharp, Benedict Jr., James, Benedict, James 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
A photograph of the species Bombycilla cedrorum, not of this specimenBombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 18081885Cooper, W.C.Lambertville
A photograph of the species Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, not of this specimenTamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben, 1777)1901Starrett, A.Storrs
A photograph of the species Anodontoides ferussacianus, not of this specimenAnodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834)1913Goodrich, CalvinSilica
A photograph of the species Lampsilis radiata, not of this specimenLampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791)1913Goodrich, CalvinToledo
A photograph of the species Lasmigona compressa, not of this specimenLasmigona compressa (I.Lea, 1829)1913Goodrich, CalvinSilica
A photograph of the species Strophitus undulatus, not of this specimenStrophitus undulatus (Say, 1817)1913Goodrich, CalvinToledo
A photograph of the species Urtica gracilis, not of this specimenUrtica gracilis Aiton1915not recordedSylvania
A photograph of the species Aster firmus, not of this specimenAster firmus Nees1924Moseley, E.L.Spencer Twp
A photograph of the species Aureolaria flava, not of this specimenAureolaria flava (L.) Farw.1924Moseley, E.L.Springfield Twp
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820)1930UnknownTen Mile Creek, West of Toledo
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1930UnknownTen Mile Creek, West of Toledo
Dispharynx spiralis Molin, 18581930R. YeatterBlissfield

All 1,310 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 Bowen (historical): 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Dorr Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Silica QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Silica Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, ClayProducer
Stlica QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Toledo QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Lucas 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
Mitchaw2.1 miles18
Berkey2.2 miles18
Richfield Center2.3 miles18
Centennial2.8 miles15
Silica3.8 miles15
Raab Corners4.2 miles18
Sylvania4.5 miles15
Frankfort5.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1051432. 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.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

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.