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Britney Acres, Ohio

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Anderson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45255. The Survey maps it on the Withamsville quadrangle.

Britney Acres within Hamilton County

Then and now

1898 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Britney Acres, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Britney Acres, surveyed 1898

Compare 1898 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 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 1881 county history

54,177 words on this township

The county history of 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Anderson Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Anderson Township - 54,177 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 3,904 shown

Museums hold 3,904 specimens collected within 10 miles of Britney Acres between 1827 and 1975: 2,392 Fungi, 913 Animalia, 296 Protozoa, 271 Plantae, 24 Unrecorded, 8 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Braun, A. F. Braun, A. 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 Microsphaera diffusa Cooke & PeckMicrosphaera diffusa Cooke & Peck1899Aiken, Walter H.Cincinnati
Specimen of Puccinia extensicola Plowr.Puccinia extensicola Plowr.1900Aiken, Walter H.Cincinnati
A photograph of the species Sebacina calcea, not of this specimenSebacina calcea (Pers.) Bres.1827Lloyd C. G.Linwood
A photograph of the species Rhus venenata, not of this specimenRhus venenata DC.1830Clark, JosephNorth of Cincinnati
A photograph of the species Carex comosa, not of this specimenCarex comosa Boott1835Collector unspecifiedIn citivate Ohio prope Cincinnati. [Inferred locality from precise loc.]
A photograph of the species Carex lupulina, not of this specimenCarex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd.1835Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Carex shortiana, not of this specimenCarex shortiana Dewey & Torr.1835FrankIn pratis aquosis prope Cincinnati civ. Ohio communis.
A photograph of the species Carex sparganioides, not of this specimenCarex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd.1835Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Carex amphibola, not of this specimenCarex amphibola Steud.1837Collector unknownIn citivate Ohio prope Cincinnati.
A photograph of the species Carex suberecta, not of this specimenCarex suberecta (Olney) Britton1837Collector unspecifiedCincinnati.
Asterostroma cervicolor (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Massee1897Lloyd C. G.Eden Park
Asterostroma muscicola (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Massee1897Lloyd C. G.Eden Park

All 3,904 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Britney Acres: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
Brewer Co Plant No 10 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Newtown PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plant Number 3 Newtown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Hamilton 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
Asbury0.4 miles21
Cherry Grove1.0 miles21
Forestville1.1 miles21
Huntcrest Acres1.4 miles21
Eightmile1.8 miles21
Forest Hills Estates1.9 miles21
Fruit Hill1.9 miles21
Mount Summit1.9 miles21

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 Q122549863The 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 1048552. 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.