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

Byron, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Bath Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45385. The Survey maps it on the Yellow Springs quadrangle.

Byron within Greene County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Byron, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Byron, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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 962 shown

Museums hold 962 specimens collected within 10 miles of Byron between 1839 and 1975: 710 Animalia, 142 Plantae, 103 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A JOHN, A. H. Bauer 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 Dinorthis Hall & Clarke, 1892Dinorthis Hall & Clarke, 1892 (fossil)1921Carl O. DunbarRR cut at new dam 4 or 5 mi E of Dayton
Specimen of Leiocolea gillmanii (Austin) A.EvansLeiocolea gillmanii (Austin) A.Evans1922William Bayard Taylor; G. H. ConklinClifbore[sp?] Gorge
Specimen of Leiocolea badensis (Gottsche ex Rabenh.) Jørg.Leiocolea badensis (Gottsche ex Rabenh.) Jørg.1923Mrs. Bayard R. TaylorClifton Gorge
A photograph of the species Allium canadense, not of this specimenAllium canadense L.1839not recordedDayton. 1 mi. northeast.
Phalangium esculentum Nutt.1839not recordedDayton. 1 mi. northeast.
A photograph of the species Sagittaria sagittifolia, not of this specimenSagittaria sagittifolia L.1839not recordedDayton. 1 mi. northeast.
A photograph of the species Bidens bipinnata, not of this specimenBidens bipinnata L.1870J Y Bergen; T L BergenYellow Springs
A photograph of the species Rhynchostegium serrulatum, not of this specimenRhynchostegium serrulatum (Hedw.) A.Jaeger1873Collector unspecifiedClifton
A photograph of the species Rhytidium rugosum, not of this specimenRhytidium rugosum (Hedw.) Kindb.1873not recordedClifton
A photograph of the species Thamnobryum alleghaniense, not of this specimenThamnobryum alleghaniense (Müll.Hal.) Nieuwl.1875H. J. BiddlecomeClifton
Brachythecium laetum (Brid.) Schimp.1876not recordedClifton
Brachythecium oxycladon (Brid.) A.Jaeger1876Mrs. Spence

All 962 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Byron: 6 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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
Fairborn Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Fairborn QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Fairborn QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Universal Atlas Cement, Div. OfStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fairborn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Larry Prine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lary Prine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Greene 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
Park Hills Crossing1.8 miles16
Five Points2.2 miles16
Pleasant View2.4 miles16
Wrightview2.8 miles16
Fairborn3.2 miles16
Goes3.7 miles16
Hennessee (historical)3.8 miles16
Oldtown4.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1038588. 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.