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

Cedar Point, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sandusky City. It lies in ZIP code area 44870. The Survey maps it on the Sandusky quadrangle.

Cedar Point within Erie 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 Cedar Point, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Cedar Point, 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 3,614 shown

Museums hold 3,614 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cedar Point between 1860 and 1975: 2,083 Animalia, 1,218 Plantae, 276 Fungi, 30 Chromista, 6 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. Dowdy, A. F. Satterthwait 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 Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)1898United States Fish CommissionSandusky Bay
Specimen of Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)1898United States Fish Commission & W. KendallSandusky Bay near mouth of Sandusky River
Specimen of Elliptio dilatatus (Rafinesque, 1820)Elliptio dilatatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1899not recordedLake Shore, Near East Harbor
A photograph of the species Perca Linnaeus, not of this specimenPerca Linnaeus, 17581860Smithsonian InstitutionSandusky
A photograph of the species Vermivora chrysoptera, not of this specimenVermivora chrysoptera (Linnaeus, 1766)1868No Person (Birds)Taylor
A photograph of the species Macropetalichthys rhapheidolabis, not of this specimenMacropetalichthys rhapheidolabis Norwood & Owen, 1846 (fossil)1881D. S. Young
A photograph of the species Apios tuberosa, not of this specimenApios tuberosa Moench1885Wilkinson, E.Cedar Point
A photograph of the species Spartina pectinata, not of this specimenSpartina pectinata Bosc ex Link1885Wilkinson, E.Cedar Point
A photograph of the species Artemisia caudata, not of this specimenArtemisia caudata Michx.1886Wilkinson, E.Cedar Point
A photograph of the species Panicum virgatum, not of this specimenPanicum virgatum L.1886Wilkinson, E.Cedar Point
A photograph of the species Perca fluviatilis, not of this specimenPerca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 17581886Smithsonian Institution
A photograph of the species Cylindrosporium Grev., not of this specimenCylindrosporium Grev., 18221887Scribner F. L.Kelleys Island

All 3,614 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

8 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Point: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Febus Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Huron PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marblehead Stone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Wagner QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Erie Materials Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Geawe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marblehead QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Soldiers Home QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Erie 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
Sandusky2.5 miles16
Ranch Wood3.5 miles16
Holiday Estates3.6 miles16
MacArthur Park3.7 miles16
Fairview Lanes4.0 miles16
Lions Park4.1 miles16
Lincolnshire4.7 miles16
Baywater Estates4.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056777. 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.