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Centerville, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Prospect Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43342. The Survey maps it on the Prospect quadrangle.

Centerville within Marion County

Then and now

1924 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Centerville, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Centerville, surveyed 1924

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 366 shown

Museums hold 366 specimens collected within 10 miles of Centerville between 1892 and 1975: 354 Animalia, 8 Fungi, 4 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Ogilvie, Acker, G., Baumgartner, L. 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 Catocala habilis Grote, 1872Catocala habilis Grote, 18721959not recordedCamp Owens
Specimen of Elasmus albizziae Burks, 1965Elasmus albizziae Burks, 19651964J. Peacock[Not Stated]
A photograph of the species Galium circaezans, not of this specimenGalium circaezans Michx.1892E E BogueProspect
A photograph of the species Fusarium culmorum, not of this specimenFusarium culmorum (Wm.G.Sm.) Sacc.1919Lewis H. L.Marion
A photograph of the species Helminthosporium teres, not of this specimenHelminthosporium teres Sacc.1919MCFARLAND F. T.Marion
A photograph of the species Puccinia graminis, not of this specimenPuccinia graminis Pers.1919MCFARLAND F. T.Prospect
A photograph of the species Puccinia rubigo-vera, not of this specimenPuccinia rubigo-vera var. tritici (Erikss.) Carleton1919MCFARLAND F. T.Marion
A photograph of the species Photinus pyralis, not of this specimenPhotinus pyralis (Linnaeus, 1767)1923not recordedMarion
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans Baird, 18541929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Grand Twp: along Tymochtee Cr., Marion Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)McDonald Creek, within Bowling Green township, near La Rue, Bowling Green township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)McDonald Creek, within Bowling Green township, near La Rue, Bowling Green township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma spectabile, not of this specimenEtheostoma spectabile (Agassiz, 1854)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)McDonald Creek, within Bowling Green township, near La Rue, Bowling Green township

All 366 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 11 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Centerville: 6 producers, 5 past producers. 6 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
Fleming PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Fleming PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Green Camp Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Green Camp Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Penry DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Penry DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Prospect Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Prospect SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ri Alto PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Union Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Newmans2.8 miles12
Green Camp3.1 miles13
Gast Corner3.3 miles12
Prospect4.2 miles12
Owens4.9 miles13
Country Club Hills5.1 miles13
Quarry Estates5.2 miles13
Eagle Creek5.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056784. 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.