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

Dodo, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Pike Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45344. The Survey maps it on the Donnelsville quadrangle.

Dodo within Clark 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 Dodo, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Dodo, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

19,254 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 Pike Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Pike Township - 19,254 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 215 shown

Museums hold 215 specimens collected within 10 miles of Dodo between 1897 and 1975: 186 Animalia, 16 Plantae, 9 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. N. Leeds, A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross 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 Frullania eboracensis GottscheFrullania eboracensis Gottsche1911Henry S. JewettIdlewood, northeast of Dayton, 0.5 to 6 ft. from ground
A photograph of the species Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa, not of this specimenCeratiomyxa fruticulosa var. arbuscula (Berk. & Broome) Nann.-Bremek., 19751897Thaxter, R.USA, Florida, Cocoanut Grove
A photograph of the species Mermis Dujardin, not of this specimenMermis Dujardin, 18421897F. JohnstonNew Carlisle
A photograph of the species Bombus pensylvanicus, not of this specimenBombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)1903not recordedNew Carlisle
A photograph of the species Bombus impatiens, not of this specimenBombus impatiens Cresson, 18631916not recordedDurbin
A photograph of the species Fissidens osmundoides, not of this specimenFissidens osmundoides Hedw.1929E. C. LeonardDibert Woods, 1.25 miles southeast of Thackery
A photograph of the species Chrosomus erythrogaster, not of this specimenChrosomus erythrogaster (Rafinesque, 1820)1930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Mad River, no precise locality data; 4 miles north of Springfield, German township
Clinostomus elongatus (Kirtland, 1840)1930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Mad River, no precise locality data; 4 miles north of Springfield, German township
Exoglossum laurae (Hubbs, 1931)1930MB TrautmanMad River, trib of the Great Miami River, 4 mi N of Springfield, German Twp
A photograph of the species Parexoglossum hubbsi, not of this specimenParexoglossum hubbsi Trautman, 19311930M. TrautmanOhio, Mad River, Clark County
Parexoglossum laurae Hubbs, 19311930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Mad River, no precise locality data; 4 miles north of Springfield, German township
Carychium exiguum (Say, 1822)1934not recordedEnon

All 215 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dodo: 4 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
New Carlisle Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
New Carlisle Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
New Carlisle Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
New Carlisle Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clark 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
Hampton Woods2.7 miles14
North Hampton2.8 miles14
Willowick3.3 miles13
Windy Acres3.5 miles14
Funderberg (historical)3.7 miles13
New Carlisle3.7 miles13
Anlo3.9 miles14
Dialton4.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064544. 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.