Era, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Darby Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43143. It stands on Opossum Run. The Survey maps it on the Five Points quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
14 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1911 USGS Era quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Era quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Era quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Five Points quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Five Points quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Five Points quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Five Points quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 674 shownMuseums hold 674 specimens collected within 10 miles of Era between 1901 and 1975: 649 Animalia, 24 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Abbott, R; and others, Abbott, R; vonder Heyden, Jonna, Bartley, F. 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq. | 1901 | C. S. Mead | Big Darby Creek |
![]() | Lenzites betulinus (L.) Fr. | 1902 | Kellerman, W.A. | Big Darby |
![]() | Ambystoma tigrinum (Green, 1825) | 1932 | not recorded | Darbyville, Pickaway Co., Ohio |
![]() | Hyla versicolor LeConte, 1825 | 1932 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Darbyville, Pickaway Co., Ohio |
![]() | Ruellia humilis Nutt. | 1935 | Delzie Demaree | John Bryan State Park, Yellow Springs |
![]() | Anisothecium varium (Hedw.) Mitt. | 1936 | F. Bartley | Deercreek Township |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1939 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Big Darby Creek,~2.6 miles dst SR 316, ~2 miles SSE of Darbyville OH, Muhlenberg Township |
![]() | Cyprinella whipplei Girard, 1856 | 1939 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Big Darby Creek,~2.6 miles dst SR 316, ~2 miles SSE of Darbyville OH, Muhlenberg Township |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1939 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Big Darby Creek,~2.6 miles dst SR 316, ~2 miles SSE of Darbyville OH, Muhlenberg Township |
![]() | Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817) | 1949 | Nibling, M. F. (Mary F.) | Big Darby Creek, within Darby township, near Orient, Darby township |
![]() | Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818 | 1975 | Abbott, R; vonder Heyden, Jonna | Darby Creek |
![]() | Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) | 1975 | Abbott, R; vonder Heyden, Jonna | Darby Creek |
All 674 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
1 since 2016The National Weather Service names Era in 1 storm report between 2016 and 2016: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Hail | Era | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derby | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Five Points | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Orient | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Darbyville | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Matville | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Grange Hall | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Crownover Mill | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pherson | 8.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061060. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.

























