Eris, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Concord Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43078. It stands on Hog Creek. The Survey maps it on the Northville quadrangle.
Then and now
1914 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 78 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
13 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.
- 1914 USGS St. Paris quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS St. Paris quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS St. Paris quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS St. Paris quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Northville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Northville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,733 shownMuseums hold 1,733 specimens collected within 10 miles of Eris between 1838 and 1975: 1,387 Animalia, 263 Plantae, 64 Fungi, 11 Unrecorded, 7 Protozoa, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant, 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Dryopteris × boottii (Tuck.) Underw. | 1874 | Beardslee, H.C. | Cedar Swamp |
![]() | Frullania riparia Hampe ex Lehm. | 1877 | J. E. Biddlecome | |
![]() | Brachythecium oxycladon (Brid.) A.Jaeger | 1926 | E.C. Leonard | Chapmans Creek, 1 mile east of Thackery |
![]() | Acer negundo L. | 1838 | Samples, John | Urbana |
![]() | Pylaisiadelpha tenuirostris (Bruch & Schimp. ex Sull.) W.R.Buck | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | Cedar Swamps, 6 mi S of Urbana |
![]() | Radula complanata (L.) Dumort. | 1843 | A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant | prope Urbana Ohionis |
![]() | Radula obconica Sull. | 1843 | Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivant | near Urbana |
![]() | Cratoneuron filicinum (Hedw.) Spruce | 1875 | H. J. Biddlecome | |
![]() | Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus (Hedw.) Warnst. | 1875 | Hannah J. Biddlecome | Urbana |
![]() | Sphagnum girgensohnii Russow | 1875 | Hannah J. Biddlecome | Urbana |
![]() | Thuidium delicatulum (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1875 | Hannah J. Biddlecome | Urbana |
![]() | Trichocolea tomentella (Ehrh.) Dumort. | 1875 | H. J. Biddlecome | Urbana |
All 1,733 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Eris: 2 producers. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobs Farm Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Moore's Excavating Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
5 since 2019The National Weather Service names Eris in 5 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eris | $10,000 | Several trees were downed across western Champaign County, including near the intersection of U.S. 36 and Zimmerman Road. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eris | $3,000 | Some power lines were downed. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eris | $250 | Several large tree limbs were downed in Concord Township. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Eris | - | High water was flowing over State Route 560, west of Urbana. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Eris | - | Millerstown-Eris Road; Church Road; the 3000 block of Millerstown Road and several locations along River Road all still had high water reported over them. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northville | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Nettleton (historical) | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Westville | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Millerstown | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Crayon | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lippincott | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Paris Court East | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Paris | 6.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056279. 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.
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.
























