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

Flat Iron, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clear Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45066. It stands on Gander Run. The Survey maps it on the Springboro quadrangle.

Flat Iron within Warren County

Then and now

1913 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Flat Iron, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Flat Iron, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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 2,834 shown

Museums hold 2,834 specimens collected within 10 miles of Flat Iron between 1844 and 1975: 2,772 Animalia, 46 Plantae, 16 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A Schwartz, A. R. Gaufin, A.C. Borror 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
A photograph of the species Polyporus dryophilus, not of this specimenPolyporus dryophilus Berk.1844Lea T. G.Waynesville
A photograph of the species Lampsilis ovata, not of this specimenLampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)1862Whiteaves, Joseph F.Little Miami Riv., Warren Co.
A photograph of the species Ptychobranchus fasciolaris, not of this specimenPtychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820)1862Whiteaves, Joseph F.Little Miami Riv., Warren Co.
A photograph of the species Actinonaias ligamentina, not of this specimenActinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819)1879Whiteaves, Joseph F.Little Miami Riv., Warren Co.
A photograph of the species Megalonaias gigantea, not of this specimenMegalonaias gigantea (Barnes, 1823)1879Whiteaves, Joseph F.Great Miami Riv.
A photograph of the species Saponaria officinalis, not of this specimenSaponaria officinalis L.1881not recordedLebanon
A photograph of the species Achillea millefolium, not of this specimenAchillea millefolium subsp. millefolium1884Bennett, F.G.Lebanon
A photograph of the species Agrostemma githago, not of this specimenAgrostemma githago L.1884Bennerht, F.G.Lebanon
A photograph of the species Anthemis cotula, not of this specimenAnthemis cotula L.1884Bennett, F.G.[Lebanon]
A photograph of the species Asclepias syriaca, not of this specimenAsclepias syriaca L.1884Berrerlt, F.G.near Lebanon
A photograph of the species Calystegia sepium, not of this specimenCalystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.1884not recordedLebanon
A photograph of the species Campsis radicans, not of this specimenCampsis radicans (L.) Bureau1884Bennett, F.G.Near Lebanon

All 2,834 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 Flat Iron: 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 3 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
Bailey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Embro Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gentry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Plant 9 Sand & Gravel/Moraine MatlSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Warren 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
Springboro1.6 miles13
Tamarack Hills2.6 miles13
Red Lion2.8 miles15
Royal Springs Estates3.2 miles13
Pekin3.3 miles13
Franklin3.5 miles13
Hunter3.5 miles16
Merrittstown3.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048740. 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.