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Flechtner Heights, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44830. The Survey maps it on the Fostoria quadrangle.

Flechtner Heights within Wood County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Flechtner Heights, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Flechtner Heights, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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 155 shown

Museums hold 155 specimens collected within 10 miles of Flechtner Heights between 1894 and 1975: 152 Animalia, 3 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Daiber, F. C. (Frank C.), Daiber, F. C. (Frank C.), Langlois & Kinney, E. C. (Edward Coyle), E. E. Bogue 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 Physoderma zeae-maydis F.J.F.ShawPhysoderma zeae-maydis F.J.F.Shaw1912E. G. ArzbergerStation grounds
A photograph of the species Icterus galbula, not of this specimenIcterus galbula galbula (Linnaeus, 1758)1894Geo W. DeanWayne
A photograph of the species Calicium lenticulare, not of this specimenCalicium lenticulare Ach.1895E. E. Bogue
A photograph of the species Esox vermiculatus, not of this specimenEsox vermiculatus Lesueur, 18461929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Notropis heterolepis, not of this specimenNotropis heterolepis Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 18931929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Hines, J.South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Erimyzon oblongus, not of this specimenErimyzon oblongus claviformis (Girard, 1856)1930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Lepomis gibbosus, not of this specimenLepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)1930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Moxostoma erythrurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)1930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans Baird, 18541931Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)West Millgrove, Wood Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Pseudacris triseriata, not of this specimenPseudacris triseriata (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)1931Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)West Millgrove, Wood Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana clamitans, not of this specimenRana clamitans Latreille, 18011931Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)West Millgrove, Wood Co., Ohio

All 155 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Flechtner Heights: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Macritchie Materials Inc QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wood 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
Madison Addition0.2 miles11
Stearns Crest0.4 miles11
Caldwells Addition0.5 miles11
Perry Center2.9 miles11
Hatton4.5 miles14
West Millgrove4.8 miles11
Risingsun5.3 miles14
Eagleville6.7 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122562414The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1951695. 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.