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

Frank, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Thompson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44811. The Survey maps it on the Flat Rock quadrangle.

Frank within Seneca County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Frank, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Frank, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 32 shown

Museums hold 32 specimens collected within 10 miles of Frank between 1911 and 1969: 25 Animalia, 6 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C A Foster, Caldwell, Collector(s): R. F. Lozin 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 Botrychium dissectum Spreng.Botrychium dissectum Spreng.1969Jones, G.T.In moist deciduous woods. Thompson Twp., 1 mi. n. of West Lodi.
Specimen of Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.1969Jones, G.T.In moist deciduous woods Thompson Twp., 3 mi. w. of Flat Rock.
Specimen of Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) WattDryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt1969Jones, G.T.in swampy deciduous woods Thompson Twp., 4 miles west of Flat Rock.
A photograph of the species Butorides virescens, not of this specimenButorides virescens virescens (Linnaeus, 1758)1911Collector(s): R. F. LozinAttica
A photograph of the species Molothrus ater, not of this specimenMolothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783)1911Rolla F. LozierAttica, 1 mile South of
A photograph of the species Sturnella magna, not of this specimenSturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758)1911R. LozierAttica, 1/2 miles south of
A photograph of the species Zonotrichia melodia, not of this specimenZonotrichia melodia melodia Stotz et al., 19961911Rolla F. LozierAttica
A photograph of the species Colaptes auratus, not of this specimenColaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 18981912R. Lozier2 Miles Southwest of Attica
A photograph of the species Esox vermiculatus, not of this specimenEsox vermiculatus Lesueur, 18461929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Honey Creek, near Attica, ~0.9 mi SW of Attica, Venice township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Honey Creek, near Attica, ~0.9 mi SW of Attica, Venice township
A photograph of the species Notropis umbratilis, not of this specimenNotropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Honey Creek, near Attica, ~0.9 mi SW of Attica, Venice township
Polytrichum juniperinum Hedw.1933R. F. DawsonAttica

All 32 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 Frank: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, 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
Bellevue QuarryLimestone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Flat Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bellevue QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Northern Ohio Stone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Seneca 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
Thomsontown (historical)1.9 miles12
Reedtown2.7 miles12
Flat Rock3.2 miles12
Fireside3.8 miles12
Omar4.6 miles12
West Lodi4.6 miles12
Cooper6.5 miles12
Attica Junction7.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064672. 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.