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

Gem City Estates, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Moraine City. It lies in ZIP code area 45439. The Survey maps it on the Dayton South quadrangle.

Gem City Estates within Montgomery 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 Gem City Estates, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Gem City Estates, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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 579 shown

Museums hold 579 specimens collected within 10 miles of Gem City Estates between 1835 and 1975: 420 Animalia, 89 Plantae, 61 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 4 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A JOHN, A JOHN AND W E DUELLMAN, A. E. Foeerste 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 Hypericum mutilum subsp. mutilumHypericum mutilum subsp. mutilum1835Joseph C. FrankGermantown
Specimen of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.1881Foerste AF
Specimen of Geaster limbatus Fr.Geaster limbatus Fr.1883A. E. FoeersteDayton
A photograph of the species Platanthera leucophaea, not of this specimenPlatanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl.1836C. W. ShortDayton
A photograph of the species Erythronium americanum, not of this specimenErythronium americanum Ker Gawl.1837van Cleve, John W.3 mi. north of Dayton
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum macrophyllum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt.1838J. W. Van CleveDayton
A photograph of the species Allium canadense, not of this specimenAllium canadense L.1839not recordedDayton. 1 mi. northeast.
A photograph of the species Cardamine L., not of this specimenCardamine L.1839Sanders, Alfred; J.J. Nagel, J.G. Haupt.Dayton. 1 mile east.
A photograph of the species Cassia marilandica, not of this specimenCassia marilandica L.1839Sanders, AlfredDayton
A photograph of the species Cynoglossum officinale, not of this specimenCynoglossum officinale L.1839not recordedDayton. Suburbs E.
A photograph of the species Iris versicolor, not of this specimenIris versicolor L.1839not recordedDayton. 2 mi. south
A photograph of the species Nuphar advena, not of this specimenNuphar advena (Aiton) Aiton1839Sanders, Mrs.; J.G. HauptDayton

All 579 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 17 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Gem City Estates: 8 past producers, 8 producers, 1 plant. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Olive Road Limestone PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Broadway Sand & Gravel Co. Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Broadway Sand and Gravel IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Broadway Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
East River Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East River Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hilltop PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jackson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jackson Sand Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Moraine Materials Pit No 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Moraine0.4 miles14
Berkley Heights1.2 miles14
Patterson1.5 miles14
Carmonte1.5 miles14
Miami Shores1.6 miles14
Southern Hills1.6 miles14
South Dale1.7 miles14
Dwyer2.3 miles14

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 Q122594499The 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 2542668. 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.