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Grandview Heights, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Johnson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43072. It stands on Ground Hog Island. The Survey maps it on the Saint Paris quadrangle.

Grandview Heights within Champaign County

Then and now

1914 to 1992

The 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 sheet of Grandview Heights, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Grandview Heights, surveyed 1914

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 322 shown

Museums hold 322 specimens collected within 10 miles of Grandview Heights between 1892 and 1974: 284 Animalia, 24 Plantae, 12 Fungi, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Gaufin, H. H. Ross, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross, Andrew R. Moldenke 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 Brachythecium oxycladon (Brid.) A.JaegerBrachythecium oxycladon (Brid.) A.Jaeger1926E.C. LeonardChapmans Creek, 1 mile east of Thackery
A photograph of the species Cylindrosporium padi, not of this specimenCylindrosporium padi P.Karst.1892Dormire Geo.Carysville
A photograph of the species Phalaris arundinacea, not of this specimenPhalaris arundinacea L.1916EC LeonardChapman's [Chapman] Creek E of Thackery.
A photograph of the species Lycoperdon perlatum, not of this specimenLycoperdon perlatum Pers.1921Leonard Emery C.Thackery Miller's woods near home farm, 1 1/4 mi. E of Thackery
A photograph of the species Porella platyphylla, not of this specimenPorella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.1921E. C. LeonardMiller's Woods, about 1 mile northeast of Thackery
A photograph of the species Rhynchostegium serrulatum, not of this specimenRhynchostegium serrulatum (Hedw.) A.Jaeger1921E. C. LeonardMiller's Woods, about 1 mile northeast of Thackery
A photograph of the species Bryum caespiticium, not of this specimenBryum caespiticium Hedw.1925E. C. LeonardIn Dibert's woods 1 mi E of Thackery
A photograph of the species Campylophyllum hispidulum, not of this specimenCampylophyllum hispidulum (Brid.) Hedenäs1925E. C. LeonardDibert's Woods, 1 mi. E of Thackery
A photograph of the species Hygroamblystegium tenax, not of this specimenHygroamblystegium tenax subsp. orthocladon (P.Beauv.) Wijk & Margad.1925E. C. LeonardIn Dibert's woods 1 mi E of Thackery
A photograph of the species Anomodon attenuatus, not of this specimenAnomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Huebener1926E. C. LeonardFolty's woods 1/4 mi SE of Thackery
A photograph of the species Cribraria intricata, not of this specimenCribraria intricata Schrad., 17971926Leonard, G. M.1/4 mi. southeast of Thachery
Entodon cladorrhizans (Hedw.) Müll.Hal.1926E. C. LeonardFolty's Woods, 0.5 mi. SE of Thackery

All 322 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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
Carysville1.9 miles13
Rosewood2.4 miles13
Millerstown3.3 miles13
Paris Court West3.6 miles13
Saint Paris4.0 miles13
Crayon4.1 miles13
Paris Court East4.3 miles12
Eris6.6 miles13

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.

Wikipedia article on Grandview HeightsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q85764304The 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 1048800. 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.