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

Gustavus, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Gustavus Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44417. The Survey maps it on the Gustavus quadrangle.

Gustavus within Trumbull County

Then and now

1907 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gustavus, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Gustavus, surveyed 1907

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 88 shown

Museums hold 88 specimens collected within 10 miles of Gustavus between 1893 and 1973: 80 Animalia, 7 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Brown, Fred, Chamberlin, Earl, Conant, R. (Roger) & Murphy, M. K. 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 Gymnoconia peckiana (Howe) TrotterGymnoconia peckiana (Howe) Trotter1910E.B.Johnston
A photograph of the species Saxifraga virginiensis, not of this specimenSaxifraga virginiensis Michx.1893Chamberlin, EarlCortland
A photograph of the species Diadophis punctatus, not of this specimenDiadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766)1917not recordedKinsman
A photograph of the species Ameiurus nebulosus, not of this specimenAmeiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)1929MB Trautman & asstPymatuming Creek, trib of Shenango River, Southern Vernon Twp
A photograph of the species Esox americanus, not of this specimenEsox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 18461929MB Trautman & asstPymatuming Creek, trib of Shenango River, Southern Vernon Twp
A photograph of the species Esox vermiculatus, not of this specimenEsox vermiculatus Lesueur, 18461929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Pymatuning Creek, within Ex south Vernon township, near Orangeville, Vernon township
A photograph of the species Ictalurus melas, not of this specimenIctalurus melas (Linnaeus, 1758)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Pymatuning Creek, at Kinsman, ~0.1 mi S of Kinsman, Kinsman township
A photograph of the species Ictalurus nebulosus, not of this specimenIctalurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Pymatuning Creek, within Ex south Vernon township, near Orangeville, Vernon township
A photograph of the species Lepomis Rafinesque, not of this specimenLepomis Rafinesque, 18191929MB Trautman & asstPymatuming Creek, trib of Shenango River, Southern Vernon Twp
A photograph of the species Lepomis gibbosus, not of this specimenLepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Pymatuning Creek, within Ex south Vernon township, near Orangeville, Vernon township
A photograph of the species Lepomis macrochirus, not of this specimenLepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 18191929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Pymatuning Creek, at Kinsman, ~0.1 mi S of Kinsman, Kinsman township
A photograph of the species Luxilus cornutus, not of this specimenLuxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817)1929MB TrautmanSmall trib of the Pymaturning, center of Johnston Twnp

All 88 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gustavus: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Kinsman Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kinsman Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Trumbull County

Storms nearby

6 since 2003

The National Weather Service names Gustavus in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2004Thunderstorm WindGustavus$20,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees in northern Trumbull County.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindGustavus$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGustavus-Numerous trees downed in Gustavus.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindGustavus-A tree was blown down on Stoddard Hayes Road in Gustavus Township.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindGustavus-Several large tree branches were blown down in Gustavus near State Route 193 and State Route 87.
June 2003Funnel CloudGustavus-A funnel cloud was observed near the intersection of State Routes 193 and 87 in Gustavus Township. No damage occurred.

Every storm recorded in Trumbull 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
Dlworth1.0 miles12
York (historical)1.8 miles12
Barclay2.2 miles12
Lobaugh2.3 miles12
Farmdale3.5 miles12
Kenilworth3.8 miles12
Stanhope4.1 miles12
Dewey (historical)4.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1079579. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.