Harbor Acres, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Danbury Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43440. It stands on Catawba Island. The Survey maps it on the Gypsum quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
13 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1901 USGS Put-In-Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Put In Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gypsum quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Gypsum quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Gypsum quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Gypsum quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Put-In-Bay quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Put-In-Bay quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 7,572 shownMuseums hold 7,572 specimens collected within 10 miles of Harbor Acres between 1871 and 1975: 6,321 Animalia, 1,090 Plantae, 141 Fungi, 9 Chromista, 6 Protozoa, 5 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. F. Satterthwait, A. J. Eames 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) | 1898 | not recorded | Portage River |
![]() | Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791) | 1898 | United States Fish Commission | Sandusky Bay |
![]() | Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) | 1898 | United States Fish Commission & W. Kendall | Sandusky Bay near mouth of Sandusky River |
![]() | Carex L. | 1871 | H. Gillman | Put-in-bay Island, Lake Erie. |
![]() | Astragalus canadensis var. canadensis | 1872 | T. Morong | Shores of the Is. at Put-in-Bay. Lake Erie |
![]() | Mentha arvensis var. glabrata (Benth.) Fernald | 1872 | T. Morong | Put-in-Bay Is. Lake Erie. On the lake shore. |
![]() | Solidago hispida Muhl. ex Willd. | 1872 | T. Morong | Put-in-Bay Island, Lake Erie |
![]() | Diphasiastrum complanatum (L.) Holub | 1878 | Roberts, Thomas | Put-in Bay;;;; |
![]() | Maianthemum trifolium (L.) Sloboda | 1878 | Juni, B. | Put in Bay;;;; |
![]() | Anemone canadensis L. | 1881 | Mertz, H. | Put-in-Bay |
![]() | Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br. | 1881 | Mertz, H.N. | Put-in-Bay |
![]() | Cerastium arvense f. oblongifolium (Torr.) Pennell | 1881 | Mertz, H.N. | Put-in-Bay |
All 7,572 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
6 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Harbor Acres: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marblehead Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| American Mine No 2 | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| American Mine Number 2 Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lower Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| U.S. Gypsum Mill | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| United States Gypsum Co. Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foxhaven | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Gem Beach | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Violet (historical) | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Catawba Island | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Piccola (historical) | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Danbury | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lakeside | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Gypsum | 4.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1083399. 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.
























