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

Hunters Chase, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in American Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45807. The Survey maps it on the Elida quadrangle.

Hunters Chase within Allen County

Then and now

1906 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hunters Chase, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Hunters Chase, surveyed 1906

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 379 shown

Museums hold 379 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hunters Chase between 1893 and 1975: 360 Animalia, 18 Fungi, 1 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by *ood, Almen N., Adler, K. K., Amstutz, 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 Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818Alasmidonta marginata Say, 18181908not recordedAuglaize River, Defiance
Specimen of Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)1908Bureau of FisheriesAuglaize River, Defiance
Specimen of Quadrula pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831)Quadrula pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831)1908not recordedAuglaize River, Defiance
A photograph of the species Chrysemys picta, not of this specimenChrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783)1893not recordedCloverdale, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Etheostoma spectabile, not of this specimenEtheostoma spectabile (Agassiz, 1854)1893PH KirschSugar Creek, 2 miles north of Lima; Maumee River dr.
A photograph of the species Lepomis cyanellus, not of this specimenLepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 18191893P. KirschLost Creek, Lima, Ohio
A photograph of the species Lithobates pipiens, not of this specimenLithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782)1893not recordedLima, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Nerodia sipedon, not of this specimenNerodia sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758)1893not recordedLima, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Regina septemvittata, not of this specimenRegina septemvittata (Say, 1825)1893not recordedLima, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Thamnophis sirtalis, not of this specimenThamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1893not recordedLima, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Amanita frostiana, not of this specimenAmanita frostiana (Peck) Sacc.1902C. W. DawsonLima
A photograph of the species Amanita rubescens, not of this specimenAmanita rubescens Pers.1902C. W. DawsonLima

All 379 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 Hunters Chase: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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
Lima PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Lima QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Western Ohio Stone Co. Quarry No. 1Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Western Ohio Stone Co. Quarry No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Allen 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
Allentown1.9 miles14
Elida2.8 miles14
Lima3.4 miles15
Kemp4.3 miles14
Country Estates5.0 miles15
Shady Grove (historical)5.0 miles15
Elmview5.4 miles14
Oakview5.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2651714. 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.