Iron City, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43311. The Survey maps it on the Bellefontaine quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 79 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
17 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.
- 1913 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 904 shownMuseums hold 904 specimens collected within 10 miles of Iron City between 1862 and 1975: 854 Animalia, 27 Fungi, 20 Plantae, 2 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A Schwartz, A. D. Selby, A. R. Gaufin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) All. | 1911 | Errard P. | Bellefontaine |
![]() | Enallagma exsulans (Hagen, 1861) | 1930 | E. Williamson & et al. | [Not Stated] |
![]() | Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt | 1937 | Brooks; Barghoorn. Howard. | Soringhills, Harison, OH. Ohio bog |
![]() | Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. | 1862 | W. M. Canby | Belfontaine. |
![]() | Nasturtium officinale R.Br. | 1862 | W. M. Canby | Bellefontaine |
![]() | Protographium marcellus (Cramer, 1777) | 1869 | not recorded | Bellefontaine |
![]() | Otus asio naevius (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) | 1874 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten) | Logan, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Solenostoma crenuliforme (Austin) Steph. | 1877 | not recorded | |
![]() | Gallinago delicata (Ord, 1825) | 1889 | McCormick, L. M. | Oberlin, Logan, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Gallinago gallinago delicata (Ord, 1825) | 1889 | McCormick, L. M. | Beaver Creek, Logan, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Dendroica virens virens (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1891 | McCormick, L. M. | Oberlin, Logan, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède, 1789) | 1893 | not recorded | Logan Co., Ohio |
All 904 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Iron City: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Johnson's Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Logan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Logan Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ropp Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southtowne Meadows | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Bellefontaine | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Zanesfield | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Valley Hi | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Royal Coach Estates | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Gretna | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| New Jerusalem | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Pickrelltown | 5.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1055036. 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.




























