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Jim Town, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Bridgewater Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43543. The Survey maps it on the Pioneer quadrangle.

Jim Town within Williams County

Then and now

1914 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jim Town, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Jim Town, surveyed 1914

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.

In the 1905 county history

3,485 words on this township

The county history of 1905 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Bridgewater Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Bridgewater Township - 3,485 words.

Fires nearby

1 since 2019

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Jim Town between 2019 and 2019, burning about 1 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
17 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWRIGHT-WALDRON FIRE & AMBULANCE 0000138 - 2019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williams County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 271 shown

Museums hold 271 specimens collected within 10 miles of Jim Town between 1895 and 1974: 268 Animalia, 2 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Barnes, T. N., Bauer, L. 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 unnamed1897F. L. StevensColumbia.
Specimen of Gomphus exilis Selys, 1854Gomphus exilis Selys, 18541946H. PriceNettle Creek near Nettle Lake
Specimen of Gomphus lividus Selys, 1854Gomphus lividus Selys, 18541946H. PriceNettle Creek, at ripples near Nettle Lake
A photograph of the species Aspidium Sw., not of this specimenAspidium Sw.1895Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln MoseleyFlorence
A photograph of the species Sciurus niger, not of this specimenSciurus niger Linnaeus, 17581926Collector(s): unknownNo specific locality recorded
A photograph of the species Sturnus vulgaris, not of this specimenSturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 17581927Price, H. (Homer)Evansport, Williams, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Nettle Creek, at inlet to Nettle Lake in Northwest township, 4.7 mi S of Camden, Northwest township
A photograph of the species Chaenobryttus gulosus, not of this specimenChaenobryttus gulosus (Cuvier, 1829)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Nettle Lake, Northwest township, ~5.4 mi SE of Camden, Northwest township
A photograph of the species Erimyzon sucetta, not of this specimenErimyzon sucetta kennerlii (Girard, 1856)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Nettle Lake, Northwest township, ~5.4 mi SE of Camden, Northwest township
A photograph of the species Esox vermiculatus, not of this specimenEsox vermiculatus Lesueur, 18461929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Nettle Lake, Northwest township, ~5.4 mi SE of Camden, Northwest township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma microperca, not of this specimenEtheostoma microperca Jordan & Gilbert, 18881929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Nettle Lake, Northwest township, ~5.4 mi SE of Camden, Northwest township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201929MB TrautmanNettle Lake, northern northwest township

All 271 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 Jim Town: 2 past producers. None of them 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
Pioneer Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tri-State Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Williams 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
Greyhound0.5 miles14
Bridgewater Center1.8 miles14
Deer Lick (historical)2.3 miles13
Lake Seneca2.9 miles14
Holiday City3.5 miles13
Pioneer3.6 miles14
Montpelier4.1 miles13
West Woodly Addition4.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1066273. 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.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

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.