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

Joppa, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Vermilion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44089. The Survey maps it on the Berlin Heights quadrangle.

Joppa within Erie County

Then and now

1903 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Joppa, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Joppa, surveyed 1903

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 1,204 shown

Museums hold 1,204 specimens collected within 10 miles of Joppa between 1874 and 1975: 746 Plantae, 364 Animalia, 93 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. Dowdy, A. M. Evans 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 Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T.MooreDennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T.Moore1900Grover, F.O."Dry sandy hillside, shaded
A photograph of the species Carduus nutans, not of this specimenCarduus nutans L.1874Jones, G.T.Berlin Twp., just W of Ceylon
A photograph of the species Macropetalichthys rhapheidolabis, not of this specimenMacropetalichthys rhapheidolabis Norwood & Owen, 1846 (fossil)1881D. S. Young
A photograph of the species Carex gracillima, not of this specimenCarex gracillima Schwein.1892Moseley, E.L.Shinrock
A photograph of the species Catharus fuscescens, not of this specimenCatharus fuscescens fuscescens (Stephens, 1817)1892C. TuttleBerlin Heights
A photograph of the species Salix discolor, not of this specimenSalix discolor Muhl.1892Moseley, E.L.Florence
A photograph of the species Huperzia lucidula, not of this specimenHuperzia lucidula (Michx.) Trevis.1893Moseley, E.L.Vermilion, Furnace Woods
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1894C. RutterVermillion River, Ohio
A photograph of the species Apios tuberosa, not of this specimenApios tuberosa Moench1894Moseley, E.L.Florence
A photograph of the species Aster macrophyllus, not of this specimenAster macrophyllus L.1894Moseley, E.L.Florence Twp
Apocynum sibiricum Jacq.1896Watson, J.R.North Ohio
Aristolochia serpentaria L.1896Simms, C.Berlin

All 1,204 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Joppa: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
Cleveland QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Harris Brothers Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Harris Brothers Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Erie 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
Ashmont (historical)0.9 miles12
Beulah Beach2.0 miles12
Heidelberg Beach2.0 miles12
Ogontz2.1 miles14
Mitiwanga2.3 miles12
Volunteer Bay2.4 miles12
Ruggles Beach2.7 miles12
Florence3.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049990. 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.