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Lyme, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Groton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44811. The Survey maps it on the Bellevue quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lyme within Erie County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Lyme (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Lyme (historical), surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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 county-history sources

2,196 words on this township

A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio, published 1916 names this settlement in its chapter on Groton Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The surface is level; about one-half being prairie, while the northern portion was covered with scrubby timber. The soil of the southern half is black muck, with a sprinkling of sand; while the northern portion has a limestone soil, with a substratum of limestone suitable for building purposes. A small stream runs through the township, rising in Lyme and flowing in a northeasterly direction to Oxford. The Indians gave it the name of Pipe Creek because of a soft stone suitable for making pipes found along its banks. In former times a lime kiln was operated here, but was discontinued, and now the limestone is sent elsewhere to be burned, several kilns being supplied by it.

Passage source: A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio, published 1916.

Groton Township is No. 5, range 24, and is bounded on the north by Margaretta, south by Lyme, in Huron County, east by Oxford, and west by the townships of York and Townsend, in Sandusky County. The following is a list of the original proprietors and those who by inheritance or otherwise came into possession of the original claims:

Passage source: A Standard History of Erie County, Ohio, published 1916.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Groton Township.

Fires near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Lyme (historical) between 2002 and 2002, 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/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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
6 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 873 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 873 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lyme (historical) between 1886 and 1975: 459 Animalia, 391 Plantae, 22 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.C. Borror, Albert Commons, B. Montgomery 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
A photograph of the species Graminopassalora graminis, not of this specimenGraminopassalora graminis (Fuckel) U.Braun, C.Nakash., Videira & Crous1886William Trelease; A. CommonsMadison
A photograph of the species Scolecotrichum graminis, not of this specimenScolecotrichum graminis Fuckel1886Dr. Wm. Trelease; A. Commons(a) Madison, Wis. (b) Faulkland, Del.
A photograph of the species Athyrium pycnocarpon, not of this specimenAthyrium pycnocarpon (Spreng.) Tidestr.1888Steele, E.S.Milan.
A photograph of the species Cystopteris bulbifera, not of this specimenCystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.1892Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln MoseleyCastalia Forest
A photograph of the species Diplazium pycnocarpon, not of this specimenDiplazium pycnocarpon (Spreng.) M.Broun1892Moseley, E.L.Castalia forest
A photograph of the species Gentiana crinita, not of this specimenGentiana crinita Froel.1892Moseley, E.L.Castalia
A photograph of the species Lespedeza capitata, not of this specimenLespedeza capitata Michx.1892Moseley, E.L.Perkins
A photograph of the species Apocynum androsaemifolium, not of this specimenApocynum androsaemifolium L.1896E. L. MoseleyMargaretta Ridge
A photograph of the species Asclepias verticillata, not of this specimenAsclepias verticillata L.1896E. L. MoseleyGroton
A photograph of the species Asplenium rhizophyllum, not of this specimenAsplenium rhizophyllum L.1896Moseley, E.L.Margaretta Ridge
A photograph of the species Bromus ciliatus, not of this specimenBromus ciliatus L.1896Moseley, E.L.Castalia
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P.Beauv.1896Moseley, E.L.Margaretta

All 873 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lyme (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Sandusky Crushed Stone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Sandusky 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
North Monroeville3.0 miles12
Parkertown3.6 miles18
Kimball4.5 miles12
Sand Hill5.0 miles18
Bloomingville5.3 miles12
Weyers5.7 miles18
Prout (historical)6.0 miles12
Castalia7.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067534. 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.