Mina, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in St. Joseph Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43517. The Survey maps it on the Edgerton quadrangle.
Then and now
1914 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 72 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
12 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.
- 1914 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Edgerton quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Edgerton quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Edgerton quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 244 shownMuseums hold 244 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mina between 1893 and 1971: 219 Animalia, 23 Fungi, 2 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Anson A. Hinkley, C.H. Kennedy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Coleosporium asterum (Dietel) Syd. & P.Syd. | 1902 | Kellerman, W.A. | Edgerton |
![]() | Elimia livescens (Menke, 1830) | 1916 | Anson A. Hinkley | St. Joseph River, Edgerton, North America |
![]() | Gomphus laurae (Williamson, 1932) | 1946 | H. Price | St. Joseph's River, St. Joseph Township, taken near mouth of Fish Creek |
![]() | Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836) | 1893 | not recorded | Edgerton, Fish Lake |
![]() | Apalone spinifera (Lesueur, 1827) | 1893 | not recorded | Edgerton |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | St. Joseph River, Edgerton, Ohio |
![]() | Lithobates clamitans (Latreille, 1801) | 1893 | not recorded | Edgerton, Fish Lake |
![]() | Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | St. Joseph River, Edgerton, Ohio |
![]() | Noturus miurus Jordan, 1877 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | St. Joseph River, Edgerton, Ohio |
![]() | Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | St. Josephs River, Edgerton, Ohio |
![]() | Aspidium Sw. | 1895 | Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln Moseley | Florence |
![]() | Coleosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm. | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman | Edgerton |
All 244 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mina: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoffman Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Weber Sand and Gravel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgerton | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Denmark (historical) | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Valley Springs Addition | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Melbern | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| West Buffalo (historical) | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Blakeslee | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Krohns Acres | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Durham Estates | 5.2 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Mina | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133978 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062900. 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.























