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Mineyahta-on-the Bay, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Danbury Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43440. It stands on Johnson Island. The Survey maps it on the Kelleys Island quadrangle.

Mineyahta-on-the Bay within Ottawa County

Then and now

1916 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mineyahta-on-the Bay, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Mineyahta-on-the Bay, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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 2,547 shown

Museums hold 2,547 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mineyahta-on-the Bay between 1885 and 1975: 1,535 Animalia, 893 Plantae, 105 Fungi, 7 Chromista, 6 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. F. Satterthwait, A. J. Eames 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 Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)1898United States Fish CommissionSandusky Bay
Specimen of Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)1898United States Fish Commission & W. KendallSandusky Bay near mouth of Sandusky River
Specimen of Elliptio dilatatus (Rafinesque, 1820)Elliptio dilatatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1899not recordedLake Shore, Near East Harbor
A photograph of the species Apios tuberosa, not of this specimenApios tuberosa Moench1885Wilkinson, E.Cedar Point
A photograph of the species Spartina pectinata, not of this specimenSpartina pectinata Bosc ex Link1885Wilkinson, E.Cedar Point
A photograph of the species Artemisia caudata, not of this specimenArtemisia caudata Michx.1886Wilkinson, E.Cedar Point
A photograph of the species Panicum virgatum, not of this specimenPanicum virgatum L.1886Wilkinson, E.Cedar Point
A photograph of the species Cylindrosporium Grev., not of this specimenCylindrosporium Grev., 18221887Scribner F. L.Kelleys Island
A photograph of the species Laestadia bidwellii, not of this specimenLaestadia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz1887F.L. Scribner
A photograph of the species Microsphaera ravenelii, not of this specimenMicrosphaera ravenelii Berk.1887F. S. EarleCatawba Island
A photograph of the species Oidium Link, not of this specimenOidium Link, 18091887F.L. Scribner
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1894C. RutterEast end Sandusky Bay, Ohio

All 2,547 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mineyahta-on-the Bay: 3 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Huron PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marblehead Stone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Geawe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marblehead QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Ottawa 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
Marblehead1.9 miles13
Lakeside2.1 miles13
Piccola (historical)2.1 miles13
Violet (historical)3.5 miles13
Danbury4.8 miles16
Harbor Acres5.4 miles13
Gem Beach5.8 miles13
Foxhaven5.8 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q122562149The 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 1065784. 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.