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Molasses Gap, Ohio

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45879. The Survey maps it on the Junction quadrangle.

Molasses Gap within Paulding County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Molasses Gap, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Molasses Gap, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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 734 shown

Museums hold 734 specimens collected within 10 miles of Molasses Gap between 1888 and 1973: 734 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Angle, E. (Eric) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard), Angle, E. (Eric), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Hoschak, J. (John) 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 Epitheca cynosura (Say, 1840)Epitheca cynosura (Say, 1840)1943H. PricePaulding Township, Baily gravel pit
Specimen of Gomphus graslinellus Walsh, 1862Gomphus graslinellus Walsh, 18621943H. PriceKlinger Gravel Pit, Jackson Township
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Micropterus dolomieu, not of this specimenMicropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 18021888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Notropis spilopterus, not of this specimenNotropis spilopterus (Cope, 1867)1888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Notropis stramineus, not of this specimenNotropis stramineus (Cope, 1865)1888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1893P. KirschAuglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
A photograph of the species Chelydra serpentina, not of this specimenChelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)1893not recordedDefiance, Auglaize River
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651893P. KirschAuglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
A photograph of the species Ictalurus punctatus, not of this specimenIctalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818)1893P. KirschAuglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
A photograph of the species Notropis whipplei, not of this specimenNotropis whipplei (Girard, 1856)1893P. KirschAuglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
A photograph of the species Porzana carolina, not of this specimenPorzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)1910Price, H. (Homer)Paulding, Ohio, USA

All 734 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 Molasses Gap: 3 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Auglaize Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Auglaize PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Baughman Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Baughman Clay MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Paulding 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
Charloe2.6 miles10
Junction3.1 miles10
Canalport3.5 miles10
Fort Brown4.0 miles10
Saint Andrews (historical)4.1 miles10
Goodwin (historical)4.2 miles10
Hedges4.5 miles12
Melrose5.0 miles10

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 Q122541971The 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 1961031. 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.