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

Oldtown, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Xenia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45385. It stands on Massies Creek. The Survey maps it on the Xenia quadrangle.

Oldtown within Greene County

Then and now

1917 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oldtown, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Oldtown, surveyed 1917

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 1,036 shown

Museums hold 1,036 specimens collected within 10 miles of Oldtown between 1870 and 1975: 766 Animalia, 143 Plantae, 119 Fungi, 6 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A JOHN, A. H. Bauer 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 Dinorthis Hall & Clarke, 1892Dinorthis Hall & Clarke, 1892 (fossil)1921Carl O. DunbarRR cut at new dam 4 or 5 mi E of Dayton
Specimen of Leiocolea gillmanii (Austin) A.EvansLeiocolea gillmanii (Austin) A.Evans1922William Bayard Taylor; G. H. ConklinClifbore[sp?] Gorge
Specimen of Leiocolea badensis (Gottsche ex Rabenh.) Jørg.Leiocolea badensis (Gottsche ex Rabenh.) Jørg.1923Mrs. Bayard R. TaylorClifton Gorge
A photograph of the species Bidens bipinnata, not of this specimenBidens bipinnata L.1870J Y Bergen; T L BergenYellow Springs
A photograph of the species Rhynchostegium serrulatum, not of this specimenRhynchostegium serrulatum (Hedw.) A.Jaeger1873Collector unspecifiedClifton
A photograph of the species Rhytidium rugosum, not of this specimenRhytidium rugosum (Hedw.) Kindb.1873not recordedClifton
A photograph of the species Thamnobryum alleghaniense, not of this specimenThamnobryum alleghaniense (Müll.Hal.) Nieuwl.1875H. J. BiddlecomeClifton
Brachythecium laetum (Brid.) Schimp.1876not recordedClifton
Brachythecium oxycladon (Brid.) A.Jaeger1876Mrs. Spence
A photograph of the species Bryum affine, not of this specimenBryum affine (Blandow ex Funck) Brid.1876Collector unspecifiedClifton
A photograph of the species Eurhynchium hians, not of this specimenEurhynchium hians (Hedw.) Sande Lac.1876H. J. BiddlecomeClifton
A photograph of the species Geocalyx graveolens, not of this specimenGeocalyx graveolens (Schrad.) Nees1876not recordedClifton

All 1,036 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 14 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Oldtown: 9 past producers, 3 producers, 2 plants. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Fairborn Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Fairborn QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Armentrout Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Armentrout Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Haines Road #419Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Larry Prine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lary Prine PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Phillips PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Phillips Sand and Gravel CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Richards and Son Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Greene County

Storms nearby

7 since 2000

The National Weather Service names Oldtown in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2018Thunderstorm WindOldtown$15,000Two houses received structural damage, along with a barn.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindOldtown$6,000A few trees and power poles were downed on Hilltop Road.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindOldtown$5,000Trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindOldtown$4,000Numerous trees were knocked down near the intersection of U.S. 68 and Route 235.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindOldtown$1,000A large tree near Xenia High School was snapped due to thunderstorm winds.
April 2001HailOldtown-no account filed
May 2000HailOldtown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Greene 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
Bryson (historical)0.9 miles14
Pinewood Village2.1 miles14
Goes2.8 miles16
Trebein3.0 miles14
Xenia3.2 miles14
Wilberforce3.3 miles14
Byron4.5 miles16
Alpha4.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065198. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.