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Olentangy Estates, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Galion City Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44833. It stands on Rocky Fork. The Survey maps it on the Galion quadrangle.

Olentangy Estates within Crawford County

Then and now

1913 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Olentangy Estates, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Olentangy Estates, surveyed 1913

On record in Olentangy Estates

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 printed 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

12,480 words on this township

History of Crawford County and Ohio : Containing a History of the State of Ohio, from Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time ... a History of Crawford County ... Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men, Etc, published 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Galion City Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Galion City Township - 12,480 words.

Fires near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Olentangy Estates in 2019, burning about 3 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/undetermined1

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
13 October 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15306

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 85 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 85 specimens collected within 10 miles of Olentangy Estates between 1896 and 1971: 72 Animalia, 7 Plantae, 4 Fungi, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Chase, H. (Hazel), F. L. Stevens, F.L. Stevens 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 Peronospora sordida Berk. & BroomePeronospora sordida Berk. & Broome1896F.L. StevensOlentangy Valley
Specimen of Septoria E.M.Fries, 1819Septoria E.M.Fries, 18191896F. L. StevensOlentangy Valley; 40.761724 -82.873517
Specimen of Stereum lobatum (Kunze ex Fr.) Fr.Stereum lobatum (Kunze ex Fr.) Fr.1897W.A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Stereum versicolor, not of this specimenStereum versicolor (Sw.) Fr., 18381897W. A. KellermanGalion.
A photograph of the species Lythrurus fasciolaris, not of this specimenLythrurus fasciolaris (Gilbert, 1891)1927Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)Olentangy River, within Whetstone township, near Martel, Whetstone township
A photograph of the species Notropis photogenis, not of this specimenNotropis photogenis (Cope, 1865)1927Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)Olentangy River, within Whetstone township, near Martel, Whetstone township
A photograph of the species Percina caprodes, not of this specimenPercina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818)1927Wickliff, E. L. (Edward L.)Olentangy River, within Whetstone township, near Martel, Whetstone township
A photograph of the species Parascalops breweri, not of this specimenParascalops breweri (Bachman, 1842)1933Hope, CECrest Line
A photograph of the species Hemaris thysbe, not of this specimenHemaris thysbe Fabricius, 17751939not recordedGalion, Crawford Co., OH
A photograph of the species Lethe portlandia, not of this specimenLethe portlandia (Fabricius, 1781)1939Chase, H. (Hazel)Galion, Crawford Co., OH
A photograph of the species Harkenclenus titus, not of this specimenHarkenclenus titus (Fabricius, 1793)1940not recordedGalion, Crawford Co., OH
A photograph of the species Eacles imperialis, not of this specimenEacles imperialis Drury, 17731941Chase, H. (Hazel)Galion, Crawford Co., OH

All 85 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 Olentangy Estates: 2 past producers. None of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Crawford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Crawford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Crawford 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
Galion0.8 miles13
Spring Valley Court1.8 miles13
Middletown3.4 miles13
Olentangy4.6 miles13
Leesville4.9 miles13
Crestline5.5 miles13
North Robinson5.5 miles13
New Winchester6.3 miles12

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 Q122597874The 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 2514089. 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.