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Perry Center, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44830. The Survey maps it on the Fostoria quadrangle.

Perry Center within Wood County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Perry Center, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Perry Center, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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 242 shown

Museums hold 242 specimens collected within 10 miles of Perry Center between 1894 and 1975: 238 Animalia, 3 Fungi, 1 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. Triplehorn, Daiber, F. C. (Frank C.), Daiber, F. C. (Frank C.) & Daiber, F. C. (Frank C.) 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 Physoderma zeae-maydis F.J.F.ShawPhysoderma zeae-maydis F.J.F.Shaw1912E. G. ArzbergerStation grounds
A photograph of the species Icterus galbula, not of this specimenIcterus galbula galbula (Linnaeus, 1758)1894Geo W. DeanWayne
A photograph of the species Calicium lenticulare, not of this specimenCalicium lenticulare Ach.1895E. E. Bogue
A photograph of the species Esox vermiculatus, not of this specimenEsox vermiculatus Lesueur, 18461929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Fundulus diaphanus, not of this specimenFundulus diaphanus menona Jordan & Copeland, 18771929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Rocky Ford Creek, within Henry township, near Cygnet, Henry township
A photograph of the species Notemigonus crysoleucas, not of this specimenNotemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814)1929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Rocky Ford Creek, within Henry township, near Cygnet, Henry township
A photograph of the species Notropis heterolepis, not of this specimenNotropis heterolepis Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 18931929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Hines, J.South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Erimyzon oblongus, not of this specimenErimyzon oblongus claviformis (Girard, 1856)1930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Lepomis gibbosus, not of this specimenLepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)1930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Moxostoma erythrurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)1930Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)South Branch Portage River, near Bloomdale OH, Perry township
A photograph of the species Mustela nivalis, not of this specimenMustela nivalis allegheniensis (Rhoads, 1901)1930E. L. MoseleyPortage Twp

All 242 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Perry Center: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Macritchie Materials Inc QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Wood 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
West Millgrove2.5 miles11
Stearns Crest2.8 miles11
Hatton2.9 miles14
Flechtner Heights2.9 miles11
Madison Addition3.0 miles11
Caldwells Addition3.3 miles11
Eagleville4.2 miles12
Bloomdale4.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1044387. 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.