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

Pigeye, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union City. It lies in ZIP code area 45322. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Milton quadrangle.

Pigeye within Miami County

Then and now

1905 to 1986

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 Pigeye, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Pigeye, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 1880 county history

74,276 words on this township

The county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Union Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Union Township - 74,276 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 223 shown

Museums hold 223 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pigeye between 1835 and 1975: 204 Animalia, 14 Fungi, 5 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A V DEL, A. Gaufin, A. R. Gaufin 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 UredoUredo1897Prof. W.A. Kellerman
Specimen of Polyporus radicatus Schwein.Polyporus radicatus Schwein.1909ThomasTroy
Specimen of Botryodiplodia (Sacc.) Sacc.Botryodiplodia (Sacc.) Sacc.1921L.M. FennerMill Creek Farm
A photograph of the species Botrypus virginianus, not of this specimenBotrypus virginianus (L.) Michx.1835Joseph C. FrankOhio, Miami [County]
A photograph of the species Cercosporina apii, not of this specimenCercosporina apii (Fresen.) Miura1896Skinner C. W.Troy
Marssonina panattoniana (Berl.) Magnus1896Skinner C. W.Troy
A photograph of the species Lanius ludovicianus, not of this specimenLanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 17661898Collector(s): L. KumleinMilton, Ohio
A photograph of the species Daedalea confragosa, not of this specimenDaedalea confragosa (Bolton) Pers.1906Fischer G. C.Troy
A photograph of the species Cryptosphaeria populina, not of this specimenCryptosphaeria populina (Pers.) Sacc.1923Gravatt A. R.Troy
Dothichiza populina Sacc.1923Gravatt A. R.Troy
Myxosporium platanicola Ellis & Everh.1923Gravatt A. R.Troy
A photograph of the species Bombus impatiens, not of this specimenBombus impatiens Cresson, 18631926not recorded

All 223 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

9 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Pigeye: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 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
Gregory QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gregory QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Phillipsburg QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Haas Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Miller Brothers Gravel, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Miller Brothers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Northmont Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Northmont Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Wenger Road Sand & Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Miami 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
County Line (historical)0.2 miles12
Frederick2.0 miles12
West Milton2.9 miles12
Garland3.2 miles12
Nashville3.4 miles12
Pinebrook Estates3.7 miles12
Kessler4.0 miles12
Ludlow Falls5.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062939. 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.