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

Powhattan, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Urbana Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43078. The Survey maps it on the Urbana East quadrangle.

Powhattan within Champaign County

Then and now

1914 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Powhattan, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Powhattan, surveyed 1914

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.

In the 1881 county history

94,624 words on this township

The county history of 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Urbana Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Urbana Township - 94,624 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,376 shown

Museums hold 1,376 specimens collected within 10 miles of Powhattan between 1838 and 1975: 1,057 Animalia, 244 Plantae, 58 Fungi, 11 Unrecorded, 5 Protozoa, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant, A. R. Gaufin, A. R. Gaufin, H. H. Ross 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 Dryopteris × boottii (Tuck.) Underw.Dryopteris × boottii (Tuck.) Underw.1874Beardslee, H.C.Cedar Swamp
Specimen of Frullania riparia Hampe ex Lehm.Frullania riparia Hampe ex Lehm.1877J. E. Biddlecome
A photograph of the species Acer negundo, not of this specimenAcer negundo L.1838Samples, JohnUrbana
A photograph of the species Pylaisiadelpha tenuirostris, not of this specimenPylaisiadelpha tenuirostris (Bruch & Schimp. ex Sull.) W.R.Buck1842W. S. SullivantCedar Swamps, 6 mi S of Urbana
A photograph of the species Radula complanata, not of this specimenRadula complanata (L.) Dumort.1843A. Gray; W. S. Sullivantprope Urbana Ohionis
A photograph of the species Radula obconica, not of this specimenRadula obconica Sull.1843Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivantnear Urbana
A photograph of the species Cratoneuron filicinum, not of this specimenCratoneuron filicinum (Hedw.) Spruce1875H. J. Biddlecome
A photograph of the species Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus, not of this specimenRhytidiadelphus triquetrus (Hedw.) Warnst.1875Hannah J. BiddlecomeUrbana
A photograph of the species Sphagnum girgensohnii, not of this specimenSphagnum girgensohnii Russow1875Hannah J. BiddlecomeUrbana
A photograph of the species Thuidium delicatulum, not of this specimenThuidium delicatulum (Hedw.) Schimp.1875Hannah J. BiddlecomeUrbana
A photograph of the species Trichocolea tomentella, not of this specimenTrichocolea tomentella (Ehrh.) Dumort.1875H. J. BiddlecomeUrbana
A photograph of the species Bryoandersonia illecebra, not of this specimenBryoandersonia illecebra (Hedw.) H.Rob.1876Hannah J. BiddlecomeUrbana

All 1,376 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 Powhattan: 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. 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
Miller Excavating Urbana PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Roberts PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Roberts Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Urbana PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Champaign 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
Catawba Station2.2 miles14
Mutual3.8 miles14
Urbana5.6 miles15
Bowlusville5.9 miles15
Mechanicsburg7.4 miles12
Hagenbaugh (historical)7.5 miles13
Crimville (historical)8.4 miles13
Kingscreek8.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1057937. 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.