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

Reids, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Emerald Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45879. The Survey maps it on the Paulding quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Reids within Paulding County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Reids (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Reids (historical), surveyed 1914

Compare 1914 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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 776 shown

Museums hold 776 specimens collected within 10 miles of Reids (historical) between 1888 and 1973: 776 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Angle, E. (Eric) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard), Angle, E. (Eric), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Hoschak, J. (John) 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 Epitheca cynosura (Say, 1840)Epitheca cynosura (Say, 1840)1943H. PricePaulding Township, Baily gravel pit
Specimen of Gomphus graslinellus Walsh, 1862Gomphus graslinellus Walsh, 18621943H. PriceKlinger Gravel Pit, Jackson Township
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Micropterus dolomieu, not of this specimenMicropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 18021888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Notropis spilopterus, not of this specimenNotropis spilopterus (Cope, 1867)1888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Notropis stramineus, not of this specimenNotropis stramineus (Cope, 1865)1888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Chelydra serpentina, not of this specimenChelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)1893not recordedDefiance, Auglaize River
A photograph of the species Porzana carolina, not of this specimenPorzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)1910Price, H. (Homer)Paulding, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Sturnella magna, not of this specimenSturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758)1912Price, H. (Homer)Paulding, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Actitis macularius, not of this specimenActitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766)1916Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Crooked Creek bottoms, Paulding, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Agelaius phoeniceus, not of this specimenAgelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1916Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Crooked Creek bottoms, Paulding, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Bombycilla cedrorum, not of this specimenBombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 18081916Price, H. (Homer)Payne within corporation, Paulding, Ohio, USA

All 776 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Reids (historical): 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite, 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
General Portland Inc Peninsular DivClay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, MagnesiteProducer
Paulding QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Paulding Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Paulding 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
Emmett2.5 miles13
Cecil3.1 miles13
New Rochester3.6 miles13
Paulding4.1 miles13
Renollet (historical)4.7 miles10
Junction5.0 miles10
Molasses Gap5.1 miles10
Arena (historical)5.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063329. 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.