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Rickard Acres, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45042. The Survey maps it on the Franklin quadrangle.

Rickard Acres within Butler County

Then and now

1908 to 1986

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 Rickard Acres, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Rickard Acres, surveyed 1908

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.

In the 1905 county history

11,332 words on this township

The county history of 1905 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Madison Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Madison Township - 11,332 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 46 shown

Museums hold 46 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rickard Acres between 1880 and 1973: 30 Animalia, 12 Fungi, 4 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. C. Billups, 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 Adiantum pedatum L.Adiantum pedatum L.1929?Hueston Woods.
Liochlorophis vernalis (Harlan, 1827)1880not recordedMonroe
A photograph of the species Storeria dekayi, not of this specimenStoreria dekayi wrightorum Trapido, 19441880not recordedMonroe
A photograph of the species Thamnophis sirtalis, not of this specimenThamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1880not recordedMonroe
A photograph of the species Physella gyrina, not of this specimenPhysella gyrina (Say, 1821)1898A. C. BillupsMiddletown
A photograph of the species Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, not of this specimenSclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary1911Dohney JohnMiddletown
Myxosporium Link1912Denny M. E.Middletown
Ascobolus aeruginosus (Oeder) Gillet1920Lloyd C. G.Middletown
Corticium Pers., 17941920Lloyd C. G.Middletown
Helotium Tode, 17901920Lloyd C. G.Middletown
Hypocrea lenta (Tode) Berk.1920Lloyd C. G.Middletown
Peniophora longispora (Pat.) Bourdot & Galzin, 19131920Lloyd C. G.Middletown

All 46 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rickard Acres: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Armco Inc/ Middletown, OhioIronUnknown
Middletown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Moorman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Moorman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Moorman Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Butler 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
Poast Town1.1 miles12
North Middletown1.5 miles13
Avalon1.8 miles12
Rose Lawn1.8 miles12
Poast Town Heights2.2 miles12
Harlan Park2.2 miles12
Upper Arlington2.7 miles12
Eldorado2.9 miles13

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 Q122546912The 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 1049121. 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.