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

Ridge, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45036. It stands on Bee Run. The Survey maps it on the Lebanon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ridge within Warren 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 Ridge (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Ridge (historical), surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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 3,391 shown

Museums hold 3,391 specimens collected within 10 miles of Ridge (historical) between 1850 and 1974: 3,048 Animalia, 253 Fungi, 74 Plantae, 12 Unrecorded, 4 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14529, A. Gaufin, A. J. Mix 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 Ipomoea lacunosa L.Ipomoea lacunosa L.1877Joseph Francis JamesLoveland
Specimen of Puccinia rubella (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) ArthurPuccinia rubella (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Arthur1878James, F.Loveland
Specimen of Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)1892H. SmithCreek About 2 Mile NE Of South Lebanon
A photograph of the species Fomes applanatus, not of this specimenFomes applanatus (Pers.) Fr.1850James D. L.Loveland
A photograph of the species Eragrostis cilianensis, not of this specimenEragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch.1877James, J.F.Loveland
A photograph of the species Polyporus hirsutus, not of this specimenPolyporus hirsutus (Wulfen) Fr.1877James D. L.Loveland
A photograph of the species Rumex altissimus, not of this specimenRumex altissimus Wood1877J. F. JamesLoveland.
A photograph of the species Colinus virginianus, not of this specimenColinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Collector(s): unknownFoster Point
A photograph of the species Fomes scutellatus, not of this specimenFomes scutellatus (Schwein.) Cooke1878James D. L.Loveland
A photograph of the species Justicia americana, not of this specimenJusticia americana (L.) Vahl1878Lloyd, Curtis GatesLoveland
A photograph of the species Polyporus adustus, not of this specimenPolyporus adustus (Willd.) Fr.1879James D. L.Loveland
A photograph of the species Polyporus cinnabarinus, not of this specimenPolyporus cinnabarinus (Jacq.) Fr.1879James D. L.Loveland

All 3,391 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

8 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Ridge (historical): 6 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 7 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
Clark Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Dravo South Lebanon PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Freeze PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mason Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morrow Gravel Plant No 1 Mill & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morrow Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Turtlecreek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Watson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Warren 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
Avalon Heights1.6 miles15
South Lebanon1.8 miles14
Mary Ellen2.2 miles14
Hillcrest2.4 miles16
Lebanon2.7 miles15
Hageman2.9 miles16
Zoar3.3 miles14
Kings Mills3.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067263. 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.