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

Rimer, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sugar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45830. The Survey maps it on the Kalida quadrangle.

Rimer within Putnam County

Then and now

1906 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rimer, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Rimer, surveyed 1906

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 47 shown

Museums hold 47 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rimer between 1893 and 1969: 47 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Everly, L. W. (Laura Wadsworth) & Everly, R. T. (Ray Thomas), P. Kirsch, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences 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
A photograph of the species Cambarus rusticus, not of this specimenCambarus rusticus Girard, 18521893P. KirschSugar Creek, Cloverdale
A photograph of the species Chrysemys picta, not of this specimenChrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783)1893not recordedCloverdale, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Lithobates pipiens, not of this specimenLithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782)1893not recordedCloverdale, Sugar Creek
Eutarsopolipus Berlese, 19131934Everly, L. W. (Laura Wadsworth) & Everly, R. T. (Ray Thomas)Pleasant Township, Putnam Co., OH, U.S.A.
A photograph of the species Orconectes rusticus, not of this specimenOrconectes rusticus (Girard, 1852)1939R. Rhoades & C. ClarkJennings Creek on SR 116
A photograph of the species Ameiurus melas, not of this specimenAmeiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)1956Philadelphia Academy of Natural SciencesOttawa R., 3 mi. NW of Kalida, just W of Rt. 114, ±5 mi. above jct. with Auglaize R. (Station 4)
A photograph of the species Carpiodes cyprinus, not of this specimenCarpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817)1956Philadelphia Academy of Natural SciencesOttawa R., 3 mi. NW of Kalida, just W of Rt. 114, ±5 mi. above jct. with Auglaize R. (Station 4)
A photograph of the species Cyprinus carpio, not of this specimenCyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 17581956Philadelphia Academy of Natural SciencesOttawa R., 3 mi. NW of Kalida, just W of Rt. 114, ±5 mi. above jct. with Auglaize R. (Station 4)
A photograph of the species Dorosoma cepedianum, not of this specimenDorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818)1956Philadelphia Academy of Natural SciencesOttawa R., 3 mi. NW of Kalida, just W of Rt. 114, ±5 mi. above jct. with Auglaize R. (Station 4)
A photograph of the species Esox americanus, not of this specimenEsox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 18461956Philadelphia Academy of Natural SciencesOttawa R., 3 mi. NW of Kalida, just W of Rt. 114, ±5 mi. above jct. with Auglaize R. (Station 4)
Etheostoma olmstedi Storer, 18421956Philadelphia Academy of Natural SciencesOttawa R., 3 mi. NW of Kalida, just W of Rt. 114, ±5 mi. above jct. with Auglaize R. (Station 4)
A photograph of the species Lepomis cyanellus, not of this specimenLepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 18191956Philadelphia Academy of Natural SciencesOttawa R., 3 mi. NW of Kalida, just W of Rt. 114, ±5 mi. above jct. with Auglaize R. (Station 4)

All 47 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rimer: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Rimer QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Rimer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Storms nearby

1 since 1999

The National Weather Service names Rimer in 1 storm report between 1999 and 1999: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1999Thunderstorm WindRimer$2,000Sheriff reported trees down.

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Jones City1.6 miles13
Rushmore2.3 miles14
Seitz3.0 miles13
Vaughnsville3.2 miles13
Fort Jennings4.8 miles13
Clevengers (historical)5.4 miles13
Country Manor Estates5.9 miles13
Douglas6.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061607. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.