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Robin Park, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Oberlin City. It lies in ZIP code area 44074. The Survey maps it on the Oberlin quadrangle.

Robin Park within Lorain County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Robin Park, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Robin Park, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,777 shown

Museums hold 1,777 specimens collected within 10 miles of Robin Park between 1852 and 1975: 920 Animalia, 601 Fungi, 220 Plantae, 15 Protozoa, 13 Chromista, 8 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. E. Recksecker, A. E. Ricksecker, A. J. Pieters 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 Cantharellus minor PeckCantharellus minor Peck1896F.D. KelseyNear Oberlin
Specimen of Polyporus arcularius (Batsch) Fr.Polyporus arcularius (Batsch) Fr.1896Kelsey, Francis DuncanKipton
Specimen of Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) WattDryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt1899Ricksecker, A.E.Wood 4 miles south of Oberlin.
A photograph of the species Fagus grandifolia, not of this specimenFagus grandifolia Ehrh.1852Drège
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1853Baird, Spencer FullertonBlack River, below falls at Elyria, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma blennioides, not of this specimenEtheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 18191853S. BairdBlack River Elgria Ohio (above falls)
A photograph of the species Etheostoma caeruleum, not of this specimenEtheostoma caeruleum Storer, 18451853S. BairdElyria, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma maculatum, not of this specimenEtheostoma maculatum Kirtland, 18401853S. BairdElyria, Ohio
A photograph of the species Accipiter cooperii, not of this specimenAccipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828)1894Dawson, W. L. (William Leon)Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA
Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel1894F.D. KelseyOberlin
Biscogniauxia atropunctata (Schwein.) Pouzar1894F. D. KelseyOberlin.
Botrychium virginianum subsp. virginianum1894Dick, W.M.Oberlin.

All 1,777 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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
Oberlin1.1 miles14
Shiperd Circle1.8 miles14
Kipton3.8 miles12
Pittsfield3.8 miles12
South Amherst4.6 miles12
Nickelplate (historical)4.6 miles14
Henrietta4.9 miles12
Camden5.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1079608. 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.

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