Rowdyville, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 45318. It stands on Painter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Hill quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1911 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
13 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1911 USGS Covington quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Covington quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Pleasant Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Pleasant Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Piqua quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 358 shownMuseums hold 358 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rowdyville (historical) between 1835 and 1973: 327 Animalia, 16 Plantae, 13 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A V DEL, A. Gaufin, A. R. Gaufin 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Quercus macrocarpa Michx. | 1835 | Frank | |
![]() | unnamed | 1897 | F. L. Stevens | Sugar Grove. |
![]() | Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | Sugar Grove |
![]() | Carex albursina E.Sheld. | 1835 | Collector unknown | |
![]() | Carex emmonsii var. muhlenbergii (A.Gray ex Torrey) Rettig | 1835 | Collector unspecified | |
![]() | Gentianella quinquefolia subsp. occidentalis (A.Gray) J.M.Gillett | 1835 | Joseph C. Frank | Ohio, in ditione civitatis Miami |
![]() | Cercosporina apii (Fresen.) Miura | 1896 | Skinner C. W. | Troy |
| Marssonina panattoniana (Berl.) Magnus | 1896 | Skinner C. W. | Troy | |
![]() | Phyllosticta podophylli (M.A.Curtis) G.Winter | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 1766 | 1898 | Collector(s): L. Kumlein | Milton, Ohio |
![]() | Potamogeton amplifolius Tuck. | 1899 | Young, WU | |
![]() | Daedalea confragosa (Bolton) Pers. | 1906 | Fischer G. C. | Troy |
All 358 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rowdyville (historical): 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poeppelman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Steiners Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Steiners Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Wise Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Wise Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mulberry Grove | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sugar Grove | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| West Covington | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Covington | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Meyers (historical) | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Jimtown (historical) | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Circle Hill | 4.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1054013. 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.























