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Saint Nicholas, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Big Spring Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43316. The Survey maps it on the New Riegel 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
1901 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1901 USGS Fostoria quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Fostoria quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS New Riegel quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS New Riegel quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS New Riegel quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 19 shownMuseums hold 19 specimens collected within 10 miles of Saint Nicholas (historical) between 1929 and 1966: 14 Animalia, 4 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Cunningham J. L., Cunningham, J. L., P. W. Smith 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | East Branch Wolf Creek, within central Hopewell township, near Tiffin, Hopewell township |
 | Notropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | East Branch Wolf Creek, within central Hopewell township, near Tiffin, Hopewell township |
 | Ambystoma texanum (Matthes, 1855) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Woods on Fostoria-Carey Rd., near Carey, Big Spring Twp., Seneca Co., Ohio |
 | Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Woods on Fostoria-Carey Rd., near Carey, Big Spring Twp., Seneca Co., Ohio |
 | Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Woods on Fostoria-Carey Rd., near Carey, Big Spring Twp., Seneca Co., Ohio |
 | Rana clamitans Latreille, 1801 | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Woods on Fostoria-Carey Rd., near Carey, Big Spring Twp., Seneca Co., Ohio |
| Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary | 1958 | Cunningham, J. L. | Alvada | |
| Erysiphe cichoracearum DC. | 1961 | Cunningham J. L. | Alvada | |
| Microsphaera alni (DC.) G.Winter | 1961 | Cunningham J. L. | Alvada | |
 | Phyllachora graminis (Pers.) Fuckel | 1961 | Cunningham J. L. | Alvada |
 | Puccinia polygoni-amphibii Pers. | 1961 | Cunningham J. L. | Alvada |
| Taeniopteryx Pictet, 1841 | 1966 | P.W. Smith |
All 19 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchtown | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Adrian | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| Berwick | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Springville | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| New Riegel | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Alvada | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Brookpark Estates | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hopewell Estates | 8.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1060685. 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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