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

Scioto Meadows, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43137. It stands on Grant Run. The Survey maps it on the Commercial Point quadrangle.

Scioto Meadows within Franklin County

Then and now

1923 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Scioto Meadows, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Scioto Meadows, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

In the 1858 county history

322 words on this township

The county history of 1858 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Jackson Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Jackson Township - 322 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 7,463 shown

Museums hold 7,463 specimens collected within 10 miles of Scioto Meadows between 1814 and 1975: 5,756 Animalia, 1,201 Fungi, 389 Plantae, 86 Chromista, 30 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 19 V 1938 in original publication, Knull, =, ? 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 Cintractia sorghi (Sorokn) De ToniCintractia sorghi (Sorokn) De Toni1900Tyler, F.J.; O. E. JenningsColumbus
Specimen of Sorghum bicolor (L.) MoenchSorghum bicolor (L.) Moench1900Jennings, O.E.Columbus, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Hirundo Linnaeus, not of this specimenHirundo Linnaeus, 17581814not recordedColumbus Ohio, Franklin, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Callimome strobiloides, not of this specimenCallimome strobiloides Huber, 19271821C. HuberColumbus
A photograph of the species Solidago riddellii, not of this specimenSolidago riddellii Frank1832W. A. KellermanA few miles N of Columbus.
A photograph of the species Carex lupulina, not of this specimenCarex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd.1834AnonymousColumbus.
A photograph of the species Anomodon viticulosus, not of this specimenAnomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor1837W. S. SullivantNear Columbus
A photograph of the species Carex bullata, not of this specimenCarex bullata Willd.1837AnonymousColumbus.
A photograph of the species Carex comosa, not of this specimenCarex comosa Boott1837AnonymousColumbus.
A photograph of the species Carex granularis, not of this specimenCarex granularis Muhl. ex Willd.1837AnonymousColumbus.
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans blanchardi Harper, 19471897not recordedNo Further Locality Data
Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel1897Clevenger, J. F.Columbus

All 7,463 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 13 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Scioto Meadows: 7 producers, 5 past producers, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Columbus Limestone #221Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Columbus Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Columbus South #210Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Franklin Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
J.P. Sand and Gravel CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J.P. Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lockbourne No. 213 Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Lockbourne Number 213 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Masons Plant Number 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Masons Plant Number 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Village At Scioto Meadows0.2 miles12
Hennigans Grove0.5 miles12
Zuber (historical)0.8 miles12
Shadeville0.9 miles12
The Crossing At Grants Run1.3 miles12
Grant Run Estates1.5 miles12
Woodfield Oaks1.7 miles12
Ledgestone At Indian Trails1.7 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122561253The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2777925. 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.