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

Scipio, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Scipio Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44867. The Survey maps it on the Attica quadrangle.

Scipio within Seneca County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Scipio, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Scipio, surveyed 1915

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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 230 shown

Museums hold 230 specimens collected within 10 miles of Scipio between 1894 and 1969: 213 Animalia, 15 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Caldwell, Class, Class & Daiber, F. C. (Frank C.) 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 Puccinia smilacis Schwein.Puccinia smilacis Schwein.1940Cooke, William Bridgenear Rock Creek near Jackson
Specimen of Botrychium dissectum Spreng.Botrychium dissectum Spreng.1969Jones, G.T.In moist deciduous woods. Thompson Twp., 1 mi. n. of West Lodi.
Specimen of Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.1969Jones, G.T.In moist deciduous woods Thompson Twp., 3 mi. w. of Flat Rock.
A photograph of the species Asclepias incarnata, not of this specimenAsclepias incarnata L.1894E. L. MoseleyVenice Township
A photograph of the species Neovison vison, not of this specimenNeovison vison (Schreber, 1777)1902Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, not of this specimenTamiasciurus hudsonicus (Erxleben, 1777)1902not recordedTiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Agelaius phoeniceus, not of this specimenAgelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1903Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Astragalinus Cabanis, not of this specimenAstragalinus Cabanis, 18511903Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Colinus virginianus, not of this specimenColinus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)1903Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio, USA
Dryobates medius1903Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)Tiffin, Seneca, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Lasiurus borealis, not of this specimenLasiurus borealis (Müller, 1776)1903not recordedTiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Marmota monax, not of this specimenMarmota monax (Linnaeus, 1758)1903not recordedTiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio, USA

All 230 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 Scipio: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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
Bloomville QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Bloomville Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Seneca 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
Republic3.4 miles13
Siam4.4 miles12
Attica Junction4.4 miles12
Bloomville4.4 miles13
Attica4.4 miles12
West Lodi4.6 miles12
Caroline4.7 miles12
Cooper4.9 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 Q126363613The 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 1058008. 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.