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

Seitz, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sugar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45830. The Survey maps it on the Kalida quadrangle.

Seitz within Putnam County

Then and now

1906 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Seitz, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Seitz, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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 132 shown

Museums hold 132 specimens collected within 10 miles of Seitz between 1860 and 1969: 132 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Blyth & Katz, Bureau of Fisheries 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 Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)1893Bureau of FisheriesBlanchard River
Specimen of Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)1893not recordedBlanchard River, Ottawa
Specimen of Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)1893O. E.Blanchard River, Ottawa
A photograph of the species Hybopsis amblops, not of this specimenHybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820)1860unknownBlanchard R. at Ottawa
A photograph of the species Cambarus rusticus, not of this specimenCambarus rusticus Girard, 18521893P. KirschSugar Creek, Cloverdale
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1893P. KirschBlanchard River, Ottawa, Ohio
A photograph of the species Chrysemys picta, not of this specimenChrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783)1893not recordedCloverdale, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Graptemys geographica, not of this specimenGraptemys geographica (Lesueur, 1817)1893not recordedBlanchard River, Ottawa
A photograph of the species Ictalurus punctatus, not of this specimenIctalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818)1893P. KirschBlanchard River, Ottawa, Ohio
A photograph of the species Labidesthes sicculus, not of this specimenLabidesthes sicculus (Cope, 1865)1893P. KirschBlanchard River, Ottawa, Ohio
A photograph of the species Lagochila lacera, not of this specimenLagochila lacera Jordan & Brayton, 18771893Kirsch, P. (Philip)Blanchard River, within Putnam Co, Putnam County, township n/a
A photograph of the species Lithobates pipiens, not of this specimenLithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782)1893not recordedCloverdale, Sugar Creek

All 132 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 Seitz: 2 past producers. None of them 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
Rimer QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Rimer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Putnam 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
Jones City2.6 miles13
Clevengers (historical)2.7 miles13
Vaughnsville2.9 miles13
Rimer3.0 miles13
Kalida4.6 miles13
Rushmore5.1 miles14
Columbus Grove6.3 miles13
Fort Jennings6.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1050107. 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.