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

Sherwood Forest, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Duchouquet Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45895. It stands on Pusheta Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wapakoneta quadrangle.

Sherwood Forest within Auglaize 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 Sherwood Forest, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Sherwood Forest, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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 1,126 shown

Museums hold 1,126 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sherwood Forest between 1882 and 1975: 1,050 Animalia, 71 Plantae, 5 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Wetzstein, Adler, K. K., Albert Wetzstein 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 Sphaerium striatinum (Lamarck, 1818)Sphaerium striatinum (Lamarck, 1818)1893not recordedAuglaize River, Wapakoneta [Wappakoneta]
Specimen of Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) WattDryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt1895Wetzstein, A.St. Marys, Ohio.
Specimen of Equisetum hyemale L.Equisetum hyemale L.1895Wetzstein, A.St. Marys.
A photograph of the species Recurvirostra americana, not of this specimenRecurvirostra americana J.F.Gmelin, 17891882Uller, C. (Clem)St. Marys Res, Auglaize, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Stachys aspera, not of this specimenStachys aspera Michx.1889Wilhelm SchiblerOhio: St. Marys, borders of Canal.
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta viridis, not of this specimenAlasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820)1893Sterki, VictorWapakoneta
A photograph of the species Amblema plicata, not of this specimenAmblema plicata (Say, 1817)1893Sterki, VictorWapakoneta
A photograph of the species Ameiurus nebulosus, not of this specimenAmeiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819)1893P. KirschAnglaize Rver, Wapakaneta, Ohio
A photograph of the species Anodontoides ferussacianus, not of this specimenAnodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834)1893Sterki, VictorWapakoneta
A photograph of the species Cambarunio iris, not of this specimenCambarunio iris (I.Lea, 1829)1893Sterki, VictorWapakoneta
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum (Rafinesque, 1820)1893P. KirschOhio, Auglaize River, Wapakoneta
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1893P. KirschOhio, Auglaize River, Wapakoneta

All 1,126 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 Sherwood Forest: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 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
Buckland Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Buckland QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Auglaize 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
Pusheta Town (historical)1.6 miles15
Wapakoneta1.9 miles15
Colonial Estates2.4 miles15
Buckland3.2 miles14
Bay (historical)4.1 miles14
Moulton4.9 miles14
Glynwood5.3 miles14
Cridersville5.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1071261. 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.