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

Spring Valley Estates, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sugarcreek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45370. It stands on Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waynesville quadrangle.

Spring Valley Estates within Greene County

Then and now

1913 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Spring Valley Estates, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Spring Valley Estates, surveyed 1913

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.

In the 1902 county history

3,936 words on this township

The county history of 1902 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Sugarcreek Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Sugarcreek Township - 3,936 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 223 shown

Museums hold 223 specimens collected within 10 miles of Spring Valley Estates between 1896 and 1975: 199 Animalia, 15 Plantae, 8 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. H. Bauer, Arden R. Gaufin, B. G. Berger 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 Leiocolea badensis (Gottsche ex Rabenh.) Jørg.Leiocolea badensis (Gottsche ex Rabenh.) Jørg.1923Mrs. Bayard R. TaylorClifton Gorge
A photograph of the species Lanius ludovicianus, not of this specimenLanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 17661896Wright, Frank S.LOCNM: Zenia (near)
Calopompilus Ashmead, 19001902D.J. Knull; J.N. Knull
A photograph of the species Asplenium rhizophyllum, not of this specimenAsplenium rhizophyllum L.1908Lewis Sylvester HopkinsOhio, Greene county
A photograph of the species Cystopteris bulbifera, not of this specimenCystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.1908L. S. Hopkins
A photograph of the species Woodsia obtusa, not of this specimenWoodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr.1908L. S. Hopkins
A photograph of the species Pipilo erythrophthalmus, not of this specimenPipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)1910Carter, J. B. (James B.)Smith's Creek, Greene, Ohio, USA
Frullania riparia Hampe ex Lehm.1912Henry S. JewettNeff [House] Park
A photograph of the species Polistes fuscatus, not of this specimenPolistes fuscatus (Fabricius, 1793)1918W. T. MabowXenia
A photograph of the species Urocystis occulta, not of this specimenUrocystis occulta (Wallr.) Rabenh.1918Stover W. G.Xenia
A photograph of the species Eurycea bislineata, not of this specimenEurycea bislineata (Green, 1818)1929Walker, C. F. (Charles F.), Hazard, F. O. et al.Clifton Gorge: near springs & edge of creek, Greene Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Eurycea longicauda, not of this specimenEurycea longicauda longicauda (Green, 1818)1929Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.)Clifton Gorge: near springs & at edge of creek, Greene Co., Ohio

All 223 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

8 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Spring Valley Estates: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Coates Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pyper PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pyper PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spring Valley Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Spring Valley Aggregates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Spring Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Spring Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Wilson Site Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Greene 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
Spring Valley1.9 miles13
Bellbrook2.0 miles14
Washington Mills2.1 miles14
Roxanna2.8 miles13
Whites Corner3.9 miles14
Ferry4.2 miles13
Cornstalk4.4 miles15
Beavercreek6.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2517245. 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.