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.
Then and now
1913 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
13 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1913 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
In the 1902 county history
3,936 words on this townshipThe 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 shownMuseums 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Leiocolea badensis (Gottsche ex Rabenh.) Jørg. | 1923 | Mrs. Bayard R. Taylor | Clifton Gorge |
![]() | Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 1766 | 1896 | Wright, Frank S. | LOCNM: Zenia (near) |
| Calopompilus Ashmead, 1900 | 1902 | D.J. Knull; J.N. Knull | ||
![]() | Asplenium rhizophyllum L. | 1908 | Lewis Sylvester Hopkins | Ohio, Greene county |
![]() | Cystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh. | 1908 | L. S. Hopkins | |
![]() | Woodsia obtusa (Spreng.) Torr. | 1908 | L. S. Hopkins | |
![]() | Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1910 | Carter, J. B. (James B.) | Smith's Creek, Greene, Ohio, USA |
| Frullania riparia Hampe ex Lehm. | 1912 | Henry S. Jewett | Neff [House] Park | |
![]() | Polistes fuscatus (Fabricius, 1793) | 1918 | W. T. Mabow | Xenia |
![]() | Urocystis occulta (Wallr.) Rabenh. | 1918 | Stover W. G. | Xenia |
![]() | Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.), Hazard, F. O. et al. | Clifton Gorge: near springs & edge of creek, Greene Co., Ohio |
![]() | Eurycea longicauda longicauda (Green, 1818) | 1929 | Hine, 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 milesThe 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coates Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pyper Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pyper Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spring Valley Aggregates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Spring Valley Aggregates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spring Valley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Spring Valley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Wilson Site Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bellbrook | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Washington Mills | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Roxanna | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Whites Corner | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Ferry | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Cornstalk | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Beavercreek | 6.4 miles | 14 |
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.






















