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

Springbrook, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Margaretta Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43464. It stands on Little Pickerel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Vickery quadrangle.

Springbrook within Erie County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Springbrook, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Springbrook, surveyed 1901

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.

In the 1916 county history

7,024 words on this township

The county history of 1916 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Margaretta Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Margaretta Township - 7,024 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 2,433 shown

Museums hold 2,433 specimens collected within 10 miles of Springbrook between 1860 and 1975: 1,554 Animalia, 676 Plantae, 173 Fungi, 29 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. J. Pieters, A. Lewis 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)1898United States Fish CommissionSandusky Bay
Specimen of Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)1898United States Fish Commission & W. KendallSandusky Bay near mouth of Sandusky River
Specimen of Elliptio dilatatus (Rafinesque, 1820)Elliptio dilatatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1899not recordedLake Shore, Near East Harbor
A photograph of the species Perca Linnaeus, not of this specimenPerca Linnaeus, 17581860Smithsonian InstitutionSandusky
A photograph of the species Vermivora chrysoptera, not of this specimenVermivora chrysoptera (Linnaeus, 1766)1868No Person (Birds)Taylor
A photograph of the species Perca fluviatilis, not of this specimenPerca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 17581886Smithsonian Institution
A photograph of the species Laestadia bidwellii, not of this specimenLaestadia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz1889Scribner F. L.Sandusky
A photograph of the species Aster urophyllus, not of this specimenAster urophyllus Lindl.1892Moseley, E.L.Sandusky
A photograph of the species Cystopteris bulbifera, not of this specimenCystopteris bulbifera (L.) Bernh.1892Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln MoseleyCastalia Forest
A photograph of the species Diplazium pycnocarpon, not of this specimenDiplazium pycnocarpon (Spreng.) M.Broun1892Moseley, E.L.Castalia forest
A photograph of the species Gentiana crinita, not of this specimenGentiana crinita Froel.1892Moseley, E.L.Castalia
Albugo bliti (Biv.) Kuntze1896J. C. BogueGypsum

All 2,433 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Springbrook: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
American Mine No 2Gypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Lower MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
U.S. Gypsum MillGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
United States Gypsum Co. MineGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Erie 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
Crystal Rock2.4 miles16
Bay View4.1 miles16
Castalia4.7 miles16
Venice6.2 miles16
Westview Estates6.9 miles16
Baywater Estates7.0 miles16
Weyers7.5 miles18
Lions Park7.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049203. 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.