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

Tadmor, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Vandalia City. It lies in ZIP code area 45371. It stands on Little Turtle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tipp City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tadmor within Montgomery County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tadmor (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Tadmor (historical), surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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 838 shown

Museums hold 838 specimens collected within 10 miles of Tadmor (historical) between 1835 and 1975: 715 Animalia, 65 Plantae, 54 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. E. Foeerste, A. E. Foerste, A. F. Foerste 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 Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.1881Foerste AF
Specimen of Geaster limbatus Fr.Geaster limbatus Fr.1883A. E. FoeersteDayton
Specimen of UredoUredo1897Prof. W.A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Botrypus virginianus, not of this specimenBotrypus virginianus (L.) Michx.1835Joseph C. FrankOhio, Miami [County]
A photograph of the species Platanthera leucophaea, not of this specimenPlatanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl.1836C. W. ShortDayton
A photograph of the species Erythronium americanum, not of this specimenErythronium americanum Ker Gawl.1837van Cleve, John W.3 mi. north of Dayton
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum macrophyllum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt.1838J. W. Van CleveDayton
A photograph of the species Allium canadense, not of this specimenAllium canadense L.1839not recordedDayton. 1 mi. northeast.
A photograph of the species Cardamine L., not of this specimenCardamine L.1839Sanders, Alfred; J.J. Nagel, J.G. Haupt.Dayton. 1 mile east.
A photograph of the species Cassia marilandica, not of this specimenCassia marilandica L.1839Sanders, AlfredDayton
A photograph of the species Cynoglossum officinale, not of this specimenCynoglossum officinale L.1839not recordedDayton. Suburbs E.
A photograph of the species Nuphar advena, not of this specimenNuphar advena (Aiton) Aiton1839Sanders, Mrs.; J.G. HauptDayton

All 838 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Tadmor (historical): 6 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Southwestern PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wayne QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cassel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cassel Sand & Gravel, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Haas Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Rip Rap Road Plant 416 & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Taylorville Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Taylorville Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Vandalia1.8 miles14
Taylorsville2.2 miles16
Murlin Heights3.2 miles16
Miami Villa3.4 miles16
Sulphur Grove4.0 miles16
Huber Heights4.2 miles16
Spanker5.0 miles16
Hooks Corner5.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1071095. 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.