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

Tamarack Hills, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clear Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45066. It stands on Rapid Run. The Survey maps it on the Springboro quadrangle.

Tamarack Hills within Warren 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 Tamarack Hills, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Tamarack Hills, 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 509 shown

Museums hold 509 specimens collected within 10 miles of Tamarack Hills between 1844 and 1975: 458 Animalia, 42 Plantae, 9 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A Schwartz, A. R. Gaufin, A.C. Borror 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
A photograph of the species Polyporus dryophilus, not of this specimenPolyporus dryophilus Berk.1844Lea T. G.Waynesville
A photograph of the species Lampsilis ovata, not of this specimenLampsilis ovata (Say, 1817)1862Whiteaves, Joseph F.Little Miami Riv., Warren Co.
A photograph of the species Ptychobranchus fasciolaris, not of this specimenPtychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820)1862Whiteaves, Joseph F.Little Miami Riv., Warren Co.
A photograph of the species Actinonaias ligamentina, not of this specimenActinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819)1879Whiteaves, Joseph F.Little Miami Riv., Warren Co.
A photograph of the species Megalonaias gigantea, not of this specimenMegalonaias gigantea (Barnes, 1823)1879Whiteaves, Joseph F.Great Miami Riv.
A photograph of the species Saponaria officinalis, not of this specimenSaponaria officinalis L.1881not recordedLebanon
A photograph of the species Achillea millefolium, not of this specimenAchillea millefolium subsp. millefolium1884Bennett, F.G.Lebanon
A photograph of the species Agrostemma githago, not of this specimenAgrostemma githago L.1884Bennerht, F.G.Lebanon
A photograph of the species Anthemis cotula, not of this specimenAnthemis cotula L.1884Bennett, F.G.[Lebanon]
A photograph of the species Asclepias syriaca, not of this specimenAsclepias syriaca L.1884Berrerlt, F.G.near Lebanon
A photograph of the species Calystegia sepium, not of this specimenCalystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.1884not recordedLebanon
A photograph of the species Campsis radicans, not of this specimenCampsis radicans (L.) Bureau1884Bennett, F.G.Near Lebanon

All 509 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 Tamarack Hills: 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 3 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
Bailey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Embro Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gentry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Plant 9 Sand & Gravel/Moraine MatlSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Warren 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
Royal Springs Estates0.7 miles13
Springboro1.4 miles13
Flat Iron2.6 miles13
Five Points2.9 miles13
Franklin3.1 miles13
Carlisle4.0 miles13
Kenricksville4.5 miles13
Ridgeville4.7 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122557805The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1085205. 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.