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

Taylorsburg, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Trotwood City. It lies in ZIP code area 45426. The Survey maps it on the Trotwood quadrangle.

Taylorsburg within Montgomery County

Then and now

1905 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Taylorsburg, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Taylorsburg, surveyed 1905

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 944 shown

Museums hold 944 specimens collected within 10 miles of Taylorsburg between 1835 and 1975: 795 Animalia, 82 Plantae, 59 Fungi, 4 Unrecorded, 3 Protozoa, 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 Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr.Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr.1897H. W. Anderson
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 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
A photograph of the species Podophyllum peltatum, not of this specimenPodophyllum peltatum L.1839Nagel, J.J.; J.G. HauptDayton. 1 m. SE

All 944 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Taylorsburg: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Olive Road QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Haas Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Northmont Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Northmont Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Tipp Stone PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Tipp Stone Plant No 2 & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Wenger Road Sand & Gravel Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms nearby

6 since 2015

The National Weather Service names Taylorsburg in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2021: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2017Thunderstorm WindTaylorsburg$2,000Trees were knocked down at the intersection of Taywood and Westbrook Roads.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindTaylorsburg$1,000Numerous large branches were downed and a gazebo was destroyed near the intersection of East Westbrook Road and Taywood Road.
July 2019Flash FloodTaylorsburg$1,000Two vehicles were trapped in high water on Salem Avenue.
June 2021HailTaylorsburg-no account filed
June 2021HailTaylorsburg-no account filed
April 2015HailTaylorsburg-no account filed

Every storm 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
Pinchtown (historical)0.5 miles13
Northview1.0 miles13
Happy Corners1.4 miles13
Stringtown1.4 miles13
Kinsey1.5 miles13
Regina Heights1.7 miles13
Irvington1.8 miles13
Sixmile2.0 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 Q122567514The 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 1061676. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.