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

Taylorsville, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Huber Heights City. It lies in ZIP code area 45424. It stands on Poplar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dayton North quadrangle.

Taylorsville within Montgomery County

Then and now

1904 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Taylorsville, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Taylorsville, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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 902 shown

Museums hold 902 specimens collected within 10 miles of Taylorsville between 1835 and 1975: 761 Animalia, 82 Plantae, 54 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 1 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 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 902 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 12 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Taylorsville: 7 past producers, 4 producers, 1 plant. 5 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
Haas Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rip Rap Road Plant 416 & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Taylorville Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms nearby

3 since 2017

The National Weather Service names Taylorsville in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 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
July 2017Thunderstorm WindTaylorsville$1,000A tree was downed along Rip Rap Road at Taylorsville Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindTaylorsville$100A large branch was downed.
November 2017Flash FloodTaylorsville-East and west bound lanes of Interstate 70 were closed in places due to high water between mile markers 36 and 44.

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
Miami Villa1.2 miles16
Murlin Heights1.8 miles16
Tadmor (historical)2.2 miles14
Vandalia2.5 miles14
Huber Heights2.6 miles16
Hooks Corner3.2 miles16
Sulphur Grove3.3 miles16
Spanker4.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063054. 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.