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

The Meadows, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Lake Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43619. It stands on Little Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Walbridge quadrangle.

The Meadows within Wood County

Then and now

1900 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of The Meadows, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of The Meadows, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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 73 shown

Museums hold 73 specimens collected within 10 miles of The Meadows between 1894 and 1975: 71 Animalia, 2 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Aborn, R., C. Rutter, CL & LC Hubbs 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 Carex vulpinoidea Michx.Carex vulpinoidea Michx.1925J. E. Benedict
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1894C. RutterToledo (Perrysburg), Ohio
A photograph of the species Dorosoma cepedianum, not of this specimenDorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur, 1818)1894C. RutterMaumee River at Perrysburg, Ohio
A photograph of the species Hiodon tergisus, not of this specimenHiodon tergisus Lesueur, 18181894C. RutterMaumee River at Perrysburg, Ohio
A photograph of the species Lepisosteus osseus, not of this specimenLepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)1894C. RutterMaumee River at Perrysburg, Ohio
A photograph of the species Lepomis gibbosus, not of this specimenLepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)1894United States Bureau of FisheriesOhio, Maumee River, Perrysburg
A photograph of the species Micropterus dolomieu, not of this specimenMicropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 18021894C. RutterMaumee River at Perrysburg, Ohio
A photograph of the species Micropterus salmoides, not of this specimenMicropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802)1894United States Bureau of FisheriesOhio, Toledo (Perryburg)
A photograph of the species Nocomis Girard, not of this specimenNocomis Girard, 18561894C. RutterMaumee River at Perrysburg, Ohio
A photograph of the species Notemigonus crysoleucas, not of this specimenNotemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814)1894C. RutterMaumee River at Perrysburg, Ohio
A photograph of the species Notropis blennius, not of this specimenNotropis blennius (Girard, 1856)1894C. RutterMaumee River at Perrysburg, Ohio
A photograph of the species Notropis cornutus, not of this specimenNotropis cornutus (Mitchill, 1817)1894C. RutterMaumee River at Perrysburg, Ohio

All 73 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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
Crosswoods0.4 miles17
Woodville Gardens0.4 miles17
Eastpointe on the Mall0.5 miles17
Indian Trail Estates0.5 miles17
Windemere Orchards0.5 miles17
Cedar Creek0.7 miles17
Cresceus Farms0.7 miles17
Turnberry Estates0.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1951992. 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.

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