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Valleyview Homes, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cleveland City. It lies in ZIP code area 44113. It stands on Kingsbury Run. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Valleyview Homes within Cuyahoga County

Then and now

1903 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Valleyview Homes (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Valleyview Homes (historical), surveyed 1903

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.

In the 1870 county history

23,212 words on this township

The county history of 1870 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Cleveland City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Cleveland City - 23,212 words.

Fires nearby

1 since 2018

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Valleyview Homes (historical) between 2018 and 2018, burning about 0 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
18 March 2018Naturalunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkHILLSIDE ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cuyahoga County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 3,065 shown

Museums hold 3,065 specimens collected within 10 miles of Valleyview Homes (historical) between 1849 and 1975: 2,646 Animalia, 215 Fungi, 124 Plantae, 73 Protozoa, 5 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista, 1 incertae sedis. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. D. Selby, A. G. Newhall 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 Monilia sitophila (Mont.) Sacc.Monilia sitophila (Mont.) Sacc.1894Seymour, Arthur BlissCleveland, O. [Ohio]
Specimen of Osmunda claytoniana L.Osmunda claytoniana L.1894Winkler, H.J.Cleveland.
Specimen of Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.1897Winkler, H.J.Woods, Cleveland.
A photograph of the species Setophaga americana, not of this specimenSetophaga americana (Linnaeus, 1758)1849Jared P. KirtlandRockport
Boraginaceae1850not recordedCleveland.
A photograph of the species Carex canescens, not of this specimenCarex canescens L.1850Illegible collector nameCleveland.
A photograph of the species Catillaria tricolor, not of this specimenCatillaria tricolor (Lam.) Th.Fr.1854G. DixonCleveland, Bousdale Hill
A photograph of the species Melanerpes carolinus, not of this specimenMelanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758)1854Robert KennicottCleveland
A photograph of the species Abrothallus parmeliarum, not of this specimenAbrothallus parmeliarum (Sommerf.) Nyl., 18691860Mudd Wm.Cleveland
A photograph of the species Thryothorus ludovicianus, not of this specimenThryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790)1860not recordedCleveland
A photograph of the species Colaptes auratus, not of this specimenColaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 18981871Collector(s): unknownCleveland
A photograph of the species Timmia megapolitana, not of this specimenTimmia megapolitana Hedw.1871E. N. Claassen

All 3,065 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 20 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Valleyview Homes (historical): 10 unknowns, 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Zirconium, Silica, Halite. 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
(Facility) Hanna Nickel Smelter/ Cleveland, OhNickelPlant
Brush Wellman/ Cleveland, OhioBerylliumProducer
Cleveland MineHalitePast ProducerHalite
Cleveland MineSaltProducer
Cuyahoga Lime Company PlantCalciumProducer
Dock Number 1, Whiskey Island MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Great Lakes-St Lawrence/ ClevelandFluorine-FluoriteProducer
Mcgean Chemical/ Cleveland, OhioAntimonyUnknown
Metallurgical Inc/ Cleveland, OhioIron, AluminumUnknown
N. L. IndustriesLeadUnknown

Every working recorded in Cuyahoga 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
Tremont0.3 miles16
Big Italy1.2 miles16
Little Bohemia1.4 miles16
Cleveland1.7 miles16
The Angle1.7 miles16
Ohio City1.7 miles16
Lakeview Terrace1.9 miles16
Garden Valley2.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1085089. 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.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

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.