Valleywood, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Beavercreek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45430. The Survey maps it on the Bellbrook quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
14 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1913 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Waynesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Bellbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Bellbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Bellbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Bellbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Bellbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Bellbrook quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 273 shownMuseums hold 273 specimens collected within 10 miles of Valleywood between 1839 and 1975: 246 Animalia, 11 Fungi, 10 Plantae, 5 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. H. Bauer, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross, Arden R. Gaufin 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Dinorthis Hall & Clarke, 1892 (fossil) | 1921 | Carl O. Dunbar | RR cut at new dam 4 or 5 mi E of Dayton |
![]() | Allium canadense L. | 1839 | not recorded | Dayton. 1 mi. northeast. |
| Phalangium esculentum Nutt. | 1839 | not recorded | Dayton. 1 mi. northeast. | |
![]() | Sagittaria sagittifolia L. | 1839 | not recorded | Dayton. 1 mi. northeast. |
![]() | Lanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 1766 | 1896 | Wright, Frank S. | LOCNM: Zenia (near) |
| Calopompilus Ashmead, 1900 | 1902 | D.J. Knull; J.N. Knull | ||
![]() | Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1907 | H VOLLER | DAYTON HUFFMAN PRAIRIE |
![]() | Frullania eboracensis Gottsche | 1911 | Henry S. Jewett | Idlewood, northeast of Dayton, 0.5 to 6 ft. from ground |
![]() | Polistes fuscatus (Fabricius, 1793) | 1918 | W. T. Mabow | Xenia |
![]() | Urocystis occulta (Wallr.) Rabenh. | 1918 | Stover W. G. | Xenia |
| Brachiopoda (fossil) | 1921 | Carl O. Dunbar | RR cut at new dam 4 or 5 mi E of Dayton | |
| Bryozoa (fossil) | 1921 | Carl O. Dunbar | RR cut at new dam 4 or 5 mi E of Dayton |
All 273 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
9 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Valleywood: 7 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawker and Son Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hawker and Son Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Larry Prine Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lary Prine Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Phillips Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pyper Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pyper Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Xenia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Xenia Plant No. 414 & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knollwood | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Zimmerman | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Beavercreek | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Saint John | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Alpha | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| New Germany | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Woodland Hills | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Trebein | 4.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049270. 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.





















