Vincent, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sheffield Township. The Survey maps it on the Avon quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 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.
- 1901 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Avon quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Avon quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Avon quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Avon quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Avon quadrangle1:24000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,442 shownMuseums hold 1,442 specimens collected within 10 miles of Vincent between 1853 and 1975: 1,035 Animalia, 318 Fungi, 79 Plantae, 6 Unrecorded, 4 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. A. Wright, A. E. Ricksecker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Coniophora byssoides (Pers.) P.Karst. | 1896 | F. D. Kelsey | Oberlin. |
![]() | Stereum lobatum (Kunze ex Fr.) Fr. | 1896 | F. D. Kelsey | Black River, east of Oberlin. |
![]() | Cyathus stercoreus (Schwein.) De Toni | 1899 | A. E. Ricksecker | Lorain County. |
![]() | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | 1853 | Baird, Spencer Fullerton | Black River, below falls at Elyria, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1853 | S. Baird | Black River Elgria Ohio (above falls) |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1853 | S. Baird | Elyria, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma maculatum Kirtland, 1840 | 1853 | S. Baird | Elyria, Ohio |
| Aecidium nesaeae W.R.Gerard | 1894 | Kelsey, F.D. | Lorain County, Ohio | |
![]() | Ammodramus savannarum pratensis (Vieillot, 1818) | 1894 | Jones, L. (Lynds) | Oberlin Field W of Athletic Park, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Aulacomnium palustre (Hedw.) Schwägr. | 1894 | F. D. Kelsey | |
| Carpodacus purpureus purpureus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1894 | Jones, L. (Lynds) | Morgan's Woods, NW Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA | |
| Catharus ustulatus (Nuttall, 1840) | 1894 | Jones, L. (Lynds) | Morgan's Woods, NW Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
All 1,442 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
8 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Vincent: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorain Cnty Hwy Dept. Stone Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Lorain Plant-National Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Plant | ||
| Lorain Plant - Marathon Steel | Iron | Producer | ||
| Lorain Plant - U.S. Steel | Iron | Producer | ||
| Lorain Elyria Sand Company, Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lorain Elyria Sand Company, Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Loraine Loading Dock | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| National Sand & Gravel Co Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheffield | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| South Lorain | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Pikewood Manor | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Penfield Junction | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Elyria | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Crandall | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Lorain | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Sheffield Lake | 4.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049280. 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.
























