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Waterloo, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1984. It lies in ZIP code area 43110. It stands on Dove Run. The Survey maps it on the Canal Winchester quadrangle.

Waterloo within Franklin County

Then and now

1925 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Waterloo, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Waterloo, surveyed 1925

On record in Waterloo

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 5 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 printed 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.

Fires near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Waterloo between 2012 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning2

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
7 March 2012Debris and open burning25 acresWayne National ForestSR 522
7 November 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15924

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 615 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 615 specimens collected within 10 miles of Waterloo between 1895 and 1975: 604 Animalia, 6 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Plantae, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. A. Petrovic, C. H. R., Caldwell 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
Erysiphe cichoracearum DC.1895F.L. Stevens
A photograph of the species Allocapnia vivipara, not of this specimenAllocapnia vivipara (Claassen, 1924)1896not recorded
A photograph of the species Ameiurus melas, not of this specimenAmeiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)1897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonMasons Run, Franklin County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Cambarus robustus, not of this specimenCambarus robustus Girard, 18521897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonAlum Creek
A photograph of the species Etheostoma maculatum, not of this specimenEtheostoma maculatum Kirtland, 18401897Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll)Big Walnut Creek, near confluence with Alum and Blacklick Creeks, 2.0 miles NW of Groveport OH, NW Madison Township
Etheostoma sciotense Osburn & Williamson, 18981897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonBig Walnut Creek, tributary of Scioto River, Ohio
A photograph of the species Fundulus notatus, not of this specimenFundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonMasons Run, Franklin County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Hypentelium nigricans, not of this specimenHypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817)1897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonScioto Big Run, Franklin County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Moxostoma anisurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque, 1820)1897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonOhio or New York, Franklin County, Big Walnut
A photograph of the species Moxostoma erythrurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)1897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonOhio or New York, Franklin County, Big Walnut
A photograph of the species Notemigonus crysoleucas, not of this specimenNotemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814)1897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonScioto Big Run, Franklin County, Ohio
Noturus gyrinus (Mitchill, 1817)1897Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll) & Williamson, E. B.Mason Run, Big Walnut and Mason's Run, Franklin County, township n/a

All 615 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
Kramers Addition1.0 miles16
Lombardy Heights1.3 miles16
Washington Knoll1.3 miles16
Beckley Addition1.5 miles16
Winchester Park Addition1.5 miles16
Villas At Charleston Lake2.1 miles16
The Villages At Winchester2.2 miles16
Lehman Estates2.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049296. 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.