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Wildcat Woods Estates, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45331. It stands on North Fork Kraut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spartanburg quadrangle.

Wildcat Woods Estates within Darke County

Then and now

1916 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wildcat Woods Estates, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Wildcat Woods Estates, surveyed 1916

Compare 1916 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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 1880 county history

8,300 words on this township

The county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Washington Township - 8,300 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 478 shown

Museums hold 478 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wildcat Woods Estates between 1895 and 1975: 448 Animalia, 18 Plantae, 12 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A VERWYST, A. F. C.; Stover, W. G., Albrecht, C. 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 Calopteryx maculata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)Calopteryx maculata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)1942[Not Stated]Greenville Creek, 2-6 miles southeast of Union City
Specimen of Argia fumipennis violacea (Hagen, 1861)Argia fumipennis violacea (Hagen, 1861)1969B. Montgomery, L. Alward & P. AlwardBaker's Motel, near Norwick
A photograph of the species Dispira americana, not of this specimenDispira americana Thaxt.1895Rush W. H.Greenville
A photograph of the species Etheostoma caeruleum, not of this specimenEtheostoma caeruleum Storer, 18451905Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.)Prairie Outlet, Sec 28 of Neave township, ~0.3 mi NE of Wayne Lakes Park, Neave township
A photograph of the species Etheostoma microperca, not of this specimenEtheostoma microperca Jordan & Gilbert, 18881905Clark, C. F. (Clarence F.)Prairie Outlet, Sec 28 of Neave township, ~0.3 mi NE of Wayne Lakes Park, Neave township
A photograph of the species Clitocybe multiceps, not of this specimenClitocybe multiceps Peck1906H.J. BrememanGreenville
A photograph of the species Peziza vesiculosa, not of this specimenPeziza vesiculosa Bull.1907Lucas, CGreenville
A photograph of the species Amanita phalloides, not of this specimenAmanita phalloides (Vaill. ex Fr.) Secr.1909A. F. C.; Stover, W. G.Greenville
A photograph of the species Clitocybe odora, not of this specimenClitocybe odora (Bull.) P.Kumm.1909Stover, W. G.Greenville
A photograph of the species Panaeolus solidipes, not of this specimenPanaeolus solidipes (Peck) Sacc.1909Stover, W. G.Greenville
A photograph of the species Butorides virescens, not of this specimenButorides virescens virescens (Linnaeus, 1758)1915Householder, V.Ausonia, 1 mi E
A photograph of the species Contopus virens, not of this specimenContopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766)1915Householder, V.Ausonia, 3 mi W

All 478 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wildcat Woods Estates: 1 producer. All of them 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fourmans Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Darke 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
Sharpeye1.1 miles12
Nashville2.0 miles12
Sharps Crossing2.6 miles11
Coletown3.1 miles11
Mount Pleasant (historical)3.2 miles12
Long3.5 miles18
Mount Heron3.8 miles11
Hill Grove4.1 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122596951The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2634658. 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.