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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Wrightville, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1986. The Survey maps it on the Harrisburg quadrangle.

Wrightville within Franklin County

Then and now

1923 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wrightville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Wrightville, surveyed 1923

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 553 shown

Museums hold 553 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wrightville between 1854 and 1975: 458 Animalia, 58 Fungi, 37 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer, A.J. Sharp, Bachop, W. (William) 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
A photograph of the species Ratibida pinnata, not of this specimenRatibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart1854Buker, W.E.where Rt. 3 crosses Big Darby Creek
A photograph of the species Empidonax virescens, not of this specimenEmpidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818)1877P.N. WheatonColumbus
A photograph of the species Chiloscyphus ascendens, not of this specimenChiloscyphus ascendens (Wilson & Hook.) Sull.1885W. C. WernerGeorgesville
A photograph of the species Frullania eboracensis, not of this specimenFrullania eboracensis Lehm.1890W. C. WernerGeorgesville
A photograph of the species Lophocolea heterophylla, not of this specimenLophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort.1890W. C. WernerGeorgesville
A photograph of the species Tortella humilis, not of this specimenTortella humilis (Hedw.) Jenn.1890W. C. WernerGeorgesville
A photograph of the species Anomodon minor, not of this specimenAnomodon minor (Hedw.) Lindb.1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Cambarus rusticus, not of this specimenCambarus rusticus Girard, 18521897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonHellbranch Run
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonHell Branch, Franklin County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Cottus bairdii, not of this specimenCottus bairdii Girard, 18501897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonBreckinridge Run, Franklin County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Erimyzon sucetta, not of this specimenErimyzon sucetta (Lacepède, 1803)1897R. Osburn & E. WilliamsonHell Branch, Franklin County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Esox americanus, not of this specimenEsox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 18461897not recordedHell Branch, Franklin County, Ohio

All 553 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wrightville: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Madison Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Madison Limestone QuarryDolomite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Skyview Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Skyview Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Georgesville2.5 miles14
Darbydale3.5 miles13
Robroy Estates3.6 miles14
Harrisburg5.4 miles13
Post Oak Country Estates5.5 miles14
Galloway5.8 miles14
Village Park6.0 miles14
Millers (historical)6.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049348. 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.