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Wyandot County, Ohio

40 topographic sheets and 24 fire insurance atlases across 4 places.

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8 National Register listings · 30 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1892 to 1921 · the 1884 county history tells 1 stories and names 1 people · people the book names include J. Adam Gottfried (Tymochtee Township, 1913) (machine-read).

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

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Wyandot County within Ohio
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What the record shows

  • 4 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Upper Sandusky, Carey, Nevada, Sycamore, between 1884 and 1948.
  • 24 fire insurance atlas(es) survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 271 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 8 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places, including 2 covered bridges, 2 houses and farms.
  • 5 of the 8 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 25 populated places in this county; 0 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
  • 2 public-domain county histories, 1884 and 1913, supply 229,391 words of narrative reproduced here in full.

What happened here

1 accounts

A captivity, a drowning, a famine, a man scalped clearing his lot in 1789. These are passages from The History of Wyandot County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County: Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc.;, written while people who remembered the events were still alive, and each one opens the section it comes from.

1884, Richland Township

First Events

Among the first settlers the first wedding which took place in this township was in December, 1834, celebrated at the residence of Conrad Wickiser (Section 21), the contracting parties being John Roberts and A.bigail Wickiser; the first birth was that of Maria James, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Miller) James, on the 1st day of March, 1835, in the northeast quarter of Section 1; and the first death was that of Elijah Benjamin, a child aged four years, who was killed December 25, 1834, by a tree, in the northwest quarter of Section 28; he is buried in the Stradley Graveyard, Delaware Township, Hancock County.

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Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Greek Revival House, McCutchenville, Wyandot County, OH
Greek Revival House, McCutchenville, Wyandot County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

8

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Crawford, Col., Burn Site Monumentobject198282003667
Indian Millbuilding197070000525
Parker Covered Bridgestructure197575001558
Swartz Covered Bridgestructure197676001553
Walker, William, Jr., Housebuilding198080003249
West End Elementary Schoolbuilding198787001989
Wyandot County Courthouse and Jailbuilding197373001553
Wyandot Mission Churchbuilding197676001552

Covered bridges

2

Wyandot County holds 2 covered bridges on the National Register, more than any other property type here. Each is a listed structure with a federal nomination on file.

Parker Covered BridgeListed 1975, 0 map sheets show this crossing
Swartz Covered BridgeListed 1976, 0 map sheets show this crossing

Digitised newspapers

6 issues

Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.

The Democratic Pioneer

Upper Sandusky, Ohio, 1845 to 1853. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

The Wyandot Pioneer

Upper Sandusky, Ohio, 1853 to 1868. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

1

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Land ownership map, 1850 - Map of Crawford County, Ohio
Land ownership map (1850) - Map of Crawford County, Ohio. Library of Congress.

The county from the air

32 of 707 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. 707 frames touch this county; the selection below spreads across the decades of flights (at most four per year), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-10-01, scale 1:29600
1951-10-01, scale 1:29600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-10-01, scale 1:29600
1951-10-01, scale 1:29600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-10-01, scale 1:29600
1951-10-01, scale 1:29600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-10-01, scale 1:29600
1951-10-01, scale 1:29600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-04-23, scale 1:18000
1959-04-23, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-04-23, scale 1:18000
1959-04-23, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-04-23, scale 1:18000
1959-04-23, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-04-23, scale 1:18000
1959-04-23, scale 1:18000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-03, scale 1:60000
1960-05-03, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-03, scale 1:60000
1960-05-03, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-03, scale 1:60000
1960-05-03, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-05-03, scale 1:60000
1960-05-03, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-07-16, scale 1:24000
1970-07-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-07-16, scale 1:24000
1970-07-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-07-16, scale 1:24000
1970-07-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-07-16, scale 1:24000
1970-07-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-03-26, scale 1:24000
1971-03-26, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-03-26, scale 1:24000
1971-03-26, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-03-26, scale 1:24000
1971-03-26, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-03-26, scale 1:24000
1971-03-26, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-05, scale 1:24000
1972-05-05, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-05, scale 1:24000
1972-05-05, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-05, scale 1:24000
1972-05-05, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-05-05, scale 1:24000
1972-05-05, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-10-01, scale 1:76000
1973-10-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-10-01, scale 1:76000
1973-10-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-10-01, scale 1:76000
1973-10-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1973-10-01, scale 1:76000
1973-10-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-04-01, scale 1:80000
1977-04-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-04-01, scale 1:80000
1977-04-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-04-01, scale 1:80000
1977-04-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-04-01, scale 1:80000
1977-04-01, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

City directories

1 volume

The "who lived here, by year" answer: pre-1929 public-domain directory volumes naming the county's people, machine-read and searchable as text.

Weather records

5 stations, 4 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that watched its rivers, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

31 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 88-1Nevada village, comprising parts of Antrim and Eden townships: Nevada village - That part in Antrim township
  • 88-2Nevada village - That part in Eden township
  • 88-3Antrim township - That part outside Nevada village (Remainder of Antrim township is in Nevada village)
  • 88-4Crane township- Outside Upper Sandusky village
  • 88-5Crawford township: Carey village: Carey village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; E. South, Patterson, E. Findlay; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
  • 88-6Carey village - That part Bounded by Village limits; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway; E. Findlay, W. Firidlay; Village limits
  • 88-7Carey village - That part Bounded by W. Findlay, E. Findlay; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, Village limits; Village limits; Village limits
  • 88-8Carey village - That part Bounded by E. Findlay, Patterson, E. South; Village limits; Village limits; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
  • 88-9Crawford township - That part outside Carey village
  • 88-10Eden township - That part outside Nevada village (Remainder of Eden township is in Nevada village)
  • 88-11Kirby village, comprising parts of Jackson and Mifflin townships: Kirby village - That part in Jackson township
  • 88-12Kirby village - That part in Mifflin township
  • 88-13Jackson township - That part outside Kirby village (Remainder of Jackson township is in Kirby village)
  • 88-14Marseilles township: Marseilles village
  • 88-15Marseilles township - That part outside Marseilles village
  • 88-16Mifflin township - That part outside Kirby village (Remainder of Mifflin township is in Kirby village)
  • 88-17Pitt township: Harpster village
  • 88-18Pitt township - That part outside Harpster village
  • 88-19Richland township: Wharton village
  • 88-20Richland township - That part outside Wharton village
  • 88-21Ridge township
  • 88-22Salem township
  • 88-23Sycamore township: Sycamore village
  • 88-24Sycamore township - That part outside Sycamore village
  • 88-25Tymochtee township
  • 88-26Upper Sandusky village: Upper Sandusky village - That part comprising Ward 1 Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; E. Wyandot Ave.; N. Sandusky Ave.
  • 88-27Upper Sandusky village - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Village limits; Village limits, N. Sandusky Ave.; W. Wyandot Ave.; N. Hazel, Guthrie, N. Eighth
  • 88-28Upper Sandusky village - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Village limits; N. Eighth, Guthrie, N. Hazel; W. Wyandot Ave., Ward line; Village limits
  • 88-29Upper Sandusky village - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by W. Wyandot Ave.; S. Sandusky Ave., Ward line; Village limits; S. Hazel
  • 88-30Upper Sandusky village - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Ward line, W. Wyandot Ave.; S. Hazel; Village limits; Village limits
  • 88-31Upper Sandusky village - That part comprising Ward 4 Bounded by E. Wyandot Ave.; Village limits; Village limits; Ward line, S. Sandusky Ave.

Businesses named in the atlases

30 businesses

Every Sanborn volume opens with a printed index naming the town's mills, tanneries, hotels and works by proprietor. Those indexes were read off the scanned sheets by machine and then matched to each other, so a business surveyed four times appears here once, with the years it survived. 3 of these 30 were named in more than one atlas. Each carries a crop of the line it was read from: the spelling is the recogniser's and the 1880s lithographer's, and the scan behind it is the proof.

Storms, 1964 to 2026

60 of 230 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 230 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 9 injuries and about $10,130,100 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind137
Hail55
Flash Flood20
Tornado9
Flood6
Heavy Rain1
Lightning1
Funnel Cloud1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019Flash FloodBeunquat1 killed, 1 hurt, $150,000Spring Branch Run in Eden Township washed away portion of Township Highway 136/Route 36. A motorists drove into the flood waters and the vehicle was swept approximately 100 years to the west where a passenger perished. One fatality reported at 1:20 AM from a vehicle driving into the washout.
July 2006FloodUpper Sandusky1 killedHeavy rains on July 12th through the 14th caused Tymochtee Creek to go into flood in western Wyandot County. State Route 53 was flooded by up to 6 feet of water approximately four miles west of Upper Sandusky near the intersection of Township Road 103. A 46 male apparently drove his truck into the flood waters around 2 am on July 14th. The man was later found deceased about 200 feet north of the highway. His truck was found completely submerged in the flood waters.
June 1964Tornado (F2)not stated7 hurt, $250,000no account filed
May 1987Thunderstorm Windnot stated1 hurtno account filed
June 1998LightningCarey$2,000,000A lightning strike ignited a fire that completely destroyed two apartment buildings.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindWharton$1,250,000An intense line of thunderstorms or Derecho moved across Wyandot County during the afternoon of June 29th causing extensive damage. Winds were estimated to be as much as 80 mph. The southwest corner of the county was the hardest hit. Over 50 percent of residents lost power during this event. Power was not completely restored for several days. Hundreds, if not thousands of trees were downed across the county along with many utility poles forcing the closure of dozens of roads and streets. Damage to homes and buildings was also extensive. Dozens of homes and buildings lost roofing or siding with many other homes damaged by fallen trees. Clean up costs were extensive. The clean up was hampered by an ongoing heat wave with afternoon temperatures in the upper 90s. Significant crop losses are also expected. Damage from this storm was comparable to the remnants of Hurricane Ike in September 2008.
May 2004Flash FloodCountywide$750,000Thunderstorms dumped up to three inches of rain on Wyandot County during the early morning hours of May 21st. This rainfall combined with ground already saturated from heavy rains the previous few days led to widespread flooding. Over a dozen roads in the county were either washed out or flooded. Many homes sustained flood damage.
July 2017FloodCarey$650,000Heavy rainfall on the morning of July 13th caused the Spring Run to over-top its levees around 1045 am. By 11 am State Route 103 and 23 north were shut down. By 1140 am water started to inundate downtown Carey. Major flooding into homes and businesses in Carey occurred around 5 pm when water was at its deepest up to 6 deep. Sixty homes were affected, many from backups of storm drainage. Six to seven homes had water on West Ogg Street mainly from Spring Run. Dozens of businesses directly impacted, mostly with basement flooding. The water receded by 3 am Friday morning. The Tymochee Creek washed out some cross roads near ST RT 103 and RT 106. The waste water plant measured 3.8 in the southeast part of town, while unofficial reports of 5.5 in northern part of town. Radar estimates rainfall amounts between 4 and 6 inches of rain fell between 4 and 7 inches of rainfall during the same time period.
August 2011HailUpper Sandusky$500,000Thunderstorms produced a swath of large hail across the Upper Sandusky area. Some of the hail was as large as baseballs. Hundreds of vehicles and dozens of homes were damaged by this hail.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindCarey$250,000Thunderstorm downbust winds destroyed four barns at a farm west of Carey. Six cows in one of the buildings were killed.
May 1989Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
March 1986Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1985Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
March 1985Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 1964Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 2011HailUpper Sandusky$150,000Golf ball sized hail was reported in Upper Sandusky. Many vehicles and a few homes sustained damage from the hail.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCountywide$150,000A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Wyandot County and downed many trees, large limbs and power lines. At least two buildings sustained damage.
July 2017FloodNevada$100,000A cluster of thunderstorms in Indiana moved into central Ohio midday. These storms had high rainfall rates. The hardest hit community was Nevada in Wyandot County around 115 pm. Radar estimates of 3-5 inches fell. Several basements on Morrison Street were inundated due to widespread overland flooding up to a foot deep. State Route 231 was closed in and around town due to high water. Several County roads were closed across the county. There were numerous basements and roads flooded in the area.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindUpper Sandusky$100,000Dispatch reported that four semi trucks were blown over along with numerous power lines and trees down across Upper Sandusky.
May 2011HailCarey$100,000Thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail. Several vehicles were damaged as a result of the severe hail.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindWharton$100,000Thunderstorm winds damaged several barn roofs in the Wharton area.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindUpper Sandusky$100,000Severe thunderstorms moved across Wyandot County during the afternoon hours of June 22nd and produced wind gusts estimated to be around 70 mph. Many trees and large limbs were downed across the county. Utility poles and lines were also reported down at several locations. Many reports came from the Upper Sandusky area where several buildings sustained roof and siding damage. Three semi trucks were blown over on U.S. 23 in Upper Sandusky.
July 2006Flash FloodSouth Portion$100,000Heavy rainfall across southern portions of Wyandot County during the late afternoon and evening hours of July 12th totaled an estimated four to five inches. As a result, numerous roads became flooded with several feet of water. Marseilles Township was hit especially hard. A house located near State Routes 67 and 37 had it's first floor flooded by approximately 18 inches of water. A newspaper report indicated that this was the first time since 1959 that floodwaters came into the house. Other reports also indicated that the Tymochtee Creek rose quickly in Marseilles causing flash flooding in the area. Ditches along the sides of roads were reported to have as much as eight feet of water flowing through them.
May 2004Flash FloodCountywide$100,000A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Wyandot County and dumped up to an inch of rain on already saturated ground. Streams and rivers in flood or close to flood quickly rose forcing the closure several roads. Many homes and businesses sustained damage from the flooding.
July 2003Flash FloodCountywide$100,000Thunderstorms dumped two to four inches of rain on Wyandot County during the late afternoon and early evening hours. Widespread street and lowland flooding occurred with many streams and creeks leaving their banks. Many roads had to be closed due to flood waters up to four feet deep.
July 2003Flash FloodCountywide$100,000Thunderstorms dumped locally heavy rains on Wyandot County. Rainfall totals of two to three inches were reported. Widespread lowland and street flooding occurred. Several roads were briefly closed because of flooding.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindUpper Sandusky$75,000Thunderstorm downburst winds damaged a farm nine miles west of Upper Sandusky. Two barn buildings were heavily damaged. A house nearby sustained roof damage. A large tree on the property was also toppled.
August 2007Tornado (EF0)Carey$75,000A tornado touched down along County Road 25A just south of Carey. A storm survey was conducted and this tornado was determined to be an EF0. This tornado damaged a couple of homes and destroyed at least two barns. The damage path was about three quarters of a mile long and about 10 yards in width. The tornado lifted near the intesection of County Road 25A and County Road 98B.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindCarey$75,000Numerous trees were reported down across the area. A building in downtown Carey had its roof stripped off of it, and a barn suffered severe structural damage.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindCountywide$75,000A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Wyandot County and downed dozens of trees. Scattered power outages were also reported.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindHarpster$75,000no account filed
June 1997Flash FloodCountywide$70,000no account filed
May 2020Flash FloodUpper Sandusky Arpt$65,000A main thruway in Wyandot County sustained a washout due to heavy rain on the 19th. The eastbound lanes of U.S. 30 near Upper Sandusky the road closure was just east of U.S. 23 in Wyandot County. The damage was caused by a 90-inch culvert, that washed out and eroded about 20 feet under the eastbound lane to the center line. Most of the flood came as overland runoff from agricultural fields adjacent to the highway.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindCarey$60,000A semi-truck was blown over as a result of severe thunderstorm winds. Numerous trees and large limbs were reported down.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCarey$50,000The awning of a gas station's pumping area collapsed in Carey.
May 2011HailCarey$50,000Thunderstorms produced quarter to golf ball size hail. Many vehicles were damaged by the hail.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindLovell$50,000Several barns in the area had their roofs blown off.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindCountywide$50,000Numerous trees were downed, roofs were damaged and in Crestline, a TV antenna was downed.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindCarey$40,000A few large trees were reported down. One tree fell onto a house causing damage.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCountywide$40,000Twelve trees downed in Upper Sandusky with additional trees and powerlines downed countywide. A semi truck was blown over at weigh station near the intersection of U.S. Highways 23 and 30.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindUpper Sandusky$40,000Trees and power lines were downed and roofs were damaged.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindUpper Sandusky$35,000Barn destroyed along County Road 110 on the northwest side of Upper Sandusky. Damage was related to a line of thunderstorms.
August 2007Flash FloodCarey$35,000Heavy rain producing thunderstorms affected Wyandot County during the late evening hours of August 20th and early morning hours of August 21st. Rainfall rates with the strongest storms exceeded three inches per hour. Up to six inches of rain was reported in the Upper Sandusky area by 4 am. A Cooperative Observer in Upper Sandusky reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 9.35 inches at 7 am with most of this rain falling between 11 pm and 4 am. An automated gauge at Kildeer Plain State Park recorded 4.10 inches. Runoff from this rain combined with ground already saturated from earlier rains led to catastrophic flooding across portions of Wyandot County. The Carey area was especially hard hit as flooding destroyed or heavily damaged several dozen homes. A total of 176 homes and 42 businesses in the town were damaged. 9 of 15 homes along West South Street were destroyed. By 3 am the flood waters were over knee deep in many locations and many streets were closed. Significant flooding was also reported in the Upper Sandusky and Sycamore areas. Near Sycamore, two teenagers had to be rescued after they were swept into Sycamore Creek by surging flood waters. Hundreds of people had to be evacuated from their homes in the county, including several dozen from a nursing home in Carey. A total of 159 homes are believed to have been destroyed or sustained more than 50 percent losses in the county. Over 500 additional homes and businesses sustained lesser damages from the flooding. At the peak of the flooding, around daybreak on the 21st, nearly every federal, state and county road in the county was closed because of flooding. Damage to roads, bridges and culverts was extensive. Cleanup and overtime costs incurred by local government agencies was substantial. In the City of Carey alone, nearly 600 tons of flood debris had to be removed. Finally, standing water and erosion from the runoff caused damage to agricultural interests in the county. |
March 2026Thunderstorm WindMononcue$33,000Several windows blown-out and roof damaged at dealership on the northeast side of Upper Sandusky. A semi truck was blown-over in the same area. Damage was related to a line of thunderstorms.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindUpper Sandusky Arpt$30,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree and several utility poles.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindUpper Sandusky$30,000Several trees were reported down, one of which fell onto a house.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSycamore$30,000Several trees and power poles knocked down.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindUpper Sandusky$30,000Thunderstorm winds downed two trees and several large tree limbs. One of the trees landed on a house and caused minor structural damage. Fallen tree limbs also damaged two cars.
June 1998Flash FloodCountywide$30,000Heavy thunderstorm rains caused flooding of small streams and low lying areas. A number of roads had high water on them and several roads had to be closed due to flood waters.
November 1996Thunderstorm WindCountywide$30,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCountywide$30,000no account filed
November 2013Thunderstorm WindLovell$25,000Thunderstorm wind gusts leveled a barn along State Route 199.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindUpper Sandusky$25,000Thunderstorm winds downed some utility poles causing power outages.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindUpper Sandusky$25,000Thunderstorm winds downed many trees across the county.
July 1997Flash FloodCarey$25,000no account filed
June 1997Flash FloodCountywide$25,000no account filed
May 1973Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
April 2011Thunderstorm WindUpper Sandusky$20,000Thunderstorm winds damaged a barn and tore part of a roof off of a house.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindUpper Sandusky$20,000Thunderstorm winds tore the roof off of a barn approximately three miles east of Upper Sandusky. A couple trees were also downed.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCountywide$20,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees in the northeastern portion of the county with scattered large limbs down elsewhere in Wyandot County.

Mines and quarries

10 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 10 workings inside this county. 7 still produce and 3 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction5
Stone, Crushed/Broken4
Clay1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Claycraft Pit & PlantClayProducer
Carey Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Kuenzli QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mccarthy Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wyandot Dolomite, Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Amert Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
H and M Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kirby and Sons, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kuenzli Quarries Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wilson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Collected here, 1885 to 1975

8 of 344 shown

Museum specimens collected inside this county and catalogued with a date and a place: 344 of them, by kingdom 309 animalia, 29 fungi, 6 plantae. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), Ohio State University - Bird Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), UMMZ, INHS, Ohio State University - Amphibian Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), Ohio State University - Reptile Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM) among others, and each settlement page carries the specimens collected near it.

The oldest of them. A specimen proves something was collected on that day; its absence proves nothing.

Photograph YearSpecies KingdomWhere CollectorCatalogue
A photograph of the species Hister abbreviatus, not of this specimen1885Hister abbreviatus Fabricius, 1775AnimaliaCranenot recordedFMNH FMNHINS 0003 863 957
A photograph of the species Margarinotus faedatus, not of this specimen1885Margarinotus faedatus (J.E.LeConte, 1845)AnimaliaCranenot recordedFMNH FMNHINS 0003 867 437
A photograph of the species Cambarus rusticus, not of this specimen1893Cambarus rusticus Girard, 1852AnimaliaMcCutchenville, Sandusky RiverUnited States Fish CommissionUSNM USNM 20832
A photograph of the species Notropis cornutus, not of this specimen1893Notropis cornutus (Mitchill, 1817)AnimaliaSandusky River, Mccutchenville, Ohionot recordedUSNM USNM 69642
A photograph of the species Notropis rubellus, not of this specimen1893Notropis rubellus (Agassiz, 1850)AnimaliaSandusky River, Mccutchenville, Ohionot recordedUSNM USNM 69639
A photograph of the species Campylium stellatum, not of this specimen1899Campylium stellatum (Hedw.) Lange & C.E.O.JensenPlantaenot statedW. A. KellermanNY 512879
A photograph of the species Phyllachora graminis, not of this specimen1900Phyllachora graminis (Pers.) FuckelFungiWyandot Co.Bonser Thos.BPI BPI 637874
1900Phyllachora vulgata Theiss. & Syd.FungiBig Spring PrairieThos. BouserCUP CUP-064410

The townships, in 1884

229,391 words

The History of Wyandot County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County: Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc.; devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 11 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.

The people it describes

1 named

Everyone The History of Wyandot County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County: Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc.; stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1884.

Every populated place in the county

25

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the watercourse or landform it stands on and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 4 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Recorded here

Upper Sandusky, Ohio

10 topographic sheets and 8 fire insurance atlases, 1884 to 1948

Carey, Ohio

11 topographic sheets and 6 fire insurance atlases, 1893 to 1944

Nevada, Ohio

12 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1895 to 1921

Sycamore, Ohio

11 topographic sheets and 5 fire insurance atlases, 1897 to 1942

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

1 structure

Nomination case files

8 case files

The vanished settlements of Wyandot County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.