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Alvada, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Big Spring Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44802. The Survey maps it on the Alvada quadrangle. It stands 846 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1901 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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 Fostoria quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Fostoria quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Alvada quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Alvada quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 21 shownMuseums hold 21 specimens collected within 10 miles of Alvada between 1929 and 1966: 16 Animalia, 4 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Cunningham J. L., Cunningham, J. L., Goodpaster, W. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | East Branch Wolf Creek, within central Hopewell township, near Tiffin, Hopewell township |
 | Notropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | East Branch Wolf Creek, within central Hopewell township, near Tiffin, Hopewell township |
 | Ambystoma texanum (Matthes, 1855) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Woods on Fostoria-Carey Rd., near Carey, Big Spring Twp., Seneca Co., Ohio |
 | Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Woods on Fostoria-Carey Rd., near Carey, Big Spring Twp., Seneca Co., Ohio |
 | Pseudacris crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Woods on Fostoria-Carey Rd., near Carey, Big Spring Twp., Seneca Co., Ohio |
 | Rana clamitans Latreille, 1801 | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Woods on Fostoria-Carey Rd., near Carey, Big Spring Twp., Seneca Co., Ohio |
 | Sylvilagus floridanus (J.A.Allen, 1890) | 1939 | Goodpaster, W. | Fostoria |
| Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary | 1958 | Cunningham, J. L. | Alvada | |
| Erysiphe cichoracearum DC. | 1961 | Cunningham J. L. | Alvada | |
| Microsphaera alni (DC.) G.Winter | 1961 | Cunningham J. L. | Alvada | |
 | Phyllachora graminis (Pers.) Fuckel | 1961 | Cunningham J. L. | Alvada |
 | Puccinia polygoni-amphibii Pers. | 1961 | Cunningham J. L. | Alvada |
All 21 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
2 since 2011The National Weather Service names Alvada in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Hail | Alvada | $200,000 | A line of thunderstorms produced a large swath of hail ranging in size from peas to golf balls. Numerous vehicles and homes were damaged during this event. |
| March 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Alvada | - | Based on several social media photos and videos, eyewitness reports, and law enforcement reports, an intermittent tornado of unknown intensity tracked east-southeastward from Hancock County into Seneca County before dissipating just southeast of Township Road 6 and U.S. Route 23. This tornado occurred about two-miles south of Alvada. The maximum width was estimated because no damage path was found. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springville | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Frenchtown | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Nicholas (historical) | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| New Riegel | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Adrian | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Berwick | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hopewell Estates | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Raineys (historical) | 7.1 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Alvada | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4737636 | The 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 1064317. 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.
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.