Archbold, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1990. It stands in German Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43502. The Survey maps it on the Archbold quadrangle. 4,516 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 732 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresArchbold grew from 4,346 to 4,516 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,346 | |
| 2020 | 4,516 | +170 (+4%) |
Then and now
1913 to 1990The same ground, surveyed 77 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
14 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.
- 1913 USGS Alvordton quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Alvordton quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Alvordton quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Alvordton quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Archbold quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Archbold quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
2 since 2020The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Archbold between 2020 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15570 |
| 19 November 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 16007 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 66 shownMuseums hold 66 specimens collected within 10 miles of Archbold between 1893 and 1962: 59 Animalia, 7 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by CLARENCE CLARK, DeRoth, Gilbert & Cocanour, Edward Wilkinson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1894 | Edward Wilkinson | Wauseon |
![]() | Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Tiffin River, West Unity, Ohio |
![]() | Gomphus fraternus (Say, 1840) | 1898 | J. Hine | Wauseon |
![]() | Sympetrum corruptum (Hagen, 1861) | 1898 | J. Hine | Wauseon |
![]() | Bombus affinis Cresson, 1863 | 1902 | not recorded | Wauseon |
| Pucciniastrum agrimoniae (Dietel) Tranzschel | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman | ||
![]() | Pucciniastrum americanum (Farl.) Arthur | 1902 | W.A. Kellerman | |
| Sarcophaga spatulata Aldrich, 1916 | 1902 | Hine | Wauseon | |
| Alternaria panax Whetzel | 1910 | Mercer W. H. | Wauseon | |
![]() | Ambloplites rupestris rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Bean Creek, within central Franklin township, near Fayette, Franklin township |
![]() | Esox vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Bean Creek, within central Franklin township, near Fayette, Franklin township |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Brush Creek, within German township, near Archbold, German township |
All 66 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
16 since 1998The National Weather Service names Archbold in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1998 | Hail | Archbold | $650,000 | SEVERAL HOMES NEAR ARCHBOLD SUSTAINED MODERATE TO SEVERE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE FROM THE HIGH WINDS. ONE HOME OWNER HAD HIS CHIMNEY COLLAPSE WHICH FELL THROUGH THE ROOF. THEY ALSO LOST SEVERAL WINDOWS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE HOME FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ANOTHER HOME OWNER HAD HIS BARN BLOWN OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND HAD EVERY TREE ON THEIR PROPERTY UPROOTED. SEVERAL CROP FIELDS IN THE AREA WERE HEAVILY DAMAGED BY THE HIGH WINDS AND HAIL. |
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | Archbold | $150,000 | TWO PEOPLE HAD TO BE RESCUED FROM THEIR VEHICLES AS THEY ATTEMPTED TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. THE SAUDER VILLAGE MUSEUM SUSTAINED THE MOST DAMAGE AS FLAT RUN CREEK INUNDATED THE GROUND FLOOR WITH WATER. SEVERAL HOMES IN ARCHBOLD HAD WATER BACKUP THROUGH THE SEWER INTO THEIR BASEMENTS. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Archbold | $100,000 | A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF ON A HOME AT 5326 CR RD 20. ANOTHER HOME HAD ITS WINDOWS BLOWN IN ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE HOME AND A BARN WAS MOVED OFF ITS FOUNDATION 3 FEET. IN ADDITION SEVERAL LARGE TREES IN ARCHBOLD WERE UPROOTED. |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Archbold | $1,000 | trees and power lines down. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Archbold | - | Hail reported up to penny size. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Archbold | - | A storm chaser reported trees were blown down as well as some minor property damage. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Archbold | - | A trained spotter reported a large tree was blown down across County Road 22 between County Roads D and E. |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Archbold | - | A trained spotter reported a rood was blown off a building near County Road 24 and Mechanic Street. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Archbold | - | Local media reported the roof was torn off a newer barn near Archbold. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Archbold | - | Local law enforcement officials reported a roof blown off a building onto a roadway near State Routes 66 and 2. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Archbold | - | Law enforcement officials reported trees, power poles and lines down in Archbold, and several areas of southwestern Fulton County. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Archbold | - | Emergency management officials reported a two mile stretch of power poles blown down along State Route 66, starting at State Route 2. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Archbold | - | A trained spotter reported trees and power lines down near the intersection of State Route 2 and 66. |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Archbold | - | A power pole was blown down. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Archbold | - | Power lines downed. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Archbold | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Chase | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Burlington | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Elmira | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Pettisville | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Eckley | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Zone | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Tedrow | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Wauseon | 9.0 miles | 15 |
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 Archbold | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q632471 | 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 1064339. 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.
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.






















