Block
Arnold, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Jerome Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43064. The Survey maps it on the Marysville quadrangle. It stands 958 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1916 to 1992The 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 sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1916 USGS Milford Center quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Milford Center quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Marysville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Jerome township, in the words of 1915.
William H. Goff
A veteran of the Civil War, a large land owner, a successful mill operator, William H. Goff is one of the honored citizens of Union county, Ohio. He enlisted in the Civil War at the age of nineteen, was severely wounded several times, and was on crutches for nearly three years after the war closed. He has taken a prominent part in the life of his community since the Civil War and is one of the largest land owners and most successful farmers of the county.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 289 shownMuseums hold 289 specimens collected within 10 miles of Arnold between 1918 and 1975: 286 Animalia, 3 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer, A. Spreitzer & K. Borror, A. Spreitzer & W. LeGrande 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Empoasca fabae (Harris, 1841) | 1918 | H.T. Osborn | |
 | Hydnum erinaceus Bull. | 1918 | Weir J. R. | Marysville |
 | Erimyzon oblongus claviformis (Girard, 1856) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sugar Run, within Jerome township, near Plain City, Jerome township |
 | Etheostoma spectabile (Agassiz, 1854) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sugar Run, within Jerome township, near Plain City, Jerome township |
 | Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sugar Run, within Jerome township, near Plain City, Jerome township |
 | Ictalurus melas (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sugar Run, within Jerome township, near Plain City, Jerome township |
 | Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 1819 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sugar Run, within Jerome township, near Plain City, Jerome township |
 | Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sugar Run, within Jerome township, near Plain City, Jerome township |
 | Pimephales promelas promelas Rafinesque, 1820 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sugar Run, within Jerome township, near Plain City, Jerome township |
 | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1930 | MB Trautman | Buck Creek, N Union Township |
 | Catostomus commersonnii commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1930 | MB Trautman | Buck Creek, N Union Township |
 | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1930 | MB Trautman | Buck Creek, N Union Township |
All 289 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
3 since 1998The National Weather Service names Arnold in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arnold | $3,000 | Trees and power poles down. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Arnold | $1,000 | Water was reported moving over Highway 42 near Hickory Ridge Road due to heavy rainfall. |
| August 2013 | Flood | Arnold | - | High water was reported over Highway 42 near Arnold due to heavy rainfall. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New California | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Darby Meadows | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Jerome | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Unionville Center | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Watkins | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Dipple | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Buxton Meadows | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Mill Creek Estates | 6.9 miles | 12 |
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 Arnold | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4794919 | 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 1037487. 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.