Assumption, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Amboy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43558. The Survey maps it on the Assumption quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 75 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.
- 1911 USGS Swanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Swanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Assumption quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Assumption quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Assumption quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
6 since 2007The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Assumption between 2007 and 2013, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 May 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 April 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 March 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 360 shownMuseums hold 360 specimens collected within 10 miles of Assumption between 1924 and 1975: 345 Animalia, 14 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, K.; Adams, S., Davis, H.A.; Davis, T., Fausey, H. (Howard) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Capnodium Mont., 1849 | 1928 | W.M. Burkett | Metamora |
![]() | Speyeria idalia (Drury, 1773) | 1924 | Pardon S. Remington | Swanton |
![]() | Platanthera flava var. herbiola (R.Br.) Luer | 1926 | Moseley, E.L. | Engles, S of Swanton |
![]() | Aureolaria pedicularia var. ambigens (Fernald) Farw. | 1927 | Wherry, E.T.; Pennell, F.W. | SE of Brailey |
![]() | Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) P.Beauv. | 1927 | Moseley, E.L. | 0.5 mi E of Brailey |
![]() | Silene noctiflora L. | 1927 | Moseley, E.P. | near Swanton |
![]() | Esox vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Swan Creek, near Swanton, ~1.6 mi S of Swanton, Swan Creek township |
![]() | Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Swan Creek, near Swanton, ~1.6 mi S of Swanton, Swan Creek township |
![]() | Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Swan Creek, near Swanton, ~1.6 mi S of Swanton, Swan Creek township |
![]() | Notropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Swan Creek, near Swanton, ~1.6 mi S of Swanton, Swan Creek township |
| Noturus gyrinus (Mitchill, 1817) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Swan Creek, near Swanton, ~1.6 mi S of Swanton, Swan Creek township | |
![]() | Pimephales promelas promelas Rafinesque, 1820 | 1929 | MB Trautman | Bad Creek, in southeastern Pike Twnp, just north of village of Delta |
All 360 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
2 since 2011The National Weather Service names Assumption in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie (historical) | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lytton | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Metamora | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Dutch Ridge | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Champion | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Treadway (historical) | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Ai | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Swanton Meadows | 3.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048469. 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.






















