Avery, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Milan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44846. It stands on North Milan Hill. The Survey maps it on the Milan quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 82 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
13 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.
- 1904 USGS Sandusky quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Sandusky quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Sandusky quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,136 shownMuseums hold 2,136 specimens collected within 10 miles of Avery between 1860 and 1975: 1,109 Plantae, 790 Animalia, 211 Fungi, 26 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. Dowdy, A. Lewis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Laestadia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz | 1899 | F.L. Scribner | |
![]() | Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T.Moore | 1900 | Grover, F.O. | "Dry sandy hillside, shaded |
![]() | Perca Linnaeus, 1758 | 1860 | Smithsonian Institution | Sandusky |
![]() | Vermivora chrysoptera (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1868 | No Person (Birds) | Taylor |
![]() | Carduus nutans L. | 1874 | Jones, G.T. | Berlin Twp., just W of Ceylon |
![]() | Macropetalichthys rhapheidolabis Norwood & Owen, 1846 (fossil) | 1881 | D. S. Young | |
![]() | Apios tuberosa Moench | 1885 | Wilkinson, E. | Cedar Point |
![]() | Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link | 1885 | Wilkinson, E. | Cedar Point |
![]() | Artemisia caudata Michx. | 1886 | Wilkinson, E. | Cedar Point |
![]() | Graminopassalora graminis (Fuckel) U.Braun, C.Nakash., Videira & Crous | 1886 | William Trelease; A. Commons | Madison |
![]() | Panicum virgatum L. | 1886 | Wilkinson, E. | Cedar Point |
| Apocynum sibiricum Jacq. | 1896 | Watson, J.R. | North Ohio |
All 2,136 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Avery: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauer Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Delhi Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mortensen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Weilnau Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
4 since 2005The National Weather Service names Avery in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avery | $10,000 | A 60 mph wind gust was estimated by law enforcement in Avery. As the storm progressed east, a 62 mph wind gust was measured in Vermillion by a trained spotter. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Avery | $5,000 | Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail and winds of 60mph to 70mph. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Avery | - | A tree was blown down across a road in Avery. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Avery | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spears Corners | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| North Milan | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Milan | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Kimball | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Prout (historical) | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bogart | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Shinrock | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Columbus Park | 5.8 miles | 16 |
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 Avery | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4828356 | 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 1075165. 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.
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.























