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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Avondale, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Riverside City. It lies in ZIP code area 45404. The Survey maps it on the Dayton North quadrangle.

Avondale within Montgomery County

Then and now

1904 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Avondale, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Avondale, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 sheets

Matched 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 934 shown

Museums hold 934 specimens collected within 10 miles of Avondale between 1835 and 1975: 783 Animalia, 86 Plantae, 56 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 4 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. E. Foeerste, A. E. Foerste, A. F. Foerste 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.1881Foerste AF
Specimen of Geaster limbatus Fr.Geaster limbatus Fr.1883A. E. FoeersteDayton
Specimen of Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr.Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr.1897H. W. Anderson
A photograph of the species Botrypus virginianus, not of this specimenBotrypus virginianus (L.) Michx.1835Joseph C. FrankOhio, Miami [County]
A photograph of the species Platanthera leucophaea, not of this specimenPlatanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl.1836C. W. ShortDayton
A photograph of the species Erythronium americanum, not of this specimenErythronium americanum Ker Gawl.1837van Cleve, John W.3 mi. north of Dayton
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum macrophyllum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt.1838J. W. Van CleveDayton
A photograph of the species Allium canadense, not of this specimenAllium canadense L.1839not recordedDayton. 1 mi. northeast.
A photograph of the species Cardamine L., not of this specimenCardamine L.1839Sanders, Alfred; J.J. Nagel, J.G. Haupt.Dayton. 1 mile east.
A photograph of the species Cassia marilandica, not of this specimenCassia marilandica L.1839Sanders, AlfredDayton
A photograph of the species Cynoglossum officinale, not of this specimenCynoglossum officinale L.1839not recordedDayton. Suburbs E.
A photograph of the species Iris versicolor, not of this specimenIris versicolor L.1839not recordedDayton. 2 mi. south

All 934 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Avondale: 9 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East River Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Moraine Materials Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rip Rap Road Plant 416 & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Stanley Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Stanley Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stanley Avenue Plant Number 6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Taylorville Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Taylorville Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms nearby

8 since 2015

The National Weather Service names Avondale in 8 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2021Thunderstorm WindAvondale$5,000Multiple trees were downed onto a roadway.
August 2016Flash FloodAvondale$4,000Four cars were submerged in a flooded road at I-75 and Stanley Ave.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindAvondale$3,000A large tree was uprooted onto Blackwood Avenue. The tree also knocked down some power lines when it fell.
August 2016Flash FloodAvondale$1,000A vehicle was trapped in high water on Webster Street.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindAvondale$250A few large tree limbs were downed.
August 2022FloodAvondale-High water was reported at Stanley Avenue and Keowee Street.
August 2021FloodAvondale-High water was reported on a roadway.
April 2015HailAvondale-Dime size hail fell near Meadowdale High School.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Harries1.1 miles16
Riverside1.4 miles16
East Dayton1.9 miles16
Hooks Corner1.9 miles16
Page Manor2.6 miles16
Beverly Gardens2.8 miles16
Northridge3.0 miles16
Riverdale3.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064366. 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.