Bailey, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Providence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43566. It stands on Woodcock Island. The Survey maps it on the Grand Rapids quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 1986The 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
16 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.
- 1909 USGS Mc Clure quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Mc Clure quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:31680
- 1940 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Grand Rapids quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
3 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Bailey between 2002 and 2002, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 June 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 12 June 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 24 February 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 652 shownMuseums hold 652 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bailey between 1860 and 1975: 574 Animalia, 71 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. Lose, A.E. Daugherty 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Notropis hudsonius (Clinton, 1824) | 1860 | unknown | Grand Rapids, Maumee R. |
![]() | Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1875 | Langdon | Indian Hill, Kane County |
![]() | Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Chrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783) | 1893 | not recorded | Grand Rapids, Maumee River |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Grand Rapids, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | not recorded | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1893 | not recorded | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Graptemys geographica (Lesueur, 1817) | 1893 | not recorded | Grand Rapids, Maumee River |
![]() | Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Grand Rapids, Ohio |
![]() | Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Grand Rapids, Ohio |
All 652 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 Bailey: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterville Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Waterville Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Toledo House of Correction Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Toledo House of Correction Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer |
Storms nearby
1 since 2026The National Weather Service names Bailey in 1 storm report between 2026 and 2026: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bailey | $12,000 | A semi truck was blown-over along U.S. Route 24, near Hertzfeld Road, in the Otsego area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tondagamies Village (historical) | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Neowash (historical) | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Whitehouse | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Waterville | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Neapolis | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Providence | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Homewood | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Presque Isle (historical) | 6.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1068189. 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.
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.



























