Ballville, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Ballville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43420. It stands on Minnow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fremont West quadrangle. 3,823 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresBallville grew from 3,255 to 3,823 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3,255 | |
| 2010 | 2,976 | -279 (-9%) |
| 2020 | 3,823 | +847 (+28%) |
Then and now
1901 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 85 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.
- 1901 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Fremont quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fremont West quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Fremont West quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Fremont West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
10 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Ballville between 2002 and 2002, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 21 July 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 20 July 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 9 June 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 29 June 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 16 June 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 27 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 April 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 425 shownMuseums hold 425 specimens collected within 10 miles of Ballville between 1880 and 1975: 384 Animalia, 21 Plantae, 20 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, Adams J. M. B., Adams J. M. R. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Adiantum pedatum L. | 1880 | Keeler, L.E. | Fremont. |
![]() | Lepiota morganii (Peck) Sacc. | 1896 | Day | Fremont |
![]() | Elimia semicarinata (Say, 1829) | 1914 | Anson A. Hinkley | Sandusky River, Fremont, North America |
![]() | Anas americana J.F.Gmelin, 1789 | 1880 | not recorded | Sandusky, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Larus argentatus smithsonianus Coues, 1862 | 1881 | not recorded | Sandusky, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Carex frankii Kunth | 1889 | H. C. Beardslee | Green Spring. |
![]() | Arisaema dracontium (L.) Schott | 1890 | H. C. Beardslee Sr. | Green Springs |
| Carex haleana Olney | 1890 | H. C. Beardslee Jr. | Green Spring | |
![]() | Carex hyalinolepis Steud. | 1890 | Collector unknown | Green Spring. |
![]() | Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1890 | Harry S. Day | Fremont |
![]() | Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764) | 1891 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Sandusky, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Neotibicen canicularis (Harris, 1841) | 1891 | not recorded | Fremont |
All 425 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ballville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gottron Brothers Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Gottron Brothers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms nearby
6 since 2010The National Weather Service names Ballville in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 2 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2011 | Flood | Ballville | $50,000 | Heavy rain and rapid snow melt led to a rapid runoff and flooded roads across Sandusky County. An average of two inches of rainfall fell on top of six to ten inches of heavy snow was on the ground. This snow rapidly melted as temperatures warmed into the 50s on the 28th. Up to an additional inch of water equivalent rainfall was released from the melted snow. Several people had be rescued from vehicles as the water came up. Some homes south and north of Fremont experienced basement flooding. Roads that were closed because of flooding from rivers and creeks include OH 19 between Fremont and Oak Harbor, OH 105, US 23, OH 5282. Local roads included South River Road, Haynes Street, and Fulton Streets. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Ballville | $25,000 | An EF0 tornado touched down in rural Sandusky County just southeast of Fremont. The initial touchdown was just north of the intersection of Buchanan and McGormley Roads. The tornado then traveled northeast across open land for just over four and a half miles before lifting near the intersection of Beeler and Flora Roads. Many trees were downed along the damage path which was intermittent and no more than 50 yards in width. A few barns and outbuildings along the damage path sustained minor damage. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ballville | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a 12 inch diameter tree. The tree landed on a house and caused some damage. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ballville | $6,000 | Power poles downed near Buchanan Road and Oak Drive in Ballville. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Ballville | - | A trained weather spotter reported nickel size hail 5 miles south of Fremont. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Ballville | - | Strong to severe thunderstorms with torrential rain moved over Northern Ohio on the 25th. Over Sandusky County as much as 2.13 inches of rain was recorded at the Fremont Water Treatment Plant during the evening hours. Runoff from these showers cause small streams and creeks to come out of banks during the early morning hours of the 26th. The Green Creek, a tributary to the Sandusky River, came out of banks and flooded County RT 181. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fremont | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Stony Prairie | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Great Lakes Village | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Young's Colonial Acres | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Golden Gate Estates | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Gabels Corner | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Havens | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Fourmile House Corner | 3.9 miles | 13 |
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 Ballville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1988406 | 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 1064376. 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.























