Batson, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45880. The Survey maps it on the Payne quadrangle.
Then and now
1914 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1914 against another survey:
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.
- 1914 USGS Paulding quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Paulding quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Paulding quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Payne quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Payne quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 480 shownMuseums hold 480 specimens collected within 10 miles of Batson between 1909 and 1960: 480 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C L CLARK FROM HOMER PRICE, Collector(s): Harold H. Bailey, H. Price 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1909 | Collector(s): Harold H. Bailey | Payne |
![]() | Geothlypis trichas (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1915 | Price, H. (Homer) | Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio |
![]() | Passerherbulus henslowii (Audubon, 1829) | 1915 | Price, H. (Homer) | Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio |
![]() | Pooecetes gramineus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1915 | Price, H. (Homer) | Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio |
![]() | Bubo virginianus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) | 1916 | Price, H. (Homer) | Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio |
![]() | Butorides virescens virescens (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1916 | not recorded | Payne |
![]() | Charadrius vociferus vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 | 1916 | Price, H. (Homer) | Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio |
![]() | Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 | 1916 | H. Price | OHIO: Paulding County; Payne |
![]() | Falco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758 | 1916 | Price, H. (Homer) | Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio |
![]() | Icterus spurius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1916 | Price, H. (Homer) | Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio |
![]() | Sayornis phoebe (Latham, 1790) | 1916 | Price, H. (Homer) | Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio |
![]() | Actitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1917 | Price, H. (Homer) | Payne, Paulding Co., Ohio |
All 480 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
1 since 2008The National Weather Service names Batson in 1 storm report between 2008 and 2008: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Batson | $40,000 | Emergency management officials reported that one trailer home was blown off its slab and wrapped around a pole, with another trailer home blown away. Other reports of roof damage were received in the county but no specific locations were given. Damage is estimated at $40,000 for the cost of the trailers. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logtown | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| McGill | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Sophia (historical) | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Baldwin | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Tipton | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Payne | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Smiley (historical) | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Worstville | 5.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1037678. 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.
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.























