Bono, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jerusalem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43445. The Survey maps it on the Reno Beach quadrangle. It stands 1,893 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1900 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 86 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
14 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.
- 1900 USGS Maumee Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Maumee Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1934 USGS Reno Beach quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Reno Beach quadrangle1:31680
- 1938 USGS Reno Beach quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Reno Beach quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Reno Beach quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
10 since 2013The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Bono between 2013 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15811 |
| 30 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15765 |
| 25 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15763 |
| 22 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15677 |
| 22 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge | POACHER HIGHWAY FIRE |
| 9 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15919 |
| 7 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15920 |
| 17 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15854 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 588 shownMuseums hold 588 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bono between 1892 and 1975: 573 Animalia, 10 Plantae, 4 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Woolman, AS Hazzard & party, Al Szuch 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758 | 1894 | C. Rutter | Ohio, Cedar Point, Toledo |
![]() | Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur, 1817) | 1892 | C. Rutter | Cedar Point, Toledo, Ohio |
![]() | Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1892 | C. Rutter | Cedar Point, Toledo, Ohio |
![]() | Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | 1893 | Woolman | Tousaint River, Port Clinton, Ohio |
![]() | Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Ohio, Tousaint River, 10 miles west of Port Clinton |
![]() | Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Ohio, Tousaint River, 10 miles west of Port Clinton |
![]() | Micropterus salmoides (Lacepède, 1802) | 1893 | not recorded | Tousaint River, Port Clinton, Ohio |
![]() | Noturus gyrinus (Mitchill, 1817) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Ohio, Tousaint River, 10 miles west of Port Clinton |
![]() | Perca flavescens (Mitchill, 1814) | 1893 | Woolman | Tousaint River, west of Port Clinton, Ohio |
![]() | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1894 | C. Rutter | Ohio, Cedar Point, Toledo |
![]() | Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1894 | C. Rutter | Ohio, Cedar Point, Toledo |
![]() | Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1894 | C. Rutter | Ohio, Cedar Point, Toledo |
All 588 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
1 since 2010The National Weather Service names Bono in 1 storm report between 2010 and 2010: 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bono | $80,000 | Thunderstorm downburst winds estimated to be in excess of 60 mph caused extensive damage in extreme eastern Lucas County. Several dozen trees were downed near Bono and Reno Beach in Jerusalem Township. Several camper trailers were overturned at a marina along Lake Erie. A large billboard sign was also damaged. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Farms Beach | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeland | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| New Jerusalem (historical) | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Reno Beach | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Yondota | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lakemont Landing | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Curtice | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Niles Beach | 6.4 miles | 14 |
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 Bono | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4942540 | 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 1056226. 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.
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.

























