Caroline, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Venice Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44807. The Survey maps it on the Attica quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 71 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
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.
- 1915 USGS Siam quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Siam quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Attica quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Attica quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Attica quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 40 shownMuseums hold 40 specimens collected within 10 miles of Caroline between 1894 and 1969: 29 Animalia, 10 Plantae, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Caldwell, Class & Daiber, F. C. (Frank C.), Collector(s): R. F. Lozin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Botrychium dissectum Spreng. | 1969 | Jones, G.T. | In moist deciduous woods. Thompson Twp., 1 mi. n. of West Lodi. |
![]() | Asclepias incarnata L. | 1894 | E. L. Moseley | Venice Township |
![]() | Butorides virescens virescens (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1911 | Collector(s): R. F. Lozin | Attica |
![]() | Molothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783) | 1911 | Rolla F. Lozier | Attica, 1 mile South of |
![]() | Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1911 | R. Lozier | Attica, 1/2 miles south of |
![]() | Zonotrichia melodia melodia Stotz et al., 1996 | 1911 | Rolla F. Lozier | Attica |
![]() | Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898 | 1912 | R. Lozier | 2 Miles Southwest of Attica |
![]() | Esox vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Honey Creek, near Attica, ~0.9 mi SW of Attica, Venice township |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Honey Creek, near Attica, ~0.9 mi SW of Attica, Venice township |
![]() | Notropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Honey Creek, near Attica, ~0.9 mi SW of Attica, Venice township |
![]() | Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell | 1932 | Ferguson, J. | Woods near Venice |
![]() | Sistrurus catenatus (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1932 | R CONANT | VENICE TWP |
All 40 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 Caroline: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomville Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bloomville Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Saint Stephen Tile Co., Inc. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Saint Stephen Tile Co., Inc. Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 2022The National Weather Service names Caroline in 2 storm reports between 2022 and 2026: 2 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 | Caroline | $4,000 | Trees and power poles downed, and children's playground tossed at a residence along OH Route 4, about 2.6-miles SSW of Attica. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Caroline | - | Many trees downed in Venice Township. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attica | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Siam | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Attica Junction | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Stephens | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Carrothers | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Scipio | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Omar | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Bloomville | 6.4 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 Caroline | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5044947 | 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 1048583. 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.























