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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Cavett, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45891. It stands on Pottawatomie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Scott quadrangle.

Cavett within Van Wert County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Cavett, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Cavett, surveyed 1914

Compare 1914 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 sheets

Matched 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 126 shown

Museums hold 126 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cavett between 1893 and 1965: 121 Animalia, 4 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Bonnewitz L. R.; Stevenson J. A., Bonnewitz Lee 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
A photograph of the species Carpiodes cyprinus, not of this specimenCarpiodes cyprinus (Lesueur, 1817)1893P. KirschHoaglin Creek, Oakwood, Ohio
A photograph of the species Hybopsis amblops, not of this specimenHybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820)1893P. KirschHoaglin Creek, Oakwood, Ohio
A photograph of the species Lepomis megalotis, not of this specimenLepomis megalotis (Rafinesque, 1820)1893P. KirschHoaglin Creek, Oakwood, Ohio
A photograph of the species Albugo platensis, not of this specimenAlbugo platensis (Speg.) Swingle1921Stevenson, John A.Van Wert
Cladosporium paeoniae Pass.1921Stevenson John A.Van Wert
A photograph of the species Puccinia iridis, not of this specimenPuccinia iridis Wallr.1921Stevenson J. A.Van Wert
A photograph of the species Charadrius vociferus, not of this specimenCharadrius vociferus vociferus Linnaeus, 17581922Price, H. (Homer)Van Wert, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Dendrocopos pubescens, not of this specimenDendrocopos pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766)1922Price, H. (Homer)near Paulding Co line, Blue Creek Banks, Van Wert, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Sialia sialis, not of this specimenSialia sialis sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)1922not recordedNo specific locality recorded.
A photograph of the species Cathartes aura, not of this specimenCathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758)1924H. T. PriceRodney Graham Woods
A photograph of the species Bubo virginianus, not of this specimenBubo virginianus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)1926Price, H. (Homer)Van Wert, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Accipiter cooperii, not of this specimenAccipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828)1929Price, H. (Homer)Convoy, Van Wert, Ohio, USA

All 126 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cavett: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Scott Plant 0MagnesitePlant

Every working recorded in Van Wert County

Storms nearby

6 since 2007

The National Weather Service names Cavett in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2007Flash FloodCavett$250,000Emergency Management officials reported that all bridges and most roads were closed in Hoaglin and Jackson townships as a result of flowing water over many roads as well as water approaching the bottom of bridges. Property damage is estimated at $250,000.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindCavett$200,000A swath of damage from winds measured as high as around 80 mph damaged several structures including a garage, barn and 2 grain bins. Several wooden power poles were also snapped. Damage in the area is estimated at $200,000.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindCavett$20,000Power poles were snapped and lines were down.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindCavett$3,000An 8x5 foot storage shed was destroyed by a possible gustnado along an outflow from thunderstorms.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCavett$1,000A tree is down on Fife Rd.
May 2011HailCavett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Van Wert County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Scott3.0 miles15
Hoaglin4.6 miles14
Briarwood Court4.9 miles15
Richey5.0 miles14
Van Wert5.3 miles14
Convoy6.8 miles14
Wetzel7.7 miles14
Seamersville8.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048587. 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.