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Cecil, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Crane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45821. It stands on Bull Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paulding quadrangle. 146 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 722 feet above sea level.

Cecil within Paulding County

Population over time

2 figures

Cecil fell from 188 to 146 between 2010 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.

YearPeople Change
2010188
2020146-42 (-22%)

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 Cecil, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Cecil, surveyed 1914

Compare 1914 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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 744 shown

Museums hold 744 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cecil between 1888 and 1973: 744 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., CLARENCE CLARK, Ehrhart, O. E. 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
Specimen of Epitheca cynosura (Say, 1840)Epitheca cynosura (Say, 1840)1943H. PricePaulding Township, Baily gravel pit
Specimen of Gomphus graslinellus Walsh, 1862Gomphus graslinellus Walsh, 18621943H. PriceKlinger Gravel Pit, Jackson Township
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Micropterus dolomieu, not of this specimenMicropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 18021888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Notropis spilopterus, not of this specimenNotropis spilopterus (Cope, 1867)1888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Notropis stramineus, not of this specimenNotropis stramineus (Cope, 1865)1888S. MeekMaumee River, Cecil, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Porzana carolina, not of this specimenPorzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)1910Price, H. (Homer)Paulding, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Sturnella magna, not of this specimenSturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758)1912Price, H. (Homer)Paulding, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Actitis macularius, not of this specimenActitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766)1916Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Crooked Creek bottoms, Paulding, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Agelaius phoeniceus, not of this specimenAgelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1916Price, H. (Homer)Payne, Crooked Creek bottoms, Paulding, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Bombycilla cedrorum, not of this specimenBombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 18081916Price, H. (Homer)Payne within corporation, Paulding, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Cathartes aura, not of this specimenCathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758)1916Price, H. (Homer)near Payne, Paulding, Ohio, USA

All 744 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cecil: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
General Portland Inc Peninsular DivClay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, MagnesiteProducer
Paulding QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Paulding Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Paulding County

Storms nearby

7 since 2003

The National Weather Service names Cecil in 7 storm reports between 2003 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2022Thunderstorm WindCecil$100,000The emergency manager reports that eight power poles were downed, and two trees were damaged near Cecil.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindCecil$100,000Emergency management officials reported that damage was observed along a roughly half mile long path. The damage started near the intersection of county highway C-105 and U.S. 24. Two mobile homes that were attached together, were flipped over, destroying it. As the wind continued east a pole barn next to the mobile home was destroyed. Along U.S. 24, several trees were uprooted in two separate residences. Two homes suffered roof damage as well. The damage ended just across the Maumee River where several large broken tree limbs were found along the river bank. The combined damage is estimated at $100,000.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindCecil$3,000The public reported that a pear tree was split in half.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindCecil$2,000Emergency management reported a barn blown down near Cecil.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCecil-Measured 60 mph gusts with car roof anemometer. Large branch snapped off healthy tree.
June 2003Flash FloodCecil-A narrow band of thunderstorms continuously regenerated over Paulding county during the morning. Flash flooding was reported north of Cecil by emergency management with CR 230 closed.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindCecil-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Paulding 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
New Rochester0.8 miles13
Emmett2.7 miles13
Reids (historical)3.1 miles13
Knoxdale4.1 miles12
Paulding5.7 miles13
Renollet (historical)5.9 miles10
Arena (historical)6.0 miles12
Antwerp7.8 miles12

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 CecilAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2254451The 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 1038883. 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.