Celeryville, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Richmond Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44890. The Survey maps it on the Willard 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
13 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 Norwalk quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Norwalk quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Norwalk quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Willard quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Willard quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Willard quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
In the 1896 county history
1,220 words on this townshipThe county history of 1896 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Richmond Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Richmond Township - 1,220 words.
Fires nearby
2 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Celeryville between 2002 and 2002, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 7 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 171 shownMuseums hold 171 specimens collected within 10 miles of Celeryville between 1885 and 1974: 119 Plantae, 24 Animalia, 14 Fungi, 14 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. P. Morgan, C. E. Jennings, Creamer, D. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hemiarcyria stipata (Schwein.) Rostaf., 1876 | 1885 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Physarum inaequale Peck, 1878 | 1885 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Chondrioderma spumarioides (Fr. & Palmquist) Rostaf., 1873 | 1886 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Trichia proximella P.Karst., 1879 | 1889 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Tubifera ferruginosa (Batsch) J.F.Gmel., 1792 | 1889 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Didymium melanospermum (Pers.) T.Macbr., 1899 | 1890 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Physarum ellipsosporum Rostaf., 1876 | 1890 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Physarum relatum Morgan, 1896 | 1890 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Calonema aureum Morgan, 1893 | 1891 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Didymium eximium Peck, 1878 | 1891 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Physarum compressum Alb. & Schwein., 1805 | 1891 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Physarum sulphureum Alb. & Schwein., 1805 | 1891 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
All 171 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Celeryville: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Montgomery Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plymouth Sand and Gravel-Huron Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
5 since 2021The National Weather Service names Celeryville in 5 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Celeryville | $6,000 | Utility poles downed along OH-103 in Celeryville. |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF0) | Celeryville | $5,000 | An EF0 tornado occurred in Richmond Township. The tornado began south of Coder Road. As the tornado moved northeastward, it damaged a metal barn, pushed a 5th wheel trailer, and caved-in garage doors at a farmstead along Coder Road. The tornado advanced farther northeastward, crossed Bigham Road, and dissipated soon thereafter. Debris were deposited along Bigham Road. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Celeryville | - | Hail up to 2-inches in diameter about two-miles south of Celeryville. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Celeryville | - | Trees downed in Celeryville. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Celeryville | - | Sheriff's office reported 30-40 road closures in the southern part of Huron county due to flooding. US-250 was inundated with several feet of water at a railroad underpass southwest of New London, and several cars became stranded in the floodwaters. Standing and flowing water 4 to 8 deep was reported in Willard, with minor street flooding in New London. Radar estimated a swath of 1.5 to 2 of rainfall in just under a 3 hour period. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willard | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| New Pittsburgh | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Coble Village | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| New Haven | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Centerton | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Plymouth | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Relief (historical) | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Steuben | 5.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1038919. 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.
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.
























