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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.

Celeryville within Huron County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Celeryville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Celeryville, surveyed 1915

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.

In the 1896 county history

1,220 words on this township

The 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 2002

The 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/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 April 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Huron County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 171 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Hemiarcyria stipata (Schwein.) Rostaf., 1876Hemiarcyria stipata (Schwein.) Rostaf., 18761885A. P. MorganPreston
Specimen of Physarum inaequale Peck, 1878Physarum inaequale Peck, 18781885A. P. MorganPreston
Specimen of Chondrioderma spumarioides (Fr. & Palmquist) Rostaf., 1873Chondrioderma spumarioides (Fr. & Palmquist) Rostaf., 18731886A. P. MorganPreston
Specimen of Trichia proximella P.Karst., 1879Trichia proximella P.Karst., 18791889A. P. MorganPreston
Specimen of Tubifera ferruginosa (Batsch) J.F.Gmel., 1792Tubifera ferruginosa (Batsch) J.F.Gmel., 17921889A. P. MorganPreston
Specimen of Didymium melanospermum (Pers.) T.Macbr., 1899Didymium melanospermum (Pers.) T.Macbr., 18991890A. P. MorganPreston
Specimen of Physarum ellipsosporum Rostaf., 1876Physarum ellipsosporum Rostaf., 18761890A. P. MorganPreston
Specimen of Physarum relatum Morgan, 1896Physarum relatum Morgan, 18961890A. P. MorganPreston
Specimen of Calonema aureum Morgan, 1893Calonema aureum Morgan, 18931891A. P. MorganPreston
Specimen of Didymium eximium Peck, 1878Didymium eximium Peck, 18781891A. P. MorganPreston
Specimen of Physarum compressum Alb. & Schwein., 1805Physarum compressum Alb. & Schwein., 18051891A. P. MorganPreston
Specimen of Physarum sulphureum Alb. & Schwein., 1805Physarum sulphureum Alb. & Schwein., 18051891A. P. MorganPreston

All 171 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Montgomery PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Montgomery PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plymouth Sand and Gravel-Huron PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Huron County

Storms nearby

5 since 2021

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2024Thunderstorm WindCeleryville$6,000Utility poles downed along OH-103 in Celeryville.
March 2022Tornado (EF0)Celeryville$5,000An 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 2024HailCeleryville-Hail up to 2-inches in diameter about two-miles south of Celeryville.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindCeleryville-Trees downed in Celeryville.
July 2021Flash FloodCeleryville-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.

Every storm recorded in Huron 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
Willard1.6 miles13
New Pittsburgh2.3 miles13
Coble Village2.4 miles13
New Haven2.7 miles13
Centerton3.9 miles12
Plymouth4.2 miles13
Relief (historical)4.7 miles12
Steuben5.7 miles13

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.