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Climax, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Canaan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43320. The Survey maps it on the Caledonia quadrangle.

Climax within Morrow County

Then and now

1913 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Climax, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Climax, surveyed 1913

Compare 1913 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 207 shown

Museums hold 207 specimens collected within 10 miles of Climax between 1837 and 1975: 197 Animalia, 7 Plantae, 2 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bird, C., Breiding, G. (George), Cameron, J. B. 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 Thelephora mucida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Fr.Thelephora mucida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Fr.1898LloydOhio
A photograph of the species Sagittaria latifolia, not of this specimenSagittaria latifolia Willd.1837Frank B
A photograph of the species Sicyos angulatus, not of this specimenSicyos angulatus P.J.Bergius1837Frank Bin civitatate Ohio
A photograph of the species Usnea florida, not of this specimenUsnea florida (L.) F.H.Wigg.1837not recorded
A photograph of the species Empidonax traillii, not of this specimenEmpidonax traillii (Audubon, 1828)1893Robertsunspecified
A photograph of the species Veronica officinalis, not of this specimenVeronica officinalis L.1897G. B. AshcroftRussell
A photograph of the species Carex shortiana, not of this specimenCarex shortiana Dewey & Torr.1901Kellerman W. A.
A photograph of the species Cirsium arvense, not of this specimenCirsium arvense (L.) Scop.1919W. J. CampbellEdison
A photograph of the species Rallus limicola, not of this specimenRallus limicola limicola Vieillot, 18191923Lyle D. MillerClaridon, Lake Aquilla
A photograph of the species Buteo jamaicensis, not of this specimenButeo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788)1924Lyle D. MillerClaridon
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1929MB TrautmanWhetstone Creek, trib of the Oleontangy River, Gilead Twp.
A photograph of the species Etheostoma blennioides, not of this specimenEtheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 18191929Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Whetstone Creek, at Mt Gilead, ~0.4 mi E of Mount Gilead, Gilead township

All 207 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Climax: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Caledonia PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Marbrick Number 1 PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Marbrick Number 1 PitClayProducer
Marion Brick PitClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Morrow County

Storms nearby

2 since 2012

The National Weather Service names Climax in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2018: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2012Thunderstorm WindClimax$2,000,000An intense line of thunderstorms or Derecho moved across Marion County during the afternoon of June 29th causing extensive damage. Winds were estimated to be as much as 80 mph. Over 75 percent of residents lost power during this event. Power was not completely restored for almost a week. Hundreds, if not thousands of trees were downed across the county along with many utility poles forcing the closure of dozens of roads and streets. Damage to homes and buildings was also extensive. Hundreds of homes and buildings lost roofing or siding with many other homes damaged by fallen trees. Clean up costs were extensive. The clean up was hampered by an ongoing heat wave with afternoon temperatures in the upper 90s. Significant crop losses are also expected. Damage from this storm was comparable to the remnants of Hurricane Ike in September 2008. Damage to public property alone was over $700 thousand.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindClimax-Thunderstorm winds downed a tree along Martel Road (County Highway 171) just north of State Route 39.

Every storm recorded in Morrow 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
Surprise (historical)2.7 miles13
Denmark3.4 miles13
Iberia3.6 miles13
Saint James3.8 miles13
Edison5.2 miles13
West Point5.5 miles13
Mount Gilead6.5 miles13
Kellker (historical)7.6 miles13

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 ClimaxAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22033774The 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 1039187. 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.