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Clyde, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Clyde City. It lies in ZIP code area 43410. It stands on Sucker Run Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clyde quadrangle. 6,294 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 696 feet above sea level.

Clyde within Sandusky County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clyde, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Clyde, surveyed 1901

On record in Clyde

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Businesses named in the fire insurance atlases 8 records

Population over time

2 figures

Clyde fell from 6,325 to 6,294 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, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. 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
20106,325
20206,294-31 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed 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 county-history sources

26,881 words on this township

History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882 names this settlement in its chapter on Clyde City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Clyde, as we see it to day, is the creature of the two railroads which cross here, affording better facilities for transportation than any other point in the county. The first town lots were laid out by William Hamer and Philip Beery. The construction of the railroads was the death blow not only to the name, but also the hamlet of Hamer's Corners. Mr. Hamer had surveyed, in town-lots, the land extending from the pike as a base line toward the south, so far as the junction of Maple and Main streets, being a triangular tract. This is recorded as "Hamer's addition to Centreville, " from which it appears that Centreville had become the accepted name of the place, although the post ofifice was never so known. On the same day, February 6, 1852, Philip Beery had surveyed a small tract recorded as "Beery's addition to the village of Centerville, " lying south of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern track and east of the Cleveland, Sandusky & Cincinnati.

Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.

In July, 1852, Lyman Miller fell in with the growing spirit of founding a town, and remembering the prophesy of his stepfather, Samuel Pogue, laid out a large tract west of the Cleveland, Sandusky & Cincinnati track, which is recorded as Miller's "Addition to the town of Centreville," but the papers were dated "Clyde," which shows that the name had been

Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.

A pubhc meeting was held for the purpose of naming the infant town, there being much difference of opinion. A number of names were proposed, but the three most favored were Centreville, Hamersville, and Clyde. The last was the proposal of Dr. Tread way, whose personal popularity had perhaps as much weight with the assembled citizens as the beauty and brevity of the name. It is in the traditional history of the town that a few of the older heads were slightly sore because of the treatment their suggestions had received in the town meeting. Clyde had a large majority and was the name known in the records of the county, post office department, and railroad offices thereafter.

Passage source: History of Sandusky County, Ohio, published 1882.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Clyde City - it names this place 35 more 35 times.

Fires near this place

4 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Clyde in 2002, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
8 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
27 April 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 November 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 November 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sandusky County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 399 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 399 specimens collected within 10 miles of Clyde between 1880 and 1975: 325 Animalia, 54 Plantae, 20 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, Adams J. M. B., Adams J. M. 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
Specimen of Adiantum pedatum L.Adiantum pedatum L.1880Keeler, L.E.Fremont.
Specimen of Lepiota morganii (Peck) Sacc.Lepiota morganii (Peck) Sacc.1896DayFremont
Specimen of Elimia semicarinata (Say, 1829)Elimia semicarinata (Say, 1829)1914Anson A. HinkleySandusky River, Fremont, North America
A photograph of the species Anas americana, not of this specimenAnas americana J.F.Gmelin, 17891880not recordedSandusky, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Larus argentatus, not of this specimenLarus argentatus smithsonianus Coues, 18621881not recordedSandusky, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Carex frankii, not of this specimenCarex frankii Kunth1889H. C. BeardsleeGreen Spring.
A photograph of the species Arisaema dracontium, not of this specimenArisaema dracontium (L.) Schott1890H. C. Beardslee Sr.Green Springs
Carex haleana Olney1890H. C. Beardslee Jr.Green Spring
A photograph of the species Carex hyalinolepis, not of this specimenCarex hyalinolepis Steud.1890Collector unknownGreen Spring.
A photograph of the species Sturnella magna, not of this specimenSturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758)1890Harry S. DayFremont
A photograph of the species Calidris alba, not of this specimenCalidris alba (Pallas, 1764)1891Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)Sandusky, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Neotibicen canicularis, not of this specimenNeotibicen canicularis (Harris, 1841)1891not recordedFremont

All 399 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Clyde: 2 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
Kline Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kline Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sandusky County

Storms near this place

43 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clyde in 43 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 27 thunderstorm wind, 16 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
May 2006Thunderstorm WindClyde$350,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindClyde$35,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. A home was damaged by a fallen tree.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindClyde$30,000Thunderstorm downburst winds caused damage in Clyde. A few trees and large limbs were knocked down. At least one home lost some shingles.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindClyde$25,000Thunderstorm downburst winds estimated at 60 mph caused damage at a commercial property north of Clyde. A small mobile home was blown off it's foundation. Glass in nearby windows was also broken.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindClyde$20,000There were numerous trees and power lines blown down across the county.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindClyde$20,000Several large tree branches fell down on vehicles causing damage.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindClyde$18,000Multiple campers blown over by strong thunderstorm winds.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindClyde$15,000Thunderstorm winds toppled a tree onto a parked truck. The truck was heavily damaged.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindClyde$12,000A few trees and a utility pole were reported down. As a result, power lines were also brought down.
September 2010HailClyde$10,000Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindClyde$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and large limbs.
May 2008HailClyde$8,000Nickel size hail was observed. One car was reported to be damaged by the hail.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindClyde$7,000Thunderstorm winds downed two trees. A farm wagon was also blown over.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindClyde$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindClyde$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs in the Clyde area.
September 2002Thunderstorm WindClyde$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindClyde$4,000Several large limbs were reported down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindClyde$3,000Several trees were reported down.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindClyde$3,000Thunderstorm winds tore vinyl siding off of a house and garage.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindClyde$3,000Trees and limbs were downed, some on power lines.
June 2016HailClyde$2,000A trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindClyde$2,000A few trees were reported down.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindClyde$2,000A few trees were reported down.
May 2003HailClyde$2,000Nickel size hail was observed four miles northwest of Clyde.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindClyde$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed two large tree limbs.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindClyde$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a tree.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindClyde$1,000Many large limbs were downed.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindClyde-Several trees with snapped limbs in Clyde.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindClyde-Several large tree limbs were blocking the road on State Route 510.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindClyde-A trained spotter measured a 58 mph wind gust with a personal weather station.
July 2018HailClyde-Quarter sized hail was observed.
August 2017HailClyde-Penny sized hail was observed.
September 2015HailClyde-Penny sized hail was observed.
August 2013HailClyde-A trained weather spotter reported penny size hail near Clyde.
March 2012HailClyde-Quarter sized hail was observed.
August 2011HailClyde-Penny sized hail was reported.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindClyde-A 20 by 100 foot section of roofing was torn off of a factory on the west side of Clyde.
May 2007HailClyde-Penny size hail was observed.
May 2007HailClyde-Penny to quarter size hail was observed.
May 2007HailClyde-Penny size hail was observed.
April 2006HailClyde-Penny size hail was observed.
May 2004HailClyde-Penny to quarter size hail was observed.
July 1998HailClyde-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sandusky 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
Shady Acres0.7 miles16
Galetown2.8 miles16
Mount Carmel3.1 miles16
Colby3.2 miles16
Oil Station3.8 miles13
Wales Corners3.9 miles16
Green Creek4.3 miles13
Catalpa Grove4.6 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 ClydeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q177572The 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 1056817. 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.