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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Creston, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Canaan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44217. The Survey maps it on the Creston quadrangle.

Creston within Wayne County

Then and now

1901 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Creston, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Creston, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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 85 shown

Museums hold 85 specimens collected within 10 miles of Creston between 1896 and 1973: 57 Animalia, 22 Plantae, 4 Fungi, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C ALLEN, Bruce Fink, Collector(s): Woodrow W. Goodpaster 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
A photograph of the species Cercosporina apii, not of this specimenCercosporina apii (Fresen.) Miura1896Selby A. D.Creston
A photograph of the species Pseudoperonospora cubensis, not of this specimenPseudoperonospora cubensis (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Rostovzev1897Selby, A. D.Creston
A photograph of the species Solanum carolinense, not of this specimenSolanum carolinense L.1898Duvel, J.W.TCreston
A photograph of the species Apios americana, not of this specimenApios americana Medik.1899Selby, A.D.Doner's Lake
A photograph of the species Aster simplex, not of this specimenAster simplex C.C.Chang1899Selby, A.D.near Smithville
A photograph of the species Digitaria ischaemum, not of this specimenDigitaria ischaemum (Schreb.) Muhl.1899Selby, A.D.; Duvel, J.W.TPeewee Hollow
A photograph of the species Elymus virginicus, not of this specimenElymus virginicus L.1899Selby, A.D.by Chippewa Creek, Easton
A photograph of the species Eragrostis pectinacea, not of this specimenEragrostis pectinacea (Michx.) Nees ex Steud.1899Selby, A.D.Sterling
A photograph of the species Festuca subverticillata, not of this specimenFestuca subverticillata (Pers.) E.B.Alexeev1899Selby, A.D.Armstrong
A photograph of the species Fraxinus pennsylvanica, not of this specimenFraxinus pennsylvanica var. lanceolata (Borkh.) Sarg.1899Selby, A.D.; Duvel, J.W.TN of Armstrong
A photograph of the species Helianthus microcephalus, not of this specimenHelianthus microcephalus Torr. & A.Gray1899Selby, A.D.; Duvel, J.W.TN of Armstrong
A photograph of the species Lechea racemulosa, not of this specimenLechea racemulosa Michx.1899Selby, A.D.; Duvel, J.W.TPeewee Hollow, Congress Twp

All 85 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

14 since 1997

The National Weather Service names Creston in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 9 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. 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
April 2001LightningCreston$500,000Lightning struck a barn at a poultry farm and caused a fire. The fire completely destroyed a barn and killed 12,000 chickens inside.
May 2004HailCreston$75,000Penny to walnut size hail was observed. Many vehicles were damaged by the hail.
May 1997LightningCreston$5,000Lightning struck a tree, traveled to a house and started a fire that damaged a back bedroom and a porch.
March 2026HailCreston-Hail up to penny-size in Creston.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindCreston-Trees downed in Creston.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCreston-Several large tree limbs and branches were blown down.
May 2017HailCreston-Quarter sized hail was observed.
July 2012HailCreston-Penny sized hail was reported.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindCreston-An estimated wind gust of 70 mph was recorded with this thunderstorm.
September 2011HailCreston-Penny sized hail was observed.
June 2008HailCreston-Nickel size hail was observed.
June 2008HailCreston-Nickel size hail was observed.
August 2007HailCreston-Penny size hail was observed.
September 2003HailCreston-Penny size hail was observed.

Every storm recorded in Wayne 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
Indian Head Village1.0 miles16
Jackson1.9 miles16
Sterling2.7 miles16
Johnsons Corners3.3 miles16
Canaan3.7 miles16
Hermanville5.0 miles16
Douglas (historical)5.0 miles16
Burbank5.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061007. 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.

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.