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Dixon, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 46773. The Survey maps it on the Dixon quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 33 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
14 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.
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Muncie quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Dixon quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
7 of 7 shownMuseums hold 7 specimens collected within 10 miles of Dixon between 1924 and 1965: 7 Animalia. 7 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by H. T. Price, Panoutsas, Ed., Steinke, Jim 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1924 | H. T. Price | Rodney Graham Woods |
 | Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Blue Creek, within Tully township, near Convoy, Tully township |
 | Erimyzon oblongus claviformis (Girard, 1856) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Blue Creek, within Tully township, near Convoy, Tully township |
 | Pimephales promelas promelas Rafinesque, 1820 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Blue Creek, within Tully township, near Convoy, Tully township |
 | Blarina brevicauda (Say, 1823) | 1965 | Steinke, Jim | 5 mi W Van Wert |
 | Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815) | 1965 | Panoutsas, Ed. | 5 mi W Van Wert |
 | Peromyscus maniculatus (Wagner, 1845) | 1965 | Steinke, N. | 5 mi W Van Wert |
Storms nearby
11 since 1997The National Weather Service names Dixon in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixon | $75,000 | Two barns were severely damaged, a grain bin was destroyed, and a three car garage was moved one foot off its foundation just east of Dixon. Also, numerous trees were downed This storm also produced up to golf ball size hail near Van Wert. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixon | $20,000 | The top of a large grain bin was ripped off. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixon | $10,000 | Two power poles were blown down east of Dixon, with two 40 foot diameter trees down west of Convey. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Dixon | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixon | - | A 60 mph wind gust was estimated northwest of Middlebury by emergency management officials. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixon | - | Emergency management officials reported two maple trees, roughly two and one half feet in diameter, were uprooted. Some shingles were taken off nearby roofs. |
| May 2017 | Flash Flood | Dixon | - | Six to eight inches of rain fell onto already saturated ground, causing flash flooding in southwestern parts of the county. Portions of the town of Wren were underwater for at least a day with some evacuations needed. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Dixon | - | Numerous roads were closed due to high water for several days as periodic showers and storms slowed water levels from receding. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixon | - | A trained spotter estimated a wind gust to 60 mph. |
| October 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Dixon | - | The circulation touched down roughly 3.5 miles southwest of Convey, near the intersection of Tully Harrison and Mentzer Church Roads. After touchdown, the tornado flipped a stationary large semi trailer and camper, as well as tearing the roof off of a barn. The tornado continued northeast to Convoy Road, between Van Horn and Lare Road. Roughly half of the roof was torn off a home and thrown around 100 yards to the northeast, with a windmill being carried roughly 40 yards. An additional house suffered roof damage as well as the circulation continued northeast. The tornado crossed Lare Road where it destroyed a small barn before lifting. The debris was found three quarters of a mile away. Maximum winds are estimated at around 80 mph. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dixon | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfcale | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Convoy | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Middlebury | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Richey | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Wren | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cavett | 11.8 miles | 15 | |
| Scott | 12.0 miles | 15 | |
| Briarwood Court | 12.1 miles | 15 |
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 Dixon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22033961 | The 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 1048662. 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.