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

Dwyer, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Miami Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45439. It stands on Holes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dayton South quadrangle.

Dwyer within Montgomery County

Then and now

1913 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dwyer, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Dwyer, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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 1882 county history

25,484 words on this township

The county history of 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Miami Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Miami Township - 25,484 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 495 shown

Museums hold 495 specimens collected within 10 miles of Dwyer between 1835 and 1975: 333 Animalia, 93 Plantae, 60 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 4 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A JOHN, A JOHN AND W E DUELLMAN, A. E. Foeerste 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 Hypericum mutilum subsp. mutilumHypericum mutilum subsp. mutilum1835Joseph C. FrankGermantown
Specimen of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.1881Foerste AF
Specimen of Geaster limbatus Fr.Geaster limbatus Fr.1883A. E. FoeersteDayton
A photograph of the species Platanthera leucophaea, not of this specimenPlatanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl.1836C. W. ShortDayton
A photograph of the species Erythronium americanum, not of this specimenErythronium americanum Ker Gawl.1837van Cleve, John W.3 mi. north of Dayton
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum macrophyllum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt.1838J. W. Van CleveDayton
A photograph of the species Allium canadense, not of this specimenAllium canadense L.1839not recordedDayton. 1 mi. northeast.
A photograph of the species Cardamine L., not of this specimenCardamine L.1839Sanders, Alfred; J.J. Nagel, J.G. Haupt.Dayton. 1 mile east.
A photograph of the species Cassia marilandica, not of this specimenCassia marilandica L.1839Sanders, AlfredDayton
A photograph of the species Cynoglossum officinale, not of this specimenCynoglossum officinale L.1839not recordedDayton. Suburbs E.
A photograph of the species Iris versicolor, not of this specimenIris versicolor L.1839not recordedDayton. 2 mi. south
A photograph of the species Nuphar advena, not of this specimenNuphar advena (Aiton) Aiton1839Sanders, Mrs.; J.G. HauptDayton

All 495 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 16 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Dwyer: 9 producers, 7 past producers. 9 still produce. 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
Broadway Sand & Gravel Co. Pit #2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Broadway Sand and Gravel IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Broadway Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Carter & Webb IncorporatedSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East River Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
East River Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hilltop PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jackson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jackson Sand Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Moraine Materials Pit No 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms nearby

9 since 2013

The National Weather Service names Dwyer in 9 storm reports between 2013 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Flash FloodDwyer$5,000A residential street was inundated by high water up to the bottom of car doors in West Carrollton due to heavy rainfall.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindDwyer$1,000A large tree was downed, blocking Alex Bell Road and Ladera Trail.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindDwyer$1,000A large tree fell and was blocking the southbound lane of Lamme Road.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDwyer$1,000A large section of a tree was snapped off.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindDwyer$1,000A tree was downed on Munger Road due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDwyer$1,000One healthy tree was downed in the area due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindDwyer$100A large tree limb fell on a house.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindDwyer$100A large branch was blown onto the roof of a house.
August 2021FloodDwyer-High water was reported near the intersection of Hollyhock Drive and Homedale Street.

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Miami Shores1.8 miles14
Moraine1.9 miles14
South Dale2.0 miles14
Berkley Heights2.1 miles14
Short Hills2.2 miles14
West Carrollton2.2 miles13
Gem City Estates2.3 miles14
Kettering2.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1059124. 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.