East Swanton, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Swanton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43558. It stands on Ai Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitehouse quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 75 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
15 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.
- 1911 USGS Swanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Swanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Whitehouse quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Whitehouse quadrangle1:31680
- 1940 USGS Whitehouse quadrangle1:31680
- 1951 USGS Whitehouse quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Whitehouse quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Whitehouse quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
9 since 2012The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of East Swanton between 2012 and 2017, burning about 38 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1162 |
| 16 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8327 |
| 8 March 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7405 |
| 8 March 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7413 |
| 8 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 3646 |
| 30 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 663 |
| 11 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 3510 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 699 shownMuseums hold 699 specimens collected within 10 miles of East Swanton between 1893 and 1974: 589 Animalia, 101 Plantae, 4 Fungi, 3 Chromista, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. Lose, A.E. Daugherty 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | not recorded | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1893 | not recorded | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Notropis cornutus (Mitchill, 1817) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Percina caprodes zebra (Agassiz) | 1893 | not recorded | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Cambarus rusticus Girard, 1852 | 1894 | C. Rutter | Perrysburg, Presque Isle |
![]() | Catocala relicta Walker | 1897 | John W. Peacock | Swanton Twp., Sec. 17, Oak Openings M.P |
All 699 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of East Swanton: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Swanton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Swanton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Swanton | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| Wilkins | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Arrowhead Lake | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Midway | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Midway (historical) | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sharples | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Garden | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Chateau Estates | 3.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1040015. 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.


























