Elery, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43535. The Survey maps it on the Malinta quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 78 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
12 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.
- 1908 USGS Napoleon quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Napoleon quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Malinta quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Malinta quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Malinta quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
5 since 2019The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Elery between 2019 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15847 |
| 3 April 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15240 |
| 8 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15239 |
| 7 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15949 |
| 5 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15888 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 130 shownMuseums hold 130 specimens collected within 10 miles of Elery between 1898 and 1974: 114 Animalia, 10 Plantae, 4 Fungi, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., C.R. Neiswander, Claud Revere Neiswander 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Tabanus atratus Fabricius, 1775 | 1937 | F. Bower | |
![]() | Ceraclea cancellata (Betten, 1934) | 1939 | Claud Revere Neiswander | |
![]() | Dromogomphus spinosus Selys, 1854 | 1898 | J. Hine | Napoleon |
![]() | Dromogomphus spoliatus (Hagen, 1858) | 1898 | J. Hine | Napoleon |
![]() | Libellula luctuosa Burmeister, 1839 | 1898 | J. Hine | Napoleon |
![]() | Perithemis tenera (Say, 1840) | 1898 | J. Hine | Napoleon |
![]() | Fusarium culmorum (Wm.G.Sm.) Sacc. | 1919 | Lewis H. L. | Holgate |
![]() | Puccinia graminis Pers. | 1919 | Lewis H. L. | Holgate |
![]() | Roccus chrysops (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Maumee River, within Henry Co, Henry County, township n/a |
![]() | Scalopus aquaticus machrinus (Rafinesque, 1832) | 1927 | Hoffman, C. P. | Washington Twp., Henry Co., Ohio, USA |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1930 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | South Branch Turkeyfoot Creek, within Flatrock township, near Malinta, Monroe township |
![]() | Etheostoma spectabile (Agassiz, 1854) | 1930 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | South Branch Turkeyfoot Creek, within Flatrock township, near Malinta, Monroe township |
All 130 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
3 since 2011The National Weather Service names Elery in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elery | - | Emergency management reported a tree was blown down across the road. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elery | - | A trained spotter measured a 64 mph wind gust with an eight inch diameter tree limb down onto a truck. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elery | - | Emergency management officials reported trees down at State Route 281, west of State Route 109. In addition, power lines were down near the intersection of State Route 281 and County Road 18. |
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.
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 Elery | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24898013 | 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 1064607. 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.
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.























