Elmira, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1990. It stands in German Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43502. It stands on Bean Creek. The Survey maps it on the Archbold quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1990The same ground, surveyed 77 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.
- 1913 USGS Alvordton quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Alvordton quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Alvordton quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Alvordton 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
- 1959 USGS Archbold quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Archbold quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Adrian quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
2 since 2020The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Elmira between 2020 and 2020, burning about 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15570 |
| 19 November 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 16007 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 333 shownMuseums hold 333 specimens collected within 10 miles of Elmira between 1893 and 1975: 324 Animalia, 8 Fungi, 1 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by CLARENCE CLARK, DDT, DeRoth, Gilbert & Cocanour 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Setophaga ruticilla (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1894 | Edward Wilkinson | Wauseon |
![]() | Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Tiffin River, West Unity, Ohio |
![]() | Puccinia menthae Pers. | 1893 | Fink B. | Fayette |
![]() | Pipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1894 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Wauseon, Fulton, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Buteo lineatus (Gmelin, 1788) | 1897 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Fulton, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Gomphus fraternus (Say, 1840) | 1898 | J. Hine | Wauseon |
![]() | Sympetrum corruptum (Hagen, 1861) | 1898 | J. Hine | Wauseon |
![]() | Parus atricapillus Linnaeus, 1766 | 1899 | not recorded | Wauseon, Fulton, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Bombus affinis Cresson, 1863 | 1902 | not recorded | Wauseon |
| Pucciniastrum agrimoniae (Dietel) Tranzschel | 1902 | W. A. Kellerman | ||
![]() | Pucciniastrum americanum (Farl.) Arthur | 1902 | W.A. Kellerman | |
| Sarcophaga spatulata Aldrich, 1916 | 1902 | Hine | Wauseon |
All 333 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
4 since 2015The National Weather Service names Elmira in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmira | - | Power lines were reported down. Time was estimated from radar. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmira | - | Emergency management officials reported two large trees and several branches were blown down. A semi was blown over on the toll road near mile marker 29. No injuries were reported. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Elmira | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Elmira | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington | 0.5 miles | 14 | |
| Zone | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Eckley | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Archbold | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Pettisville | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Tedrow | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Fox Chase | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Thelma | 6.2 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 Elmira | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q23018007 | 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 1040167. 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.























