Fredonia, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1966. It stands in McKean Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43023. The Survey maps it on the Fredonia quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 58 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
11 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 Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Fredonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,643 shownMuseums hold 2,643 specimens collected within 10 miles of Fredonia between 1853 and 1975: 2,415 Animalia, 182 Fungi, 26 Protozoa, 17 Plantae, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. P. M., A. P. Morgan, A. R. Elliott 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Charadrius vociferus vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 | 1884 | F. S. Robinson | |
![]() | Gibberella saubinetii (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc. | 1893 | J.B. Ellis | Granville |
![]() | Hypoxylon deustum (Hoffm.) Grev. | 1893 | H. L. Jones | |
![]() | Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1853 | Mack, D. (Don) | Eden Twp, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin, 1789 | 1874 | not recorded | Licking Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Calidris canutus rufa (A.Wilson, 1813) | 1878 | Savage, E. (Ed) | Buckeye Lake Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | not recorded | Licking Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1880 | not recorded | Licking Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Anas americana J.F.Gmelin, 1789 | 1880 | not recorded | Buckeye Lake Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Podiceps auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1880 | not recorded | Licking, Ohio, USA |
| Anas acuta Linnaeus, 1758 | 1881 | not recorded | Buckeye Lake Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA | |
| Anas clypeata Linnaeus, 1758 | 1881 | not recorded | Buckeye Lake Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
All 2,643 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fredonia: 1 past producer. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoskinson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
7 since 2010The National Weather Service names Fredonia in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | $7,000 | Numerous trees were reported knocked down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | $5,000 | A few trees were downed across the county. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | $2,000 | Several trees were downed on Dry Creek Road. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | $1,000 | A large tree was downed on Chestnut Hills Road near State Route 661. Several other large limbs were also knocked off of other trees in the area. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fredonia | $1,000 | Trees and branches were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Fredonia | - | State Route 661 was closed in both directions due to high water. |
| August 2017 | Hail | Fredonia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highwater | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cokesbury Corners | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| New Way | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Barrick Corners | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Chatham | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Blanchard (historical) | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Decrow Corners | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Vanatta | 5.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1040662. 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.




















