Germany, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45613. It lies in Brigner Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Waverly South quadrangle.
Then and now
1906 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1906 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Waverly quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Waverly South quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waverly South quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waverly South quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waverly South quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Waverly South quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
52 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Germany between 2003 and 2020, burning about 257 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13748 |
| 1 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15212 |
| 7 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,082 shownMuseums hold 1,082 specimens collected within 10 miles of Germany between 1889 and 1975: 1,050 Animalia, 29 Plantae, 3 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W.; Adams, S., Allen, E. (Ed), B. W. Evermann 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Leptodea fragilis (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1909 | not recorded | Scioto River, Piketon |
![]() | Truncilla truncata Rafinesque, 1820 | 1909 | not recorded | Piketon, Scioto River |
![]() | Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) | 1938 | R. Rhoades | Roadside Pool Near Head Of Lake White, Pee Pee Township |
![]() | Asterella tenella (L.) P.Beauv. | 1889 | C. J. Herrick | Waverly |
![]() | Lanius ludovicianus migrans W.Palmer, 1898 | 1889 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz, 1855 | 1894 | Bean & B. Evermann | Scioto Creek, Coopersville, New York |
![]() | Notropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 1818 | 1894 | B. W. Evermann | Cooperville; Scioto Cr |
![]() | Accipiter cooperii (Bonaparte, 1828) | 1898 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1898 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Ammodramus savannarum (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1898 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763) | 1898 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | Piketon, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Astragalinus Cabanis, 1851 | 1898 | not recorded | Waverly, Ohio, USA |
All 1,082 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
5 since 2015The National Weather Service names Germany in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germany | $50,000 | Several houses sustained roof damage. Numerous trees were downed and several barns were destroyed. A school bus was heavily damaged by flying debris. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Germany | $5,000 | Part of Montgomery Road was washed out near Dutch Run. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germany | $3,000 | Numerous trees were downed across Pike County, including several along Red Hollow Road. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Germany | $2,000 | A tree fell onto a power line near the intersection of Germany Road and Owl Creek Road. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Germany | - | Two children had to be rescued from a home due to rapidly rising water approaching the house. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobo | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Robbins (historical) | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Beaver Pike Estates | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Givens | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Stockdale | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Shyville | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Beaver | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Zahns Corners | 5.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1040826. 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.
























