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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Glenmore, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Willshire Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45874. The Survey maps it on the Glenmore quadrangle.

Glenmore within Van Wert County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glenmore, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Glenmore, surveyed 1914

Compare 1914 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 sheets

Matched 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 121 shown

Museums hold 121 specimens collected within 10 miles of Glenmore between 1837 and 1970: 112 Animalia, 4 Plantae, 4 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Bonnewitz L. R.; Stevenson J. A., Bonnewitz Lee R. 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Argia tibialis (Rambur, 1842)Argia tibialis (Rambur, 1842)1942H. PriceSt. Mary's River
Specimen of Lestes dryas Kirby, 1890Lestes dryas Kirby, 18901942H. PriceSt. Mary's River
A photograph of the species Geranium maculatum, not of this specimenGeranium maculatum L.1837FrankVan Wert Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Cerastium glomeratum, not of this specimenCerastium glomeratum Thuill.1850not recordedOhio City.
A photograph of the species Aphredoderus sayanus, not of this specimenAphredoderus sayanus (Gilliams, 1824)1893P. KirschSt. Marys River, Rockford, Ohio
A photograph of the species Albugo platensis, not of this specimenAlbugo platensis (Speg.) Swingle1921Stevenson, John A.Van Wert
Cladosporium paeoniae Pass.1921Stevenson John A.Van Wert
A photograph of the species Puccinia iridis, not of this specimenPuccinia iridis Wallr.1921Stevenson J. A.Van Wert
A photograph of the species Charadrius vociferus, not of this specimenCharadrius vociferus vociferus Linnaeus, 17581922Price, H. (Homer)Van Wert, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Dendrocopos pubescens, not of this specimenDendrocopos pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766)1922Price, H. (Homer)near Paulding Co line, Blue Creek Banks, Van Wert, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Sialia sialis, not of this specimenSialia sialis sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)1922not recordedNo specific locality recorded.
A photograph of the species Bubo virginianus, not of this specimenBubo virginianus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)1926Price, H. (Homer)Van Wert, Ohio, USA

All 121 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

8 since 2008

The National Weather Service names Glenmore in 8 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGlenmore$5,000The emergency manager reports numerous trees were down between Wren and Ohio City.
April 2025Tornado (EF1)Glenmore-A brief tornado developed in a field east of Glenmore Rd and snapped several trees. The tornado then continued northeast through empty fields and crossed Ainsworth Rd. A outbuilding was completely destroyed along Ainsworth Rd with debris lofted and strewn up to 400 yards away to the northeast in nearby fields. The tornado then dissipated in a field north of Ainsworth Rd near Town Creek. The tornado had a width of 50 yards and maximum wind speeds of 100 mph.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindGlenmore-Emergency management officials reported several 60 foot trees snapped off with several large limbs broke off other nearby trees.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindGlenmore-Emergency management officials reported numerous large tree limbs were broken off. One branch went through a car windshield and a second branch fell onto a garage roof causing minor damage.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGlenmore-Emergency management officials reported corn stalks laid flat in parts of some fields.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindGlenmore-Emergency management officials reported a few trees were snapped near Richey Road.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindGlenmore-Amateur radio operators reported a few trees down in the Glenmore area.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGlenmore-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Van Wert County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Abanaka1.7 miles13
Dull2.2 miles13
Schumm2.5 miles13
Wren4.2 miles12
Ohio City4.5 miles14
Middlebury4.9 miles13
Willshire5.5 miles13
Shasta (historical)6.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064732. 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.

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.