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

Gomer, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sugar Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45807. It stands on Pike Run. The Survey maps it on the Elida quadrangle.

Gomer within Allen County

Then and now

1906 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gomer, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Gomer, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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 151 shown

Museums hold 151 specimens collected within 10 miles of Gomer between 1865 and 1974: 131 Animalia, 18 Fungi, 2 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by *ood, Almen N., Adler, K. K., Amstutz, K. 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
A photograph of the species Lophanthus nepetoides, not of this specimenLophanthus nepetoides (L.) Benth.1865Holzer, L.Delphos
A photograph of the species Chrysemys picta, not of this specimenChrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783)1893not recordedCloverdale, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Etheostoma spectabile, not of this specimenEtheostoma spectabile (Agassiz, 1854)1893PH KirschSugar Creek, 2 miles north of Lima; Maumee River dr.
A photograph of the species Lepomis cyanellus, not of this specimenLepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 18191893P. KirschLost Creek, Lima, Ohio
A photograph of the species Lithobates pipiens, not of this specimenLithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782)1893not recordedLima, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Nerodia sipedon, not of this specimenNerodia sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758)1893not recordedLima, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Regina septemvittata, not of this specimenRegina septemvittata (Say, 1825)1893not recordedLima, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Thamnophis sirtalis, not of this specimenThamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1893not recordedLima, Sugar Creek
A photograph of the species Amanita frostiana, not of this specimenAmanita frostiana (Peck) Sacc.1902C. W. DawsonLima
A photograph of the species Amanita rubescens, not of this specimenAmanita rubescens Pers.1902C. W. DawsonLima
A photograph of the species Amanita vaginata, not of this specimenAmanita vaginata (Bull.) Lam.1902C. W. DawsonLima
A photograph of the species Flammula sapinea, not of this specimenFlammula sapinea (Fr.) P.Kumm.1902C. W. DawsonLima

All 151 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gomer: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rimer QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Rimer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Allen County

Storms nearby

6 since 2008

The National Weather Service names Gomer in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGomer$20,000A trained spotter observed damaging winds remove the siding and shingles from a nearby church.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindGomer-The public relayed pictures of several one to two foot diameter tree limbs down. as well as a few larger, healthy trees ranging from two to three feet in diameter were blown down.
August 2015HailGomer-The public reported hail ranging from the size of peas to dimes.
May 2011Flash FloodGomer-Law enforcement officials reported a underpass flooded in the city of Lima. In addition, a few of the county roads had high water issues in mainly low areas.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGomer-Amateur radio operators measure a 65 mph wind gust at County Road 235 and US 30.
May 2010HailGomer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Allen 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
Elida4.0 miles14
Scotts Crossing4.9 miles14
Cairo5.4 miles15
West Cairo5.7 miles15
Hunters Chase5.7 miles14
Allentown6.2 miles14
Holland Court7.7 miles14
Needmore (historical)7.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048795. 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.