Grelton, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 43523. The Survey maps it on the McClure quadrangle. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1909 to 1986The 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.


Compare 1909 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1909 USGS Mc Clure quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Mc Clure quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Mc Clure quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Mc Clure quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Mc Clure quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
3 since 2020The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Grelton between 2020 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15820 |
| 4 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15804 |
| 19 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15766 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 133 shownMuseums hold 133 specimens collected within 10 miles of Grelton between 1898 and 1974: 120 Animalia, 6 Fungi, 5 Plantae, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., C.R. Neiswander, Claud Revere Neiswander 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Urocystis occulta (Wallr.) Rabenh. | 1919 | W.G. Stover | Liberty Center |
![]() | Tabanus atratus Fabricius, 1775 | 1937 | F. Bower | |
![]() | Ceraclea cancellata (Betten, 1934) | 1939 | Claud Revere Neiswander | |
![]() | Dromogomphus spinosus Selys, 1854 | 1898 | J. Hine | Napoleon |
![]() | Dromogomphus spoliatus (Hagen, 1858) | 1898 | J. Hine | Napoleon |
![]() | Libellula luctuosa Burmeister, 1839 | 1898 | J. Hine | Napoleon |
![]() | Perithemis tenera (Say, 1840) | 1898 | J. Hine | Napoleon |
![]() | Fusarium culmorum (Wm.G.Sm.) Sacc. | 1919 | Lewis H. L. | Holgate |
![]() | Puccinia graminis Pers. | 1919 | Lewis H. L. | Holgate |
![]() | Camelina sativa (L.) Crantz | 1927 | Moseley, E.L. | Wabash RR, Washington Twp |
![]() | Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Bad Creek, Washington Township, near Liberty Center, Washington township |
![]() | Eleocharis erythropoda Steud. | 1927 | Moseley, E.L. | Wabash RR, Washington Twp |
All 133 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
4 since 2013The National Weather Service names Grelton in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2019: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grelton | - | Emergency management officials reported the roof was torn off a pole barn, a chicken coop was blown down with several tree limbs onto a home. In addition, 12 utility poles were snapped nearby. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grelton | - | A trained spotter reported a power pole was snapped with power lines onto the roadway. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grelton | - | Several power poles were observed broken or pushed down along County Road 7, north of County Road J. |
| June 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Grelton | - | A NWS Storm survey of damage indicated that two weak and brief tornado occurred within a quarter mile of each other. One of these touchdowns caused the collapse of barn doors as well as one of the walls to be blown out. Corn in an adjacent field indicated a brief convergent pattern. The maximum width was 15 yards with a maximum wind speed of 70 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malinta | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Shunk | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| McClure | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Westhope | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Elery | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Damascus (historical) | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Texas | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Countryside Estates | 6.7 miles | 12 |
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 Grelton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5607334 | 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 1064766. 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.























