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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.

Grelton within Henry County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Grelton, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Grelton, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

Fires nearby

3 since 2020

The 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 burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15820
4 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15804
19 June 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15766

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 133 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Urocystis occulta (Wallr.) Rabenh.Urocystis occulta (Wallr.) Rabenh.1919W.G. StoverLiberty Center
Specimen of Tabanus atratus Fabricius, 1775Tabanus atratus Fabricius, 17751937F. Bower
Specimen of Ceraclea cancellata (Betten, 1934)Ceraclea cancellata (Betten, 1934)1939Claud Revere Neiswander
A photograph of the species Dromogomphus spinosus, not of this specimenDromogomphus spinosus Selys, 18541898J. HineNapoleon
A photograph of the species Dromogomphus spoliatus, not of this specimenDromogomphus spoliatus (Hagen, 1858)1898J. HineNapoleon
A photograph of the species Libellula luctuosa, not of this specimenLibellula luctuosa Burmeister, 18391898J. HineNapoleon
A photograph of the species Perithemis tenera, not of this specimenPerithemis tenera (Say, 1840)1898J. HineNapoleon
A photograph of the species Fusarium culmorum, not of this specimenFusarium culmorum (Wm.G.Sm.) Sacc.1919Lewis H. L.Holgate
A photograph of the species Puccinia graminis, not of this specimenPuccinia graminis Pers.1919Lewis H. L.Holgate
A photograph of the species Camelina sativa, not of this specimenCamelina sativa (L.) Crantz1927Moseley, E.L.Wabash RR, Washington Twp
A photograph of the species Carpiodes velifer, not of this specimenCarpiodes velifer (Rafinesque, 1820)1927Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert)Bad Creek, Washington Township, near Liberty Center, Washington township
A photograph of the species Eleocharis erythropoda, not of this specimenEleocharis erythropoda Steud.1927Moseley, E.L.Wabash RR, Washington Twp

All 133 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

4 since 2013

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019Thunderstorm WindGrelton-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 2018Thunderstorm WindGrelton-A trained spotter reported a power pole was snapped with power lines onto the roadway.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindGrelton-Several power poles were observed broken or pushed down along County Road 7, north of County Road J.
June 2013Tornado (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.

Every storm recorded in Henry 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
Malinta2.4 miles12
Shunk2.6 miles12
McClure3.7 miles12
Westhope4.3 miles12
Elery4.7 miles12
Damascus (historical)5.1 miles12
Texas6.2 miles12
Countryside Estates6.7 miles12

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 GreltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5607334The 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.