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

Hanford, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Columbus City. It lies in ZIP code area 43205. It stands on Bliss Run. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Columbus quadrangle.

Hanford within Franklin County

Then and now

1925 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hanford, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Hanford, surveyed 1925

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Columbus city, in the words of 1858.

1858, Columbus City

Beginnings Of Ohio

The Mound Builders and Indians - First White Settlements and Struggle for Possession - Indian Village at the Forks of the Scioto Attacked by Crawford and Dispersed - The Ohio Company, the Scioto Company and Symmes Purchase - Indian Power Broken and British Hopes Blasted - First Surveys - Topography, Geology and Soil of Franklin County.

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In the 1858 county history

895,918 words on this township

The county history of 1858 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Columbus City covers the township.

Read the chapter on Columbus City - 895,918 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 9,793 shown

Museums hold 9,793 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hanford between 1814 and 1975: 7,830 Animalia, 1,266 Fungi, 549 Plantae, 117 Chromista, 30 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 19 V 1938 in original publication, Knull, =, ? 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 Cintractia sorghi (Sorokn) De ToniCintractia sorghi (Sorokn) De Toni1900Tyler, F.J.; O. E. JenningsColumbus
Specimen of Sorghum bicolor (L.) MoenchSorghum bicolor (L.) Moench1900Jennings, O.E.Columbus, Ohio.
A photograph of the species Hirundo Linnaeus, not of this specimenHirundo Linnaeus, 17581814not recordedColumbus Ohio, Franklin, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Callimome strobiloides, not of this specimenCallimome strobiloides Huber, 19271821C. HuberColumbus
A photograph of the species Solidago riddellii, not of this specimenSolidago riddellii Frank1832W. A. KellermanA few miles N of Columbus.
A photograph of the species Carex lupulina, not of this specimenCarex lupulina Muhl. ex Willd.1834AnonymousColumbus.
A photograph of the species Anomodon viticulosus, not of this specimenAnomodon viticulosus (Hedw.) Hook. & Taylor1837W. S. SullivantNear Columbus
A photograph of the species Carex bullata, not of this specimenCarex bullata Willd.1837AnonymousColumbus.
A photograph of the species Carex comosa, not of this specimenCarex comosa Boott1837AnonymousColumbus.
A photograph of the species Carex granularis, not of this specimenCarex granularis Muhl. ex Willd.1837AnonymousColumbus.
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans blanchardi Harper, 19471897not recordedNo Further Locality Data
Albugo candida (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Roussel1897Clevenger, J. F.Columbus

All 9,793 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 Hanford: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid. 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
(Facility) Asarco Columbus SmelterZinc, Sulfur, Sulfuric AcidPlant
Columbus No. 210 Plant and PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms nearby

13 since 2013

The National Weather Service names Hanford in 13 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flood, 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
September 2018Tornado (EF1)Hanford$750,000Damage evident of a weak tornado began in the Olde Towne neighborhood of Columbus. There were numerous large tree branches down or tree trunks snapped, along with a pickup truck that was briefly partially lifted off the ground. The pickup truck suffered damage to both passenger side tires as it was forced back down to the pavement. In the same area of Olde Towne, there was damage to power poles. Damage in this area was consistent with an EF0 strength tornado. Further down the damage path, several areas of tree damage occurred in the Bexley area. ||The most significant tornado damage occurred in the Mayfair neighborhood near East Broad Street and South James Road, and where the wind speeds are estimated to be the highest. Several homes in this neighborhood sustained roof, siding and shingle damage. There were numerous large trees uprooted or snapped, causing significant damage to homes, garages and vehicles. Additionally, 2 cinder block garages had their roofs completely lifted off, with 1 or 2 block walls completely collapsed. It was this damage that was consistent with wind speeds of about 90 mph. Damage in this neighborhood was consistent with low end EF1 tornado winds.||There was no evidence nor reports of damage further to the northeast of this area, so from here it appears the tornado lifted and dissipated.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindHanford$30,000A significant part of a building's roof was blown off, with slate tiles embedded in the ground 6 inches. Also, a couple of other homes had chimneys collapse.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHanford$5,000Several trees and large limbs were downed.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindHanford$3,000Trees and power lines were downed.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindHanford$2,000Numerous trees were knocked down.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindHanford$1,000A large part of a tree was ripped off at the corner of Millerdale and Castlewood Roads.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHanford$100A 10 inch branch was downed near East Main Street and Eastmoor Boulevard.
April 2021FloodHanford-Standing water was reported on the Miller-Kenton Avenue exit from West I-70.
July 2018FloodHanford-The intersection of Livingston Avenue and Kenwick Road was submerged in water.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindHanford-Several large limbs were downed across the area.
August 2016Flash FloodHanford-Numerous streets were shut down on the east side of Columbus due to flooding.
May 2018HailHanford-no account filed
September 2013HailHanford-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Bexley1.3 miles16
Bannon2.1 miles16
Shepard2.2 miles16
Eastmoor2.3 miles16
Doneys (historical)2.3 miles16
East Columbus2.6 miles16
Roseland2.8 miles16
Columbus2.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048814. 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.