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Homewood, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Monclova Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43542. It stands on Presque Isle Hill (historical). The Survey maps it on the Maumee quadrangle.

Homewood within Lucas County

Then and now

1900 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Homewood, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Homewood, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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

7 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Homewood between 2002 and 2017, burning about 6 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 burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
11 June 2002Smokingunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
8 March 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7405
8 March 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7413
30 March 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources663
24 February 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
18 November 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources2647
8 October 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1962

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lucas County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 879 shown

Museums hold 879 specimens collected within 10 miles of Homewood between 1875 and 1975: 765 Animalia, 104 Plantae, 6 Fungi, 3 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. Lose, A.E. Daugherty 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 Sialia sialis sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)Sialia sialis sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)1920L. L. RedickPerrysburg
Specimen of Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758)Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758)1924L. L. RedickPerrysburg
Specimen of Carex vulpinoidea Michx.Carex vulpinoidea Michx.1925J. E. Benedict
A photograph of the species Cardinalis cardinalis, not of this specimenCardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1875LangdonIndian Hill, Kane County
A photograph of the species Aplodinotus grunniens, not of this specimenAplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 18191893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma blennioides, not of this specimenEtheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 18191893not recordedMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201893not recordedMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Lepisosteus osseus, not of this specimenLepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)1893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Micropterus dolomieu, not of this specimenMicropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 18021893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Notropis cornutus, not of this specimenNotropis cornutus (Mitchill, 1817)1893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio

All 879 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Homewood: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Reed Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Maumee PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Maumee QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Toledo House of Correction QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Toledo House of Correction QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Waterville QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Waterville Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Lucas County

Storms nearby

1 since 2024

The National Weather Service names Homewood in 1 storm report between 2024 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2024Thunderstorm WindHomewood-Tree limbs downed about two-miles northeast of Whitehouse.

Every storm recorded in Lucas 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
Monclova1.1 miles17
Presque Isle (historical)1.2 miles17
Business Corner2.1 miles17
Waterville3.0 miles17
Whitehouse4.1 miles15
Spring Valley4.3 miles17
Maumee4.4 miles17
Sandburr Corners4.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064856. 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.

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.