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Ironville, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Toledo City. It lies in ZIP code area 43605. It stands on Duck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oregon quadrangle.

Ironville within Lucas County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ironville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Ironville, surveyed 1900

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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

5 since 2010

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Ironville between 2010 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 July 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMORIN POINT FD 96 - 2020
7 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMORIN POINT FD 95 - 2020
7 June 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMORIN POINT FD 78 - 2020
7 November 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15891
7 November 2010Arson/incendiarism69 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesMONROE 02

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lucas County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,533 shown

Museums hold 1,533 specimens collected within 10 miles of Ironville between 1863 and 1975: 1,320 Animalia, 157 Fungi, 45 Plantae, 6 Protozoa, 3 Chromista, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by AS Hazzard & party, Aborn, R., Anson A. Hinkley 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 Erysiphe polygoni DC.Erysiphe polygoni DC.1900F.D. KelseyToledo
Specimen of Lupinus perennis L.Lupinus perennis L.1900Kelsey, F.D.America borealis: Toledo, Ohio in foliis Lupini perennis
A photograph of the species Lepachys pinnata, not of this specimenLepachys pinnata (Vent.) Torr. & A.Gray1863Day, D.F.Toledo
A photograph of the species Nelumbium luteum, not of this specimenNelumbium luteum Willd.1866Day, D.F.Toledo
A photograph of the species Asio flammeus, not of this specimenAsio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763)1885Collector(s): J. A. SingleyToledo
A photograph of the species Bombycilla cedrorum, not of this specimenBombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 18081885Cooper, W.C.Lambertville
A photograph of the species Euphorbia commutata, not of this specimenEuphorbia commutata Engelm. ex A.Gray1889J. Y. PennypackerToledo
A photograph of the species Moxostoma macrolepidotum, not of this specimenMoxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur, 1817)1892C. RutterCedar Point, Toledo, Ohio
A photograph of the species Percina caprodes, not of this specimenPercina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818)1892C. RutterCedar Point, Toledo, Ohio
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans blanchardi Harper, 19471893not recordedToledo, Maumee River
A photograph of the species Apalone spinifera, not of this specimenApalone spinifera (Lesueur, 1827)1893not recordedMaumee River Basin
A photograph of the species Aplodinotus grunniens, not of this specimenAplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 18191893U.S. Fish CommissionTOLEDO, OHIO

All 1,533 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

6 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Ironville: 4 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. 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) Toledo Refinery GulfSulfurPlant
White Brothers Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
White Brothers Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ferro Corp Ottawa Chemical DivIronProducer
Interlake Inc/ Toledo, OhioIronProducer
Toledo Pickling & Steel Service IncIronProducer

Every working recorded in Lucas County

Storms nearby

5 since 2011

The National Weather Service names Ironville in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2023Thunderstorm WindIronville2 hurtFallen tree injured two boys on Nevada Street, between Thurston Street and Dover Place in Toledo.
August 2011HailIronville$250,000Quarter to hen egg sized hail was reported for several minutes. Many vehicles were damaged by the hail.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindIronville$35,000The public reported tree damage from thunderstorm wind gusts estimated around 60 mph. A spotter also relayed a report of 10,000 Toledo Edison customers were without power.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindIronville$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.
March 2026HailIronville-Hail up to quarter-size in Oregon.

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
Boulevard1.9 miles16
Harbor View2.0 miles18
Willow Beach2.2 miles18
Shore Acres2.3 miles18
Oregon2.3 miles18
Ryan2.3 miles18
Immergrun3.0 miles18
Point Place3.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048864. 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.