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

Jewell, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43512. The Survey maps it on the Defiance East quadrangle. It stands 722 feet above sea level.

Jewell within Defiance County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jewell, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Jewell, surveyed 1907

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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 238 shown

Museums hold 238 specimens collected within 10 miles of Jewell between 1858 and 1974: 225 Animalia, 9 Plantae, 4 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Angle, E. (Eric) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard), Angle, E. (Eric), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Hoschak, J. (John), Athearn, Herbert D. 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 Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)Cyclonaias tuberculata (Rafinesque, 1820)1908not recordedAuglaize River, Defiance
A photograph of the species Trifolium subcaulescens, not of this specimenTrifolium subcaulescens A.Gray1858J. S. NewberryFort Defiance
A photograph of the species Moxostoma anisurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma anisurum (Rafinesque, 1820)1860unknownBrunersburg
A photograph of the species Moxostoma erythrurum, not of this specimenMoxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818)1860unknownBrunersburg
A photograph of the species Dipsacus fullonum, not of this specimenDipsacus fullonum L.1892Collector(s): William Sayer MoffattDefiance
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1893not recordedDefiance, Ohio
A photograph of the species Aplodinotus grunniens, not of this specimenAplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 18191893U.S. Fish CommissionDEFIANCE, OHIO
A photograph of the species Cambarus rusticus, not of this specimenCambarus rusticus Girard, 18521893P. KirschAnglaize River, Defiance
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)1893not recordedDefiance, Auglaize River
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201893not recordedMaumee River, Defiance, Ohio
A photograph of the species Fundulus notatus, not of this specimenFundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1893P. KirschMaumee River, Defiance, Ohio
A photograph of the species Labidesthes sicculus, not of this specimenLabidesthes sicculus (Cope, 1865)1893P. KirschMaumee River, Defiance, Ohio

All 238 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jewell: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Indiana Briquetting/ Defiance, OhioIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Defiance County

Storms nearby

12 since 2005

The National Weather Service names Jewell in 12 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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
November 2005Thunderstorm WindJewell$10,000Large trees and power lines were blown down in the town.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindJewell$1,000A 20-foot tree was down in Okolona.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindJewell-Emergency management officials reported several power poles were leaning after being impacted by strong winds.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindJewell-Emergency management officials reported power poles were blown down on Banner School Road, between Adams Ridge and Independence Road. Road had to be closed due to cleanup.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindJewell-A trained spotter reported estimated wind gusts to 60 mph. Five large trees and several tree limbs being blown down.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindJewell-Emergency management officials reported four power poles were snapped at the intersection of Flory and Independence Roads.
June 2015FloodJewell-Numerous roads were closed due to high water for several days as periodic showers and storms slowed water levels from receding.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindJewell-Emergency management officials reported three trees and a power pole down in the 6600 block of Domersville Road. A large, but rotten, tree limb broke off a tree at a residence southeast of this location. In addition, Poplar Ridge Church of the Brethren suffered some minor fascia damage.
August 2019HailJewell-no account filed
August 2011HailJewell-no account filed
August 2011HailJewell-no account filed
November 2011HailJewell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Defiance 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
Independence2.1 miles12
Midway (historical)3.7 miles12
Domerville (historical)4.5 miles12
North Town Estates4.5 miles12
Williamstown4.6 miles12
Defiance4.7 miles12
Millers Rolling Hills Estates5.0 miles12
Adams Ridge5.1 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 JewellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6189540The 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 1048873. 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.