Junction, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Auglaize Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43512. It stands on Little Flatrock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Junction quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 1986The 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.


Compare 1909 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1909 USGS Continental quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 746 shownMuseums hold 746 specimens collected within 10 miles of Junction between 1888 and 1973: 746 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Angle, E. (Eric) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard), Angle, E. (Eric), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Hoschak, J. (John) 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Epitheca cynosura (Say, 1840) | 1943 | H. Price | Paulding Township, Baily gravel pit |
![]() | Gomphus graslinellus Walsh, 1862 | 1943 | H. Price | Klinger Gravel Pit, Jackson Township |
![]() | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | 1888 | S. Meek | Maumee River, Cecil, Ohio. |
![]() | Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802 | 1888 | S. Meek | Maumee River, Cecil, Ohio. |
![]() | Notropis spilopterus (Cope, 1867) | 1888 | S. Meek | Maumee River, Cecil, Ohio. |
![]() | Notropis stramineus (Cope, 1865) | 1888 | S. Meek | Maumee River, Cecil, Ohio. |
![]() | Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Auglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio |
![]() | Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | not recorded | Defiance, Auglaize River |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Auglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio |
![]() | Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Auglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio |
![]() | Notropis whipplei (Girard, 1856) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Auglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio |
![]() | Porzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1910 | Price, H. (Homer) | Paulding, Ohio, USA |
All 746 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Junction: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auglaize Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Auglaize Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Storms nearby
2 since 2014The National Weather Service names Junction in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction | - | Emergency management officials reported large tree limbs and tree down across the county. Severaal power poles were blown down and two barns severely damaged on State Route 111 between County Roads 133 and 139. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Junction | - | Law enforcement officials reported trees were blown down on County Road T218 between T143 and T149. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Molasses Gap | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Renollet (historical) | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Charloe | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Reids (historical) | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Arthur | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Canalport | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Emmett | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Brown | 6.0 miles | 10 |
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 Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q12833675 | The 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 1042164. 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.





















