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

Kossuth, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Salem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45887. The Survey maps it on the Spencerville quadrangle.

Kossuth within Auglaize County

Then and now

1911 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kossuth, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Kossuth, surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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 664 shown

Museums hold 664 specimens collected within 10 miles of Kossuth between 1882 and 1975: 588 Animalia, 75 Plantae, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Wetzstein, Adler, K. K., Albert Wetzstein 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 Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) WattDryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt1895Wetzstein, A.St. Marys, Ohio.
Specimen of Equisetum hyemale L.Equisetum hyemale L.1895Wetzstein, A.St. Marys.
Specimen of Adiantum capillus-veneris L.Adiantum capillus-veneris L.1896Wetzstein, A.St. mary's. Greenhouse
A photograph of the species Recurvirostra americana, not of this specimenRecurvirostra americana J.F.Gmelin, 17891882Uller, C. (Clem)St. Marys Res, Auglaize, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Stachys aspera, not of this specimenStachys aspera Michx.1889Wilhelm SchiblerOhio: St. Marys, borders of Canal.
A photograph of the species Erimyzon sucetta, not of this specimenErimyzon sucetta (Lacepède, 1803)1893P. KirschSt. Marys
A photograph of the species Fundulus notatus, not of this specimenFundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1893P. KirschSt. Marys River, St. Marys, Ohio
A photograph of the species Notropis whipplei, not of this specimenNotropis whipplei (Girard, 1856)1893P. KirschSt. Marys River, St. Marys, Ohio
A photograph of the species Opsopoeodus emiliae, not of this specimenOpsopoeodus emiliae Hay, 18811893P. KirschSt. Marys
A photograph of the species Perca flavescens, not of this specimenPerca flavescens (Mitchill, 1814)1893PH KirschSt. Mary's River immediately above (S of) St. Mary's; Maumee River dr
Specimen of Adiantum pedatum L.Adiantum pedatum L.1896Wetzstein, A.St. Marys.
Asplenium bulbiferum G.Forst.1896Wetzstein, A.St. Marys, Ohio (Greenhouse)

All 664 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 Kossuth: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Sandkuhl Tiie Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Sandkuhl Tile Co PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Auglaize County

Storms nearby

10 since 2008

The National Weather Service names Kossuth in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 6 flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
May 2008Thunderstorm WindKossuth$8,000Numerous trees and large limbs were knocked down. A few structures also sustained minor damage.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindKossuth$1,000A tree was downed on State Route 197.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindKossuth$1,000Shingles were blown off the roof of a house due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2019FloodKossuth-A road was closed due to high water.
June 2019FloodKossuth-A road was closed due to high water.
June 2015FloodKossuth-State Route 197 was closed at the bridge between National Road and Lossuth Loop Road due to high water.
June 2015FloodKossuth-State Route 197 was closed from St. Marys Road to State Route 66.
June 2015FloodKossuth-Ohio State Route 197 was closed due to flooding between National Road and Kossuth Loop Road.
June 2015FloodKossuth-Ohio State Route 197 was closed from St. Marys Road to State Route 66.
August 2011HailKossuth-Hail damage to corn and bean crops was evident.

Every storm recorded in Auglaize 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
Buckland5.3 miles14
Glynwood5.6 miles14
Moulton7.6 miles14
Bay (historical)8.2 miles14
Saint Marys8.4 miles14
Sherwood Forest8.5 miles15
Paradise Court8.5 miles14
Pusheta Town (historical)8.9 miles15

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 KossuthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6433431The 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 1070806. 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.