Madeira, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 45856. The Survey maps it on the Hamler quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1908 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed 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.
- 1908 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Hamler quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Madeira (historical) in 2019, burning about 10 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 burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15238 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 31 specimens collected within 10 miles of Madeira (historical) between 1878 and 1956: 31 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by H. Price, Porter collection, J.B., Porter, G.B. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Sympetrum internum Montgomery, 1943 | 1956 | H. Price | Palmer Township, Miller City tile pond |
![]() | Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813) | 1878 | not recorded | |
![]() | Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | Porter collection, J.B. | |
![]() | Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819) | 1878 | Porter collection, J.B. | |
![]() | Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | Porter collection, J.B. | |
![]() | Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | Porter, J.B. | |
![]() | Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | Porter, J.B. | |
![]() | Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 | 1878 | Porter collection, J.B. | |
![]() | Botaurus Stephens, 1819 | 1879 | not recorded | |
![]() | Cistothorus palustris (A.Wilson, 1810) | 1879 | Porter, G.B. | |
![]() | Fulica americana Gmelin, 1789 | 1880 | Porter, J.B. | |
| Oxyura jamaicensis (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1881 | Porter, J.B. |
All 31 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prentiss | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Wards (historical) | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Elm Center | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| West Leipsic | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Oakdale (historical) | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Leipsic Junction | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Miller City | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Leipsic | 6.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063578. 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.















