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Madison Lake, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43140. The Survey maps it on the Walnut Run quadrangle.

Madison Lake within Madison 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 Madison Lake, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Madison Lake, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

In the 1883 county history

14,061 words on this township

The county history of 1883 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Union Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Union Township - 14,061 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 479 shown

Museums hold 479 specimens collected within 10 miles of Madison Lake between 1885 and 1975: 380 Animalia, 59 Fungi, 38 Plantae, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer, B. Fink, Betz, E. 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 Physcia syncolla Tuck. ex Nyl.Physcia syncolla Tuck. ex Nyl.1893Ernst E. Bogue
Specimen of Caloplaca sideritis (Tuck.) Zahlb.Caloplaca sideritis (Tuck.) Zahlb.1894E. BogueGeorgesville.
Specimen of Anaptychia comosa (Eschw.) A.Massal.Anaptychia comosa (Eschw.) A.Massal.1895Ernst E. Bogue
A photograph of the species Chiloscyphus ascendens, not of this specimenChiloscyphus ascendens (Wilson & Hook.) Sull.1885W. C. WernerGeorgesville
A photograph of the species Buteo jamaicensis, not of this specimenButeo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788)1889Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)London, Madison, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Frullania eboracensis, not of this specimenFrullania eboracensis Lehm.1890W. C. WernerGeorgesville
A photograph of the species Lophocolea heterophylla, not of this specimenLophocolea heterophylla (Schrad.) Dumort.1890W. C. WernerGeorgesville
A photograph of the species Tortella humilis, not of this specimenTortella humilis (Hedw.) Jenn.1890W. C. WernerGeorgesville
A photograph of the species Anomodon minor, not of this specimenAnomodon minor (Hedw.) Lindb.1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Hedwigia ciliata, not of this specimenHedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv.1891W. C. WernerGeorgesville
Leskea gracilescens Hedw.1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Andropogon gerardi, not of this specimenAndropogon gerardi Vitman1892Werner, W.C.Georgeville

All 479 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 Madison Lake: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
West Jefferson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
West Jefferson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms nearby

9 since 1999

The National Weather Service names Madison Lake in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMadison Lake1 hurt, $10,000A tree fell onto a vehicle near the intersection of Spring Valley Road and State Route 665, leading to one injury.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMadison Lake$20,000Multiple trees and power lines were downed across the southern portions of Madison county due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMadison Lake$6,000Half a dozen trees were knocked down at various locations between OH-29 and OH-665.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindMadison Lake$5,000Trees downed.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindMadison Lake$3,000A large branch fell onto northbound Spring Valley Road, blocking traffic. In addition, some power lines were downed in the area.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindMadison Lake$1,000A tree was downed along Armstrong Road due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
August 2021FloodMadison Lake-Several roads were closed around Madison Lake due to high water.
March 2020Flash FloodMadison Lake-Several roads throughout the county were closed due to high water.
April 2013HailMadison Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Rupert1.6 miles13
Chrisman2.6 miles11
Hyde Park3.1 miles14
Wilson (historical)3.5 miles14
London3.8 miles14
Amherst Meadows3.8 miles14
Elmhurst3.8 miles14
Chevington Place3.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1048944. 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.