Monclova, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Monclova Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43542. The Survey maps it on the Maumee quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1900 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 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.
- 1900 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Maumee quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Maumee quadrangle1:31680
- 1938 USGS Maumee quadrangle1:31680
- 1951 USGS Maumee quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Maumee quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Maumee quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Maumee quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Maumee quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Maumee quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
7 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Monclova between 2002 and 2017, burning about 16 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 | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 June 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 8 March 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7405 |
| 8 March 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7413 |
| 8 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 3646 |
| 30 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 663 |
| 18 November 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2647 |
| 8 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1962 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 959 shownMuseums hold 959 specimens collected within 10 miles of Monclova between 1875 and 1975: 842 Animalia, 106 Plantae, 6 Fungi, 3 Chromista, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. Lose, A.E. Daugherty 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Sialia sialis sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1920 | L. L. Redick | Perrysburg |
![]() | Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1924 | L. L. Redick | Perrysburg |
![]() | Carex vulpinoidea Michx. | 1925 | J. E. Benedict | |
![]() | Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1875 | Langdon | Indian Hill, Kane County |
![]() | Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | not recorded | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1893 | not recorded | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Lepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Micropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 1802 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
![]() | Notropis cornutus (Mitchill, 1817) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Maumee River, Waterville, Ohio |
All 959 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 13 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Monclova: 9 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maumee Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Maumee Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Toledo House of Correction Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Toledo House of Correction Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Angola Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Angola Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Foster Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Foster Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Reed Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Strawberry Acres Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
3 since 2007The National Weather Service names Monclova in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2013: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monclova | $150,000 | Thunderstorm downburst winds estimated to be as much as 75 mph caused considerable damage in the Monclova area. A damage path nearly three miles in length was observed. Hundreds of trees were downed along the damage path. A couple homes were also damaged. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monclova | $8,000 | Several trees were reported down in Monclova. In Maumee, winds were estimated to be between 60 and 70 mph. No immediate damage was observed with the wind gusts. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Monclova | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Corner | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Homewood | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Presque Isle (historical) | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Spring Valley | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Sandburr Corners | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Crissey | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Waterville | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Maumee | 4.2 miles | 17 |
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 Monclova | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6898533 | 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 1056430. 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.
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.




























