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Mononcue, Ohio

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Crane Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43351. The Survey maps it on the Upper Sandusky quadrangle. It stands 2,690 feet above sea level.

Mononcue within Wyandot 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 Mononcue, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Mononcue, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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 1884 county history

218 words on this township

The county history of 1884 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Crane Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Crane Township - 218 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 274 shown

Museums hold 274 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mononcue between 1885 and 1975: 258 Animalia, 13 Fungi, 3 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Acker, G., Allen, J. M., Blyth & Katz 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
A photograph of the species Hister abbreviatus, not of this specimenHister abbreviatus Fabricius, 17751885not recordedCrane
A photograph of the species Margarinotus faedatus, not of this specimenMargarinotus faedatus (J.E.LeConte, 1845)1885not recordedCrane
A photograph of the species Phyllachora graminis, not of this specimenPhyllachora graminis (Pers.) Fuckel1900Bonser Thos.Wyandot Co.
Phyllachora vulgata Theiss. & Syd.1900Thos. BouserBig Spring Prairie
A photograph of the species Corvus brachyrhynchos, not of this specimenCorvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 18221901Thos A. BonserCarey, S. of
A photograph of the species Puccinia eatoniae, not of this specimenPuccinia eatoniae Arthur1901Bouser Thomas?Wyandot Co.
Puccinia fusca Wallr.1901Bouser ThomasWyandot Co.
A photograph of the species Puccinia podophylli, not of this specimenPuccinia podophylli Schwein.1901Bowser ThomasWyandot Co.
Uncinula macrospora Peck1901T. A. Bonser
A photograph of the species Lasmigona costata, not of this specimenLasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)1906Sterki, VictorTiffin
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta marginata, not of this specimenAlasmidonta marginata Say, 18181915Goodrich, CalvinUpper Sandusky
A photograph of the species Alasmidonta viridis, not of this specimenAlasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820)1915Goodrich, CalvinUpper Sandusky

All 274 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

6 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mononcue: 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Claycraft Pit & PlantClayProducer
Kuenzli QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mccarthy Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
H and M Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kuenzli Quarries Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wilson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wyandot County

Storms nearby

3 since 2017

The National Weather Service names Mononcue in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2026: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2026Thunderstorm WindMononcue$33,000Several windows blown-out and roof damaged at dealership on the northeast side of Upper Sandusky. A semi truck was blown-over in the same area. Damage was related to a line of thunderstorms.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMononcue$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees just northeast of Upper Sandusky in and near Indian Mill Park.
June 2024HailMononcue-Hail up to golf ball-size fell about two-miles ENE of Upper Sandusky.

Every storm recorded in Wyandot 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
Upper Sandusky0.7 miles10
South Park1.2 miles10
Douglass (historical)2.5 miles12
Smithville5.2 miles11
Lovell5.5 miles10
Edenville5.8 miles12
Harpster6.1 miles11
Bowsherville (historical)6.3 miles11

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 MononcueAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28917049The 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 1048982. 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.