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

Muntanna, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45827. The Survey maps it on the Ottoville quadrangle.

Muntanna within Putnam 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 Muntanna, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Muntanna, surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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 1915 county history

470 words on this township

The county history of 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Jackson Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Jackson Township - 470 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 115 shown

Museums hold 115 specimens collected within 10 miles of Muntanna between 1893 and 1969: 115 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Blyth & Katz, Creamer, D. 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 Lampsilis ventricosa (Barnes, 1823)Lampsilis ventricosa (Barnes, 1823)1893not recordedBlanchard River
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1893P. KirschAuglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
A photograph of the species Cambarus rusticus, not of this specimenCambarus rusticus Girard, 18521893P. KirschSugar Creek, Cloverdale
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651893P. KirschAuglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
A photograph of the species Ictalurus punctatus, not of this specimenIctalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818)1893P. KirschAuglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
A photograph of the species Lithobates pipiens, not of this specimenLithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782)1893not recordedCloverdale, Auglaize River
A photograph of the species Notropis whipplei, not of this specimenNotropis whipplei (Girard, 1856)1893P. KirschAuglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
A photograph of the species Noturus flavus, not of this specimenNoturus flavus Rafinesque, 18181893P. KirschAuglaize River, Cloverdale, Ohio
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans Baird, 18541930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Sugar Cr. Twp: near Vaughnsville, Putnam Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana clamitans, not of this specimenRana clamitans Latreille, 18011930Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Sugar Creek Twp.: near Vaughnsville, Putnam Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Pseudacris triseriata, not of this specimenPseudacris triseriata (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)1931Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Ottawa Twp., Putnam Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Rana pipiens, not of this specimenRana pipiens Schreber, 17821931Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Ottawa Twp., Putnam Co., Ohio

All 115 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 Muntanna: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 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
Miller Brothers Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Miller Brothers Clay WorksClayPlant

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Storms nearby

2 since 2013

The National Weather Service names Muntanna in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMuntanna$30,000Trees and power lines down over the roads in Ottoville and Kalida areas.
November 2013Tornado (EF2)Muntanna-A tornado that originally touched down in Putnam county briefly crossed the Putnam/Paulding county line before re-entering Putnam county where it continued to move rapidly northeast over mainly open fields until entering the town of Cloverdale where EF2 damage was observed. Extensive tree damage as well as minor to moderate structural damage was noted across the town, with several power poles down. The greatest damage occurred to a church and a brick home. Both suffered extensive damages to some of the walls and the roof (DI: FR12 DOD: 7). A nearby home lost one of its walls (DI:FR12, DOD2) with adjacent hardwood trees suffering greater damage (DI: TH DOD: 4). The tornado exited town and continued northeast for several more miles over open fields and occasional wooded areas with sporadic tree damage noted until finally lifting five miles northeast of Cloverdale. Maximum winds are estimated at 130 mph with a total two county path length of around 11 miles.

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Montana (historical)1.8 miles13
Huntstown (historical)2.0 miles12
Douglas2.3 miles13
Country Manor Estates2.9 miles13
Cloverdale3.1 miles12
Cascade3.2 miles12
Ottoville3.6 miles13
East Mandale4.0 miles12

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 MuntannaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22134014The 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 1065086. 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.