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North Creek, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Palmer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45831. The Survey maps it on the New Bavaria quadrangle. It stands 719 feet above sea level.

North Creek within Putnam County

Then and now

1908 to 1986

The 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 sheet of North Creek, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of North Creek, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 county-history sources

1,103 words on this township

History of Putnam County, Ohio : Its Peoples, Industries, and Institutions, published 1915 names this settlement in its chapter on Palmer Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

North Creek was the second town laid out in Palmer township. It was platted in 1879, and lies on the Clover Leaf railroad. The first lots were surveyed for William Schafer, who was a man of energy, and the pro.sperity and growth of North Creek were due to his efforts.

Passage source: History of Putnam County, Ohio : Its Peoples, Industries, and Institutions, published 1915.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Palmer Township.

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 71 specimens collected within 10 miles of North Creek between 1893 and 1969: 71 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
Specimen of Sympetrum internum Montgomery, 1943Sympetrum internum Montgomery, 19431956H. PricePalmer Township, Miller City tile pond
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1893P. KirschAuglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
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 71 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of North Creek: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Glandorf Tile Co PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Creek in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
June 2013Thunderstorm WindNorth Creek1 hurtLaw enforcement officials reported numerous trees and power lines down from North Creek to Leipsic. A mobile home was overturned on the south side of North Creek, with one person suffering minor injuries.
August 2016Tornado (EF0)North Creek-A weak tornado was observed by local fire officials in a field northeast of the intersection of County Roads 17 and A-16 in Putnam county. The tornado moved into Henry county.

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
Wisterman1.8 miles11
Hector3.2 miles11
Kieferville3.3 miles11
Rice4.0 miles12
Continental4.0 miles12
Miller City5.6 miles11
Cuba6.5 miles11
Hartsburg6.7 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 North CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20711302The 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 1057878. 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.