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.
Then and now
1908 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1908 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS New Bavaria quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS New Bavaria quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS New Bavaria quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
1,103 words on this townshipHistory 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.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 71 shownRegional 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Lampsilis ventricosa (Barnes, 1823) | 1893 | not recorded | Blanchard River |
![]() | Sympetrum internum Montgomery, 1943 | 1956 | H. Price | Palmer Township, Miller City tile pond |
![]() | Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Auglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Auglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio |
![]() | Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Auglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio |
![]() | Lithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782) | 1893 | not recorded | Cloverdale, Auglaize River |
![]() | Notropis whipplei (Girard, 1856) | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Auglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio |
![]() | Noturus flavus Rafinesque, 1818 | 1893 | P. Kirsch | Auglaize River, Cloverdale, Ohio |
![]() | Acris crepitans Baird, 1854 | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Sugar Cr. Twp: near Vaughnsville, Putnam Co., Ohio |
![]() | Rana clamitans Latreille, 1801 | 1930 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Sugar Creek Twp.: near Vaughnsville, Putnam Co., Ohio |
![]() | Pseudacris triseriata (Wied-Neuwied, 1838) | 1931 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Ottawa Twp., Putnam Co., Ohio |
![]() | Rana pipiens Schreber, 1782 | 1931 | Walker, 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 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glandorf Tile Co Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Creek | 1 hurt | Law 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 2016 | Tornado (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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisterman | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hector | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Kieferville | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Rice | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Continental | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Miller City | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cuba | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hartsburg | 6.7 miles | 12 |
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 Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20711302 | 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 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.























