Northwood, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43311. The Survey maps it on the Rushsylvania quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1992The 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 sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1913 USGS East Liberty quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS East Liberty quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS East Liberty quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Rushsylvania quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rushsylvania quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Rushsylvania quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 657 shownMuseums hold 657 specimens collected within 10 miles of Northwood between 1862 and 1975: 600 Animalia, 48 Plantae, 7 Fungi, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. R. Gaufin, A. Spreitzer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Poria medulla-panis (Jacq.) Cooke | 1906 | Penfield, O.; C. B. Wilson | Ridgeway |
![]() | Polygonatum verticillatum (L.) All. | 1911 | Errard P. | Bellefontaine |
![]() | Enallagma exsulans (Hagen, 1861) | 1930 | E. Williamson & et al. | [Not Stated] |
![]() | Carex buxbaumii Wahlenb. | 1862 | W. M. Canby | Belfontaine. |
![]() | Nasturtium officinale R.Br. | 1862 | W. M. Canby | Bellefontaine |
![]() | Protographium marcellus (Cramer, 1777) | 1869 | not recorded | Bellefontaine |
![]() | Otus asio naevius (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) | 1874 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Trautman, M. A. (Mary Auten) | Logan, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Solenostoma crenuliforme (Austin) Steph. | 1877 | not recorded | |
![]() | Gallinago delicata (Ord, 1825) | 1889 | McCormick, L. M. | Oberlin, Logan, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Gallinago gallinago delicata (Ord, 1825) | 1889 | McCormick, L. M. | Beaver Creek, Logan, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Dendroica virens virens (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1891 | McCormick, L. M. | Oberlin, Logan, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Lampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède, 1789) | 1893 | not recorded | Logan Co., Ohio |
All 657 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Northwood: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duff Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Duff Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Northwood Stone & Asphalt Co. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Northwood Stone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
4 since 1998The National Weather Service names Northwood in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 3 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Northwood | $5,000 | Trees downed. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Northwood | $1,000 | Three county roads were closed due to high water caused by heavy rainfall, including 101, 105, and 25. All of these locations were near the community of Northwood. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Northwood | - | Water from a creek was flowing ankle deep over a road. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Northwood | - | Water was reported rushing over State Route 274 near U.S. 68, west of Rushsylvania. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Richland | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Belle Center | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Harper | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Rushsylvania | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Marl City | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Cherokee | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Huntsville | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Big Springs | 5.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049026. 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.
























