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

Oakwood, Ohio

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Brown Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45873. It stands on Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oakwood quadrangle.

Oakwood within Paulding County

Then and now

1909 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oakwood, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Oakwood, surveyed 1909

Compare 1909 against another survey:

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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 110 shown

Museums hold 110 specimens collected within 10 miles of Oakwood between 1893 and 1973: 110 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Angle, E. (Eric) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard), Angle, E. (Eric), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Hoschak, J. (John), CLARENCE CLARK 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 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 Notropis whipplei, not of this specimenNotropis whipplei (Girard, 1856)1893P. KirschAuglaize River, Oakwood, Ohio
A photograph of the species Agelaius phoeniceus, not of this specimenAgelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1928not recordedAuglaize River, Junction
A photograph of the species Ardea herodias, not of this specimenArdea herodias Linnaeus, 17581929H. I. PierceGrover Hill
A photograph of the species Fundulus notatus, not of this specimenFundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1940Rhoades, R. (Randall)Little Auglaize River, within Paulding Co, Paulding County, township n/a
A photograph of the species Orconectes immunis, not of this specimenOrconectes immunis (Hagen, 1870)1940R. Rhoades & C. ClarkLittle Auglaize River, 2 miles South of Mandale
A photograph of the species Orconectes rusticus, not of this specimenOrconectes rusticus (Girard, 1852)1940R. Rhoades & C. ClarkLittle Auglaize River, 2 mi. S. of Mandale
A photograph of the species Somatochlora linearis, not of this specimenSomatochlora linearis (Hagen, 1861)1941H. PriceBenton Township, Flatrock Creek
A photograph of the species Aeshna constricta, not of this specimenAeshna constricta Say, 18401942H. PriceFlatrock Creek, Benton Township
A photograph of the species Enallagma antennatum, not of this specimenEnallagma antennatum (Say, 1840)1942H. Pricemouth of Blue Creek

All 110 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oakwood: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Auglaize Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Paulding County

Storms nearby

9 since 1995

The National Weather Service names Oakwood in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
August 2000Thunderstorm WindOakwood1 hurt, $10,000Mobile home blown over.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindOakwood$4,000Several large trees downed.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindOakwood-Several trees down (8 to 10) around town.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindOakwood-A trained spotter reported several eight to ten inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindOakwood-Law enforcement officials reported numerous trees and power lines down in and around Oakwood.
October 2010Tornado (EF1)Oakwood-A survey of damage near the Paulding and Putnam County line confirmed a circulation touched down on County Road 205, between County Road 263 and Township Highway T-211. Trees were damaged near the point of touchdown, with a barn suffered roof damage. The tornado tracked over open fields for nearly a mile before crossing into Putnam County, north of Township Road G-24. While the maximum intensity of the tornado track has been determined to be an EF1, the damage in Paulding County is consistent with EF0 damage and maximum estimated winds of around 80 mph.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindOakwood-Power lines blown down.
May 1999HailOakwood-NWS spotter reported 1 1/2 inch diameter hail in Oakwood.
March 2016HailOakwood-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Paulding 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
Etties-Burg (historical)1.1 miles12
Newburgh (historical)1.7 miles10
Melrose2.1 miles10
Murat (historical)2.3 miles10
Fort Brown2.4 miles10
Saint Andrews (historical)2.5 miles10
Canalport2.9 miles10
Timberville (historical)3.3 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1084031. 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.