Okolona, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Napoleon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43545. The Survey maps it on the Florida quadrangle. It stands 699 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 Napoleon quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Napoleon 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
- 1959 USGS Florida quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Florida quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Florida quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
5 since 2020The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Okolona between 2020 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15847 |
| 24 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15828 |
| 8 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15903 |
| 20 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15860 |
| 16 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15853 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 181 shownMuseums hold 181 specimens collected within 10 miles of Okolona between 1893 and 1974: 164 Animalia, 12 Plantae, 5 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., C.R. Neiswander, Claud Revere Neiswander 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Tabanus atratus Fabricius, 1775 | 1937 | F. Bower | |
![]() | Ceraclea cancellata (Betten, 1934) | 1939 | Claud Revere Neiswander | |
![]() | Percina maculata (Girard, 1859) | 1893 | PH Kirsch | Maumee River, at State dam, 4 mi below Defiance |
![]() | Dromogomphus spinosus Selys, 1854 | 1898 | J. Hine | Napoleon |
![]() | Dromogomphus spoliatus (Hagen, 1858) | 1898 | J. Hine | Napoleon |
![]() | Libellula luctuosa Burmeister, 1839 | 1898 | J. Hine | Napoleon |
![]() | Perithemis tenera (Say, 1840) | 1898 | J. Hine | Napoleon |
| Cyprinidae | 1905 | Ruh, R. (Russell) & Handwork, W. (Warren) | Maumee River, within Defiance Co, Defiance County, township n/a | |
![]() | Fusarium culmorum (Wm.G.Sm.) Sacc. | 1919 | Lewis H. L. | Holgate |
| Helminthosporium gramineum Rabenh. ex Schltdl. | 1919 | Lewis H. L. | Ridgeville Corners | |
![]() | Puccinia graminis Pers. | 1919 | Lewis H. L. | Holgate |
![]() | Roccus chrysops (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Maumee River, within Henry Co, Henry County, township n/a |
All 181 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Okolona: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napoleon Brick & Tile Works | Clay | Plant | ||
| Napoleon Brick and Tile Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
4 since 2002The National Weather Service names Okolona in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2020: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Okolona | - | The public reported via Twitter that a tree was blown down near County Roads P and 17. |
| August 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Okolona | - | An NWS survey indicated a funnel cloud made multiple touchdowns along this path. The initial touchdown was in western Henry County, along County Road P and north of US 24. Damage in this area consisted of tree branches broken off. Further northeast the tornado intensified to an EF-1 north of County Road P where roof damage occurred to a residence. A storage building also sustained significant damage. The tornado tracked northeast where damage was noted at the intersection of County road Q1, roof damage occurred to a residence. Metal storage silos were also blown off of their foundation. To the north of Highway 6, tree branches were torn off where the damage path ended. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Okolona | - | Emergency management officials reported several streets in and around Napoleon becoming water covered, forcing closures of these roads. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Okolona | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Bostelmans Corners | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Glenwood Estates | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Napoleon | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Valleybrook Estates | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Countryside Estates | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Ridgeville Corners | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Standley | 6.1 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 Okolona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7082490 | 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 1065196. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.





















