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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.

Okolona within Henry 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 Okolona, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Okolona, 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.

Fires nearby

5 since 2020

The 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 burning4
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
26 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15847
24 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15828
8 November 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15903
20 October 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15860
16 October 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15853

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 181 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Tabanus atratus Fabricius, 1775Tabanus atratus Fabricius, 17751937F. Bower
Specimen of Ceraclea cancellata (Betten, 1934)Ceraclea cancellata (Betten, 1934)1939Claud Revere Neiswander
A photograph of the species Percina maculata, not of this specimenPercina maculata (Girard, 1859)1893PH KirschMaumee River, at State dam, 4 mi below Defiance
A photograph of the species Dromogomphus spinosus, not of this specimenDromogomphus spinosus Selys, 18541898J. HineNapoleon
A photograph of the species Dromogomphus spoliatus, not of this specimenDromogomphus spoliatus (Hagen, 1858)1898J. HineNapoleon
A photograph of the species Libellula luctuosa, not of this specimenLibellula luctuosa Burmeister, 18391898J. HineNapoleon
A photograph of the species Perithemis tenera, not of this specimenPerithemis tenera (Say, 1840)1898J. HineNapoleon
Cyprinidae1905Ruh, R. (Russell) & Handwork, W. (Warren)Maumee River, within Defiance Co, Defiance County, township n/a
A photograph of the species Fusarium culmorum, not of this specimenFusarium culmorum (Wm.G.Sm.) Sacc.1919Lewis H. L.Holgate
Helminthosporium gramineum Rabenh. ex Schltdl.1919Lewis H. L.Ridgeville Corners
A photograph of the species Puccinia graminis, not of this specimenPuccinia graminis Pers.1919Lewis H. L.Holgate
A photograph of the species Roccus chrysops, not of this specimenRoccus chrysops (Rafinesque, 1820)1927Trautman, 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 miles

The 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Napoleon Brick & Tile WorksClayPlant
Napoleon Brick and Tile PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Henry County

Storms nearby

4 since 2002

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020Thunderstorm WindOkolona-The public reported via Twitter that a tree was blown down near County Roads P and 17.
August 2016Tornado (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 2011Flash FloodOkolona-Emergency management officials reported several streets in and around Napoleon becoming water covered, forcing closures of these roads.
May 2002HailOkolona-no account filed

Every storm recorded in 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Florida2.4 miles12
Bostelmans Corners4.6 miles11
Glenwood Estates5.1 miles11
Napoleon5.5 miles11
Valleybrook Estates5.7 miles11
Countryside Estates5.9 miles12
Ridgeville Corners6.1 miles12
Standley6.1 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 OkolonaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7082490The 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.