Raab Corners, Ohio
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Spencer Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43558. The Survey maps it on the Berkey quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 75 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
18 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.
- 1911 USGS Swanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1914 USGS Swanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:24000
- 1939 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:31680
- 1939 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:31680
- 1939 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:31680
- 1951 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Berkey quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
4 since 2012The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Raab Corners between 2012 and 2017, burning about 33 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8327 |
| 8 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 3646 |
| 11 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 February 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 3510 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,681 shownMuseums hold 1,681 specimens collected within 10 miles of Raab Corners between 1897 and 1974: 1,503 Animalia, 170 Plantae, 5 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista, 1 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Lose, A.E. Daugherty, Auten 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Catocala relicta Walker | 1897 | John W. Peacock | Swanton Twp., Sec. 17, Oak Openings M.P |
![]() | Euglesa compressa (Prime, 1852) | 1909 | not recorded | Upper Swan Creek, Monclova Township |
![]() | Anodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834) | 1913 | Goodrich, Calvin | Silica |
![]() | Lasmigona compressa (I.Lea, 1829) | 1913 | Goodrich, Calvin | Silica |
![]() | Pomatiopsis lapidaria (Say, 1817) | 1915 | Sterki, Victor | Monclova |
![]() | Urtica gracilis Aiton | 1915 | not recorded | Sylvania |
![]() | Aureolaria pedicularia var. ambigens (Fernald) Farw. | 1923 | Moseley, E.L. | Monclava |
![]() | Aletris farinosa L. | 1924 | Moseley, E.L. | 2 mi N of White house |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Swan Creek tributary, within Swanton township, near Swanton, Swanton township |
![]() | Esox vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Swan Creek, within Springfield township, near Holland, Springfield township |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Swan Creek tributary, within Swanton township, near Swanton, Swanton township |
![]() | Fundulus notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Swan Creek, within Swanton township, near Swanton, Swanton township |
All 1,681 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 11 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Raab Corners: 8 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silica Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Silica Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay | Producer | ||
| Stlica Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Toledo Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Angola Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Angola Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dorr Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Strawberry Acres Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Strawberry Acres Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Swanton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
1 since 2013The National Weather Service names Raab Corners in 1 storm report between 2013 and 2013: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raab Corners | $10,000 | Amateur Radio relayed a report that a wall and roof of a barn were blown down in Spencer Township. A trained spotter also reported a 24 inch diameter tree uprooted in Sylvania. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richfield Center | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Sharples | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Frankfort | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Garden | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Chateau Estates | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Berkey | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Bowen (historical) | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Arrowhead Lake | 4.2 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122597194 | 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 1049108. 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.





























