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Sebastian, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45822. The Survey maps it on the Montezuma quadrangle.

Sebastian within Mercer 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 Sebastian, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Sebastian, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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.

In the 1907 county history

1,639 words on this township

The county history of 1907 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Marion Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Marion Township - 1,639 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 191 shown

Museums hold 191 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sebastian between 1886 and 1975: 185 Animalia, 4 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by . R. Slonakerj, Adler, K. K., Brown, H P 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 Carex grayi J.CareyCarex grayi J.Carey1903Wetzstein A.
Specimen of Procambarus blandingii (Harlan, 1830)Procambarus blandingii (Harlan, 1830)1920R. RhoadesSt. Marys Lake at Celina
Specimen of unnamed1934P. P. PironeColdwater
A photograph of the species Umbra limi, not of this specimenUmbra limi (Kirtland, 1840)1886Meek and HarrisMontezuma
A photograph of the species Ardea alba, not of this specimenArdea alba egretta Gmelin, 17891888J. R. SlonakerCelina
A photograph of the species Calidris canutus, not of this specimenCalidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758)1888J. R. SlonakerCelina
A photograph of the species Ceryle alcyon, not of this specimenCeryle alcyon alcyon Cramp & Simmons, 1977-19941888J. R. SlonakerCelina
A photograph of the species Charadrius vociferus, not of this specimenCharadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 17581888J. R. SlonakerCelina
A photograph of the species Cistothorus palustris, not of this specimenCistothorus palustris dissaeptus Bangs, 19021888J. R. SlonakerCelina
A photograph of the species Gallinago gallinago, not of this specimenGallinago gallinago delicata (Ord, 1825)1888J. R. SlonakerCelina
A photograph of the species Porzana carolina, not of this specimenPorzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)1888J.R.S.Celina
A photograph of the species Tringa flavipes, not of this specimenTringa flavipes (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1888J. R. SlonakerCelina

All 191 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

3 since 2024

The National Weather Service names Sebastian in 3 storm reports between 2024 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 2024Tornado (EF1)Sebastian$50,000The tornado began in a field east of Harrison Road and south of Guadalupe Road. The tornado moved east-northeast and caused significant damage to trees and outbuildings. The tornado moved into Auglaize County, just south of Guadalupe Road, at 1925EST. The tornado continued to move east across Auglaize County before ending at 1933EST, about 2.8 miles north of New Bremen.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindSebastian$5,000Several power poles were downed across State Route 274.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindSebastian$5,000Two different barns had roof and structural damage along Harrison Road.

Every storm recorded in Mercer 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
Chickasaw1.3 miles13
Carthagena2.4 miles13
Saint Rosa2.5 miles13
Maria Stein2.8 miles13
Cassella3.1 miles13
Saint Johns3.4 miles13
Montezuma3.5 miles13
The Maples4.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1066949. 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.

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.