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Standley, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Flatrock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43527. The Survey maps it on the Florida quadrangle.

Standley 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 Standley, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Standley, 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

1 since 2019

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Standley between 2019 and 2019, burning about 0 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism1

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
3 April 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15240

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 173 shown

Museums hold 173 specimens collected within 10 miles of Standley between 1893 and 1974: 156 Animalia, 14 Plantae, 3 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
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
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
A photograph of the species Scalopus aquaticus, not of this specimenScalopus aquaticus machrinus (Rafinesque, 1832)1927Hoffman, C. P.Washington Twp., Henry Co., Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans Baird, 18541931Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Murphy, M. K.Washington Twp.: ext. SE, Henry Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Pimephales notatus, not of this specimenPimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1931Murphy, M KJunction Maumee River and Miami-Erie Canal, Washington township
A photograph of the species Pomoxis annularis, not of this specimenPomoxis annularis Rafinesque, 18181931Murphy, M KJunction of Maumee River and Miami-Erie Canal, Washington township
A photograph of the species Pseudacris triseriata, not of this specimenPseudacris triseriata (Wied-Neuwied, 1838)1931Walker, C. F. (Charles F.)Texas, Henry Co., Ohio

All 173 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

1 since 2017

The National Weather Service names Standley in 1 storm report between 2017 and 2017: 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
June 2017Thunderstorm WindStandley-Emergency management officials reported three separate reports of trees down in Napoleon.

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
Florida4.0 miles12
Holgate5.2 miles12
New Bavaria5.4 miles12
Okolona6.1 miles12
Pleasant Bend6.3 miles12
Elery8.7 miles12
Countryside Estates10.2 miles12
Napoleon10.2 miles11

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 Q122560084The 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 1065374. 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.

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.