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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Sulphur Grove, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Huber Heights City. It lies in ZIP code area 45424. The Survey maps it on the Fairborn quadrangle.

Sulphur Grove within Montgomery County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sulphur Grove, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Sulphur Grove, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 824 shown

Museums hold 824 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sulphur Grove between 1835 and 1975: 697 Animalia, 70 Plantae, 52 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. E. Foeerste, A. E. Foerste, A. F. Foerste 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 Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.1881Foerste AF
Specimen of Geaster limbatus Fr.Geaster limbatus Fr.1883A. E. FoeersteDayton
A photograph of the species Botrypus virginianus, not of this specimenBotrypus virginianus (L.) Michx.1835Joseph C. FrankOhio, Miami [County]
A photograph of the species Platanthera leucophaea, not of this specimenPlatanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl.1836C. W. ShortDayton
A photograph of the species Erythronium americanum, not of this specimenErythronium americanum Ker Gawl.1837van Cleve, John W.3 mi. north of Dayton
A photograph of the species Hydrophyllum macrophyllum, not of this specimenHydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt.1838J. W. Van CleveDayton
A photograph of the species Allium canadense, not of this specimenAllium canadense L.1839not recordedDayton. 1 mi. northeast.
A photograph of the species Cardamine L., not of this specimenCardamine L.1839Sanders, Alfred; J.J. Nagel, J.G. Haupt.Dayton. 1 mile east.
A photograph of the species Cassia marilandica, not of this specimenCassia marilandica L.1839Sanders, AlfredDayton
A photograph of the species Cynoglossum officinale, not of this specimenCynoglossum officinale L.1839not recordedDayton. Suburbs E.
A photograph of the species Nuphar advena, not of this specimenNuphar advena (Aiton) Aiton1839Sanders, Mrs.; J.G. HauptDayton
Phalangium esculentum Nutt.1839not recordedDayton. 1 mi. northeast.

All 824 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

9 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sulphur Grove: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Southwestern PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wayne QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Campbell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cassel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cassel Sand & Gravel, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rip Rap Road Plant 416 & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Taylorville Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Taylorville Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms nearby

20 since 2012

The National Weather Service names Sulphur Grove in 20 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 10 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 flood. 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
February 2024Thunderstorm WindSulphur Grove$15,000A large tree fell onto a house. Another tree fell onto a nearby car.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSulphur Grove$10,000A tree fell on a car and large branches were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
November 2017Flash FloodSulphur Grove$3,000Several vehicles were stranded in flooded roadways, resulting in a few water rescues.
May 2014Flash FloodSulphur Grove$1,000Interstate 70 was closed in both directions just east of Route 201 in the Huber Heights area due to flash flooding caused by heavy rain.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindSulphur Grove$1,000Large limbs were reported down in the Huber Heights area due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2025FloodSulphur Grove-High water was reported on Chambersburg Road east of Bellefontaine Road.
April 2020HailSulphur Grove-The hail fell near the intersecton of OH-235 and I-70.
August 2020FloodSulphur Grove-Street flooding was reported on Chambersburg Road and OH-201.
July 2017Flash FloodSulphur Grove-A couple of roads were closed across northeast Montgomery County due to high water.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindSulphur Grove-Several large tree branches were knocked down.
May 2022HailSulphur Grove-no account filed
April 2020HailSulphur Grove-no account filed
July 2019HailSulphur Grove-no account filed
May 2019HailSulphur Grove-no account filed
April 2017HailSulphur Grove-no account filed
April 2015HailSulphur Grove-no account filed
May 2014HailSulphur Grove-no account filed
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSulphur Grove-no account filed
July 2012HailSulphur Grove-no account filed
July 2012HailSulphur Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery 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
Huber Heights1.6 miles16
Taylorsville3.3 miles16
Hooks Corner3.5 miles16
Miami Villa3.6 miles16
Tadmor (historical)4.0 miles14
Murlin Heights5.0 miles16
Avondale5.1 miles16
Vandalia5.4 miles14

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 Q122557258The 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 1056535. 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.

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.