Trilby, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Toledo City. It lies in ZIP code area 43613. The Survey maps it on the Toledo quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 86 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
16 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.
- 1900 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:31680
- 1938 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Toledo 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
- 1965 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
10 since 2018The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Trilby between 2018 and 2019, burning about 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEDFORD FD 0001996 - 2019 |
| 28 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEDFORD FD 0001429 - 2019 |
| 6 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEDFORD FD 0000973 - 2019 |
| 6 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEDFORD FD 0000755 - 2019 |
| 5 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | BEDFORD FD 0000740 - 2019 |
| 27 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA LAKE FD 0000049 - 2019 |
| 24 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | WHITEFORD TOWNSHIP VFD 0000083 - 2018 |
| 18 March 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | OTTAWA LAKE FD 0000040 - 2018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,404 shownMuseums hold 2,404 specimens collected within 10 miles of Trilby between 1863 and 1975: 2,087 Animalia, 158 Fungi, 142 Plantae, 6 Unrecorded, 6 Protozoa, 5 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. M. Evans, Aaron J. Sharp, Austing, G R 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Erysiphe polygoni DC. | 1900 | F.D. Kelsey | Toledo |
![]() | Lupinus perennis L. | 1900 | Kelsey, F.D. | America borealis: Toledo, Ohio in foliis Lupini perennis |
![]() | Lepachys pinnata (Vent.) Torr. & A.Gray | 1863 | Day, D.F. | Toledo |
![]() | Nelumbium luteum Willd. | 1866 | Day, D.F. | Toledo |
![]() | Caprimulgus vociferus vociferus A.Wilson, 1812 | 1877 | not recorded | Summerfield |
![]() | Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763) | 1885 | Collector(s): J. A. Singley | Toledo |
![]() | Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 1808 | 1885 | Cooper, W.C. | Lambertville |
![]() | Euphorbia commutata Engelm. ex A.Gray | 1889 | J. Y. Pennypacker | Toledo |
![]() | Acris crepitans blanchardi Harper, 1947 | 1893 | not recorded | Toledo, Maumee River |
![]() | Apalone spinifera (Lesueur, 1827) | 1893 | not recorded | Maumee River Basin |
![]() | Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | U.S. Fish Commission | TOLEDO, OHIO |
| Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | not recorded | Maumee River Basin |
All 2,404 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Trilby: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Lake Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ferro Corp Ottawa Chemical Div | Iron | Producer | ||
| Interlake Inc/ Toledo, Ohio | Iron | Producer | ||
| Toledo Pickling & Steel Service Inc | Iron | Producer |
Storms nearby
5 since 2011The National Weather Service names Trilby in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trilby | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trilby | $2,000 | Thunderstorms downed a 36-inch diameter tree. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trilby | - | Several tree branches downed near corner of Clover Lane and West Alexis Road between Sylvania and Hopewell Heights. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trilby | - | Power pole snapped at intersection of Pawnee Road and McGregor Lane in Ottawa Hills. |
| September 2017 | Hail | Trilby | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferndale | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Wernerts Corners | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Mellwood | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Hopewell Heights | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Fitch | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Elden Heights | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Auburndale | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Mayfair Park | 3.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062583. 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.


























