Trowbridge, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Benton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43445. It stands on North Branch Turtle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Genoa 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 Maumee Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Maumee Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:31680
- 1938 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Genoa 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 Genoa quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
5 since 2020The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Trowbridge between 2020 and 2020, burning about 0 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 | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15765 |
| 25 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15763 |
| 22 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15677 |
| 7 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15920 |
| 17 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15854 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,533 shownMuseums hold 1,533 specimens collected within 10 miles of Trowbridge between 1825 and 1975: 1,508 Animalia, 18 Plantae, 6 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Woolman, AS Hazzard & party, Al Szuch 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hygroamblystegium tenax (Hedw.) Jenn. | 1825 | T. Drummond | Banks of the Portage River |
![]() | Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur, 1817) | 1892 | C. Rutter | Cedar Point, Toledo, Ohio |
![]() | Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1892 | C. Rutter | Cedar Point, Toledo, Ohio |
![]() | Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | 1893 | Woolman | Tousaint River, Port Clinton, Ohio |
![]() | Ameiurus natalis (Lesueur, 1819) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Ohio, Tousaint River, 10 miles west of Port Clinton |
![]() | Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Ohio, Tousaint River, 10 miles west of Port Clinton |
![]() | Graptemys geographica (Lesueur, 1817) | 1893 | not recorded | Port Clinton, 10 mi W of, Tousaint River |
![]() | Lepomis gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | not recorded | Oak Harbor, Ohio |
![]() | Lithobates pipiens (Schreber, 1782) | 1893 | not recorded | Oak Harbor, Portage River |
![]() | Lepomis macrochirus Rafinesque, 1819 | 1894 | C. Rutter | Portage River, Oak Harbor, Ohio |
![]() | Moxostoma erythrurum (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1894 | C. Rutter | Portage River, Oak Harbor, Ohio |
![]() | Notemigonus crysoleucas (Mitchill, 1814) | 1894 | C. Rutter | Portage River, Oak Harbor, Ohio |
All 1,533 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Trowbridge: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Stone, Limestone, General, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Center Plant | Stone | Producer | ||
| Rocky Ridge Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rocky Ridge Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| White Rock Quarry | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| White Rock Quarry L.P. | Calcium | Producer |
Storms nearby
3 since 2005The National Weather Service names Trowbridge in 3 storm reports between 2005 and 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Flood | Trowbridge | $400,000 | Record lake levels continued to lead to flooding along lakeshore locations from the Islands to Vermilion. Beach erosion, flooded marinas, and a few flooded local roads was ongoing throughout April impacting businesses. With north to northeast winds, wind-fueled waves crashed over break walls along the lakeshore surrounding some homes and closing additional roads including State Route 2. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Trowbridge | $20,000 | Several telephone poles were snapped along with downed power lines. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Trowbridge | - | Hail up to quarter-size about five-miles NNW of Rocky Ridge. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackberry Corner | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Grodis Corner | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Elliston | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Middleton (historical) | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Sheldon (historical) | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Graytown | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Martin | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Williston | 3.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049251. 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.



























