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Union, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Union City Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45322. It stands on Pigeye Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Milton quadrangle. 6,859 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 922 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1905 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 81 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
12 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.
- 1905 USGS Brookville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS West Milton quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS West Milton quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS West Milton quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS West Milton quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS West Milton quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Dayton quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 623 shownMuseums hold 623 specimens collected within 10 miles of Union between 1835 and 1972: 605 Animalia, 8 Plantae, 7 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross, Allen, John 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hypoxylon cohaerens (Pers.) Fr. | 1897 | H. W. Anderson | |
 | Uredo | 1897 | Prof. W.A. Kellerman | |
 | Botrypus virginianus (L.) Michx. | 1835 | Joseph C. Frank | Ohio, Miami [County] |
 | Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl. | 1837 | van Cleve, John W. | 3 mi. north of Dayton |
 | Nerodia sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1883 | not recorded | Dayton |
 | Regina septemvittata (Say, 1825) | 1883 | not recorded | Dayton |
 | Ferrissia rivularis (Say, 1817) | 1904 | Allen, John | Brookville |
 | Frullania squarrosa (Reinw., Blume & Nees) Dumort. | 1912 | Henry S. Jewett | 4 miles north of Dayton |
 | Porella platyphylloidea (Schwein.) Lindb. | 1912 | Braun, Lucy E. | |
 | Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) | 1927 | Thomas, E. S. (Edward S.) & Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Near Vandalia, Montgomery Co., Ohio |
 | Eurycea longicauda longicauda (Green, 1818) | 1927 | Thomas, E. S. (Edward S.) & Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Near Vandalia, Montgomery Co., Ohio |
 | Canthon laevis Bates, 1887 | 1929 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence Emerson) | Brookville, Montgomery Co., OH, Brookville, Montgomery, Ohio, United States |
All 623 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 11 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Union: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 2 plants. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillipsburg Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Phillipsburg-#421 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Haas Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Haas Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Miller Brothers Gravel, Inc. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Miller Brothers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Northmont Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Northmont Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Tipp Stone Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tipp Stone Plant No 2 & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
Storms nearby
10 since 1995The National Weather Service names Union in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union | $4,000 | A tree and power lines were downed. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union | $3,000 | A large tree was downed along with some power lines. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union | $2,000 | Large trees were downed. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union | $1,000 | Several trees were reported down. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down in the 3700 block of Phillipsburg Road. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union | $1,000 | Large tree limbs were snapped due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| December 2013 | Flood | Union | - | A few roadways remained closed in northwestern Montgomery County due to high water caused by heavy rainfall. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Union | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Englewood | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Morgan Place | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Kinsey | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Happy Corners | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Little York | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Clayton | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Northview | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Spanker | 4.2 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Union | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2372437 | The 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 1049256. 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.