Union Station, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43023. The Survey maps it on the Granville quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 58 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
10 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.
- 1908 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Granville quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Granville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Granville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Granville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
Fires nearby
1 since 2020The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Union Station 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 April 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15709 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,951 shownMuseums hold 2,951 specimens collected within 10 miles of Union Station between 1843 and 1975: 2,606 Animalia, 260 Fungi, 56 Plantae, 26 Protozoa, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant, A. P. M., A. P. Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Charadrius vociferus vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 | 1884 | F. S. Robinson | |
![]() | Cylindrosporium Grev., 1822 | 1893 | unknown | Licking Reservoir |
![]() | Gibberella saubinetii (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc. | 1893 | J.B. Ellis | Granville |
![]() | Helodium paludosum (Austin) Austin ex Broth. | 1843 | Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivant | in Cranberry Marsh, northern Ohio |
![]() | Hypnum paludosum (Hedw.) P.Beauv. | 1843 | A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant | in Cranberry Marsh, northern Ohio |
![]() | Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1853 | Mack, D. (Don) | Eden Twp, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1872 | Jasper, T. (Theodore) | Buckeye Lake, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin, 1789 | 1874 | not recorded | Licking Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Calidris canutus rufa (A.Wilson, 1813) | 1878 | Savage, E. (Ed) | Buckeye Lake Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | not recorded | Licking Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1880 | not recorded | Licking Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Anas americana J.F.Gmelin, 1789 | 1880 | not recorded | Buckeye Lake Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
All 2,951 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
3 since 2010The National Weather Service names Union Station in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2022: 1 tornado, 1 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Flood | Union Station | $40,000 | A culvert under Deeds Rd was washed out due to flooding of Ramp Creek. |
| October 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Union Station | $15,000 | A brief tornado touched down just southwest of a subdivision and moved through part of the subdivision before lifting. Several large trees were snapped off due to the tornado. In addition, there was minor structural damage to several homes including windows blown out, roofing material removed, and chimney damage. The damage is consistent with wind speeds around 80 miles per hour. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Union Station | $3,000 | Wires were downed on James Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandstone Canyon | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Central City (historical) | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pinecrest Estates | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Canyon Villa Estates | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Granville | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Heath | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Idlewild Park (historical) | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Locust Grove | 4.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065406. 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.





















