Valleybrook Estates, Ohio
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Napoleon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43545. It stands on Oberhaus Creek. The Survey maps it on the Napoleon West quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 78 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
11 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 Napoleon quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Napoleon quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Napoleon West quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Napoleon West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
8 since 2020The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Valleybrook Estates between 2020 and 2020, burning about 13 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15834 |
| 6 July 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15775 |
| 5 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15820 |
| 10 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15734 |
| 8 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15903 |
| 18 November 2020 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 16006 |
| 20 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15860 |
| 16 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15853 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 100 shownMuseums hold 100 specimens collected within 10 miles of Valleybrook Estates between 1898 and 1974: 85 Animalia, 9 Plantae, 4 Fungi, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Dabney Hart, Davis, H.A.; Davis, T. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Urocystis occulta (Wallr.) Rabenh. | 1919 | W.G. Stover | Liberty Center |
![]() | Dromogomphus spinosus Selys, 1854 | 1898 | J. Hine | Napoleon |
![]() | Dromogomphus spoliatus (Hagen, 1858) | 1898 | J. Hine | Napoleon |
![]() | Libellula luctuosa Burmeister, 1839 | 1898 | J. Hine | Napoleon |
![]() | Perithemis tenera (Say, 1840) | 1898 | J. Hine | Napoleon |
![]() | Fusarium culmorum (Wm.G.Sm.) Sacc. | 1919 | Lewis H. L. | Liberty Center |
| Helminthosporium gramineum Rabenh. ex Schltdl. | 1919 | Lewis H. L. | Ridgeville Corners | |
![]() | Puccinia graminis Pers. | 1919 | Lewis H. L. | Napoleon |
![]() | Carpiodes velifer (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Bad Creek, Washington Township, near Liberty Center, Washington township |
![]() | Roccus chrysops (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Maumee River, within Henry Co, Henry County, township n/a |
![]() | Scalopus aquaticus machrinus (Rafinesque, 1832) | 1927 | Hoffman, C. P. | Washington Twp., Henry Co., Ohio, USA |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1930 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | South Branch Turkeyfoot Creek, within Flatrock township, near Malinta, Monroe township |
All 100 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Valleybrook Estates: 1 past producer, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Own Crews Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Napoleon Brick & Tile Works | Clay | Plant | ||
| Napoleon Brick and Tile Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napoleon | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Glenwood Estates | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Countryside Estates | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Bostelmans Corners | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Gerald | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lueneburg | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Cloverleaf (historical) | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ratsville | 5.5 miles | 12 |
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 Q122571143 | 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 2652196. 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.





















