Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Vandalia, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Vandalia City. It lies in ZIP code area 45377. The Survey maps it on the Tipp City quadrangle. 15,209 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 994 feet above sea level.

Vandalia within Montgomery County

Population over time

2 figures

Vandalia fell from 15,246 to 15,209 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	15,246
2020	15,209	-37 (-0%)

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Vandalia, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Vandalia, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 sheets

Matched 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 867 shown

Museums hold 867 specimens collected within 10 miles of Vandalia between 1835 and 1975: 741 Animalia, 68 Plantae, 54 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. E. Foeerste, A. E. Foerste, A. F. Foerste 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.	1881	Foerste AF
Geaster limbatus Fr.	1883	A. E. Foeerste	Dayton
Uredo	1897	Prof. W.A. Kellerman
Botrypus virginianus (L.) Michx.	1835	Joseph C. Frank	Ohio, Miami [County]
Platanthera leucophaea (Nutt.) Lindl.	1836	C. W. Short	Dayton
Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl.	1837	van Cleve, John W.	3 mi. north of Dayton
Hydrophyllum macrophyllum Nutt.	1838	J. W. Van Cleve	Dayton
Allium canadense L.	1839	not recorded	Dayton. 1 mi. northeast.
Cardamine L.	1839	Sanders, Alfred; J.J. Nagel, J.G. Haupt.	Dayton. 1 mile east.
Cassia marilandica L.	1839	Sanders, Alfred	Dayton
Cynoglossum officinale L.	1839	not recorded	Dayton. Suburbs E.
Nuphar advena (Aiton) Aiton	1839	Sanders, Mrs.; J.G. Haupt	Dayton

All 867 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 16 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Vandalia: 9 past producers, 5 producers, 2 plants. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Southwestern Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Wayne Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Campbell Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Campbell Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Cassel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Cassel Sand & Gravel, Inc.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
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
Northmont Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Montgomery County

Storms nearby

34 since 1996

The National Weather Service names Vandalia in 34 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 18 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 8 injuries. 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
October 2013	Tornado (EF1)	Vandalia	8 hurt, $2,000,000	The tornado touched down just northeast of Interstate 75 at Highway 40, exit number 63 in Vandalia. Initial damage consisted of the collapse of a cinderblock drive through store, and significant destruction of the roof and some of the cinderblocks on an uninhabited commercial building. This structure also had large plate glass windows blown in. Additional significant roof damage occurred to a neighboring business, as well as the snapping of some power poles. The tornado continued on to a restaurant, in which the windows were blown in and significant faade and roof damage occurred. Eight people inside the restaurant sustained minor injuries from glass. In the restaurant parking lot, there were numerous vehicles which had windows blown out, with some vehicles shifted or pushed from their parked location. There was a large pickup truck which was lifted and tossed, landing on top of another vehicle. The tornado continued into a residential subdivision, where at least 3 homes sustained damage which rendered them uninhabitable. There were additional homes with partial wall collapses and more than half the roof removed. Other homes had holes in the roof due to being impaled by debris. There was also significant damage due to large trees being snapped off and damaging the homes. Large portions of roofing and sheds were carried at least a city block. The tornado then lifted while in the residential subdivision. Based on the damage surveyed, the maximum wind speed of this tornado was estimated to be between 100 and 110 miles per hour.
December 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	$40,000	Several homes in a one square block area near the intersection of Spartan and West Hafer Streets sustained roof and carport damage. Trees were also knocked down throughout this area.
October 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	$10,000	Straight line wind damage surrounded the areas affected by an EF1 tornado. This damage began west of Interstate 75 near National Road and continued for about a mile to the east northeast. In this area, trees were toppled or sustained large branch damage.
November 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	$5,000	A 100 foot tower was destroyed due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	$3,000	Numerous tree limbs were reported down in the area due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	$3,000	Trees were knocked down.
October 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	$2,000	Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	$2,000	Large tree limbs were downed.
June 2002	Hail	Vandalia	$2,000	no account filed
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	$1,000	A large maple tree was downed.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	$1,000	A few large tree branches were down in the area due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	$1,000	Branches and limbs were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	$1,000	Large branches were blown off of trees.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	$250	Several large branches were downed.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	$100	A few 3 inch tree limbs were blown down.
September 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	-	The spotter estimated the gust.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	-	The spotter estimated the wind gust.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	-	The spotter estimated the wind gust.
June 2000	Hail	Vandalia	-	Hail the size of nickels and quarters was reported.
March 2022	Hail	Vandalia	-	no account filed
April 2020	Hail	Vandalia	-	no account filed
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	-	no account filed
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Vandalia	-	no account filed
July 2012	Hail	Vandalia	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Vandalia	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Vandalia	-	no account filed
May 2011	Hail	Vandalia	-	no account filed
June 2011	Hail	Vandalia	-	no account filed
July 2011	Hail	Vandalia	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Vandalia	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	Vandalia	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Vandalia	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Vandalia	-	no account filed
June 1996	Hail	Vandalia	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Montgomery County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tadmor (historical)	1.8 miles	14
Murlin Heights	2.3 miles	16
Taylorsville	2.5 miles	16
Spanker	3.3 miles	16
Miami Villa	3.4 miles	16
Little York	3.8 miles	13
Irvington	4.7 miles	13
Morgan Place	4.9 miles	13

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 Vandalia	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q476669	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 1049271. 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.