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

Venice, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Sandusky City. It lies in ZIP code area 44870. It stands on Cold Creek. The Survey maps it on the Castalia quadrangle.

Venice within Erie County

Then and now

1901 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Venice, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Venice, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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 3,523 shown

Museums hold 3,523 specimens collected within 10 miles of Venice between 1860 and 1975: 2,002 Animalia, 1,210 Plantae, 274 Fungi, 30 Chromista, 6 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. F. Satterthwait, A. J. Eames 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)1898United States Fish CommissionSandusky Bay
Specimen of Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829)1898United States Fish Commission & W. KendallSandusky Bay near mouth of Sandusky River
Specimen of Elliptio dilatatus (Rafinesque, 1820)Elliptio dilatatus (Rafinesque, 1820)1899not recordedLake Shore, Near East Harbor
A photograph of the species Perca Linnaeus, not of this specimenPerca Linnaeus, 17581860Smithsonian InstitutionSandusky
A photograph of the species Vermivora chrysoptera, not of this specimenVermivora chrysoptera (Linnaeus, 1766)1868No Person (Birds)Taylor
A photograph of the species Macropetalichthys rhapheidolabis, not of this specimenMacropetalichthys rhapheidolabis Norwood & Owen, 1846 (fossil)1881D. S. Young
A photograph of the species Apios tuberosa, not of this specimenApios tuberosa Moench1885Wilkinson, E.Cedar Point
A photograph of the species Spartina pectinata, not of this specimenSpartina pectinata Bosc ex Link1885Wilkinson, E.Cedar Point
A photograph of the species Artemisia caudata, not of this specimenArtemisia caudata Michx.1886Wilkinson, E.Cedar Point
A photograph of the species Graminopassalora graminis, not of this specimenGraminopassalora graminis (Fuckel) U.Braun, C.Nakash., Videira & Crous1886William Trelease; A. CommonsMadison
A photograph of the species Panicum virgatum, not of this specimenPanicum virgatum L.1886Wilkinson, E.Cedar Point
A photograph of the species Perca fluviatilis, not of this specimenPerca fluviatilis Linnaeus, 17581886Smithsonian Institution

All 3,523 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Venice: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Huron PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Erie Materials Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Geawe QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms nearby

4 since 2010

The National Weather Service names Venice in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2010Thunderstorm WindVenice$500,000A thunderstorm downburst with estimated peak wind gusts of between 70 and 80 mph caused extensive damage in western Erie County. The downburst damage path began southwest of Sandusky along Homegardner Road where a barn was damaged and many trees toppled. The damage path continued northeast across State Routes 2 and 101 and through the City of Sandusky. The damage path ended at the Lake Erie shoreline and was approximately seven miles in length. The most concentrated damage was along State Route 101 between State Route 2 and the Sandusky city limits. Many trees and tree limbs were downed in this area along with 13 utility poles. A few homes and buildings sustained roof damage in this area as well. Damage in the City of Sandusky was sporadic and consisted mainly of downed trees and limbs. Widespread power outages were reported in the area with at least 10,000 people loosing power. Fourteen people were stranded at a restaurant and gas station on the southwest side of Sandusky for seven hours because access was blocked by downed power lines.
April 2024HailVenice-Hail up to penny-size about 2-miles SSE of Bay View.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindVenice-Several trees were blown down.
July 2012HailVenice-Quarter to half dollar sized hail was observed.

Every storm recorded in Erie 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Westview Estates0.8 miles16
Baywater Estates0.9 miles16
Lions Park1.3 miles16
MacArthur Park2.7 miles16
Sandusky3.3 miles16
Bay View3.4 miles16
Holiday Estates3.4 miles16
Castalia3.8 miles16

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 Q140383401The 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 1049272. 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.