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

Vulcan, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Toledo City. It lies in ZIP code area 43607. The Survey maps it on the Toledo quadrangle.

Vulcan within Lucas County

Then and now

1900 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Vulcan, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Vulcan, surveyed 1900

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 2,369 shown

Museums hold 2,369 specimens collected within 10 miles of Vulcan between 1863 and 1975: 2,033 Animalia, 160 Plantae, 159 Fungi, 6 Unrecorded, 6 Protozoa, 5 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Lose, Aborn, R., Austing, G R 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 Erysiphe polygoni DC.Erysiphe polygoni DC.1900F.D. KelseyToledo
Specimen of Lupinus perennis L.Lupinus perennis L.1900Kelsey, F.D.America borealis: Toledo, Ohio in foliis Lupini perennis
A photograph of the species Lepachys pinnata, not of this specimenLepachys pinnata (Vent.) Torr. & A.Gray1863Day, D.F.Toledo
A photograph of the species Nelumbium luteum, not of this specimenNelumbium luteum Willd.1866Day, D.F.Toledo
A photograph of the species Cardinalis cardinalis, not of this specimenCardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1875LangdonIndian Hill, Kane County
A photograph of the species Asio flammeus, not of this specimenAsio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763)1885Collector(s): J. A. SingleyToledo
A photograph of the species Bombycilla cedrorum, not of this specimenBombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 18081885Cooper, W.C.Lambertville
A photograph of the species Euphorbia commutata, not of this specimenEuphorbia commutata Engelm. ex A.Gray1889J. Y. PennypackerToledo
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans blanchardi Harper, 19471893not recordedToledo, Maumee River
A photograph of the species Apalone spinifera, not of this specimenApalone spinifera (Lesueur, 1827)1893not recordedMaumee River Basin
A photograph of the species Aplodinotus grunniens, not of this specimenAplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 18191893U.S. Fish CommissionTOLEDO, OHIO
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758)1893not recordedMaumee River Basin

All 2,369 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Vulcan: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Sulfur. 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
(Facility) Toledo Refinery GulfSulfurPlant
Lula Quarry LimestoneLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
White Brothers Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
White Brothers Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ferro Corp Ottawa Chemical DivIronProducer
Interlake Inc/ Toledo, OhioIronProducer
Toledo Pickling & Steel Service IncIronProducer

Every working recorded in Lucas County

Storms nearby

10 since 2007

The National Weather Service names Vulcan in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Flash FloodVulcan$50,000Widespread flooded roadways that were impassable and closed across the Toledo metro area, including Dorr Street between Upton Avenue and Detroit Avenue. Flooding of Fearing Boulevard between Brown Avenue and Hill Avenue left several vehicles stranded in floodwaters. Radar estimated rainfall of 2.5 inches in one hour and upwards of 3.25 inches in 1.5-2 hours.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindVulcan$15,000The public reported numerous large tree branches brought down by thunderstorm winds causing power outages near the University of Toledo.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindVulcan$6,000Several trees were reported down.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindVulcan$2,000Thunderstorm winds toppled a large tree along Richards Road in Toledo.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindVulcan-Tree downed about one-mile southeast of Ottawa Hills.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindVulcan-Several trees downed on west side of Toledo.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindVulcan-Tree fell onto a house along Perth Street in Toledo.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindVulcan-Trained spotter measured a peak gust of 72 mph from QLCS. Location was about 2 miles WNW of Rossford.
June 2019HailVulcan-Hail up to ping pong size was reported on the northeast side of Maumee.
September 2019Thunderstorm WindVulcan-Several large tree limbs were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Lucas 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
Freemans Gardens0.7 miles16
Nasby1.4 miles16
Air Line Junction1.7 miles16
Ottawa Hills2.0 miles15
Richards (historical)2.5 miles15
Auburndale2.6 miles16
Reynolds Corners2.9 miles15
Toledo3.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049282. 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.