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

West Lodi, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Reed Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44811. The Survey maps it on the Fireside quadrangle.

West Lodi within Seneca County

Then and now

1915 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of West Lodi, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of West Lodi, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 117 shown

Museums hold 117 specimens collected within 10 miles of West Lodi between 1890 and 1969: 98 Animalia, 14 Plantae, 5 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C A Foster, Caldwell, Class 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
Botrychium dissectum Spreng.	1969	Jones, G.T.	In moist deciduous woods. Thompson Twp., 1 mi. n. of West Lodi.
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.	1969	Jones, G.T.	In moist deciduous woods Thompson Twp., 3 mi. w. of Flat Rock.
Dryopteris spinulosa (O.F.Müll.) Watt	1969	Jones, G.T.	in swampy deciduous woods Thompson Twp., 4 miles west of Flat Rock.
Arisaema dracontium (L.) Schott	1890	H. C. Beardslee Sr.	Green Springs
Asclepias incarnata L.	1894	E. L. Moseley	Venice Township
Butorides virescens virescens (Linnaeus, 1758)	1911	Collector(s): R. F. Lozin	Attica
Molothrus ater ater (Boddaert, 1783)	1911	Rolla F. Lozier	Attica, 1 mile South of
Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758)	1911	R. Lozier	Attica, 1/2 miles south of
Zonotrichia melodia melodia Stotz et al., 1996	1911	Rolla F. Lozier	Attica
Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898	1912	R. Lozier	2 Miles Southwest of Attica
Blephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Benth.	1928	Moseley, E.L.	Green Springs
Esox vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846	1929	Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)	Honey Creek, near Attica, ~0.9 mi SW of Attica, Venice township

All 117 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

2 since 2013

The National Weather Service names West Lodi in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2017: 2 tornado. 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
November 2017	Tornado (EF1)	West Lodi	$200,000	A weak tornado touched down along Township Road 100 in West Lodi. The location is about 100 yards west of County Road 27. Two storage sheds near the initial touchdown were destroyed and their contents thrown across the area. Debris from the sheds peppered the two houses associated with the sheds. Both homes had projectiles from the sheds sticking out of three of their four sides. Both houses also sustained major roof damage and were shifted off of their foundations. The tornado then continued northeast across County Road 27 and strengthened to EF1 intensity. A couple homes on the east side of Country Road 27 had windows blown out and suffered roof damage. Many trees in the area were also snapped or uprooted. The tornado then continued northeast across farm land before lifting as it approached Township Road 134. Portions of a corn field were flattened by the tornado. The damage path was just under a half mile in width and over 150 yards in width at time.
July 2013	Tornado (EF0)	West Lodi	$150,000	A weak EF1 tornado touched down in rural Reed Township near the intersection of County Road 27 and Township Road 122. The tornado continued intermittently on the ground for about six miles before crossing into Huron County. Damage along the damage path consisted mainly of downed trees, although some structures did sustain significant damage. Several barns lost sections of roofing. One home near the initial touchdown had a second story wall partially collapse. The attached garage on one home lost its garage door and was lifted from its foundation. There was also evidence of extensive straight wind damage along the path. Crop damage, especially to corn, was significant.

Every storm recorded in Seneca 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
Cooper	2.1 miles	12
Omar	4.5 miles	12
Fireside	4.5 miles	12
Thomsontown (historical)	4.5 miles	12
Frank	4.6 miles	12
Scipio	4.6 miles	12
Reedtown	4.9 miles	12
Republic	5.0 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1058122. 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.

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.