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Weyers, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Margaretta Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44870. The Survey maps it on the Bellevue quadrangle.

Weyers 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 Weyers, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Weyers, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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.

In the 1916 county history

7,024 words on this township

The county history of 1916 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Margaretta Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Margaretta Township - 7,024 words.

Fires nearby

3 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Weyers between 2002 and 2002, burning about 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
10 August 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
24 June 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Erie County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 2,538 shown

Museums hold 2,538 specimens collected within 10 miles of Weyers between 1860 and 1975: 1,388 Animalia, 893 Plantae, 221 Fungi, 29 Chromista, 6 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. Dowdy, A. F. Satterthwait 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 Laestadia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & RavazLaestadia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz1899F.L. Scribner
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 2,538 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 Weyers: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Sandusky Crushed Stone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Erie Materials Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sandusky QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms nearby

4 since 2007

The National Weather Service names Weyers in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
August 2023Thunderstorm WindWeyers$20,000Several power poles downed near intersection of Fox Road and Hayes Avenue (OH-4), between Sandusky and I-90.
May 2014HailWeyers$2,000Amateur Radio reported penny to quarter size hail.
August 2023HailWeyers-Hail up to golf ball-size near the intersection of Fox Road and Hayes Avenue (OH-4), between Sandusky and I-90.
May 2007HailWeyers-Penny size 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
Sand Hill1.1 miles18
Parkertown2.3 miles18
Bloomingville2.5 miles12
Castalia2.8 miles16
Prout (historical)3.9 miles12
Wilmer4.1 miles16
Westview Estates4.6 miles16
Baywater Estates4.7 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 Q122594551The 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 1061768. 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.

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.