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Whitehouse, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Waterville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43571. It stands on Blue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitehouse quadrangle. 4,990 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Whitehouse within Lucas County

Population over time

2 figures

Whitehouse grew from 4,149 to 4,990 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.

YearPeople Change
20104,149
20204,990+841 (+20%)

Then and now

1911 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Whitehouse, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Whitehouse, surveyed 1911

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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.

Fires nearby

6 since 2015

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Whitehouse between 2015 and 2017, burning about 6 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
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
3 May 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1162
8 March 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7405
8 March 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7413
30 March 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources663
18 November 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources2647
8 October 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1962

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lucas County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 758 shown

Museums hold 758 specimens collected within 10 miles of Whitehouse between 1860 and 1975: 649 Animalia, 102 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. Lose, A.E. Daugherty 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 Sialia sialis sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)Sialia sialis sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)1920L. L. RedickPerrysburg
Specimen of Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758)Tyrannus tyrannus (Linnaeus, 1758)1924L. L. RedickPerrysburg
A photograph of the species Notropis hudsonius, not of this specimenNotropis hudsonius (Clinton, 1824)1860unknownGrand Rapids, Maumee R.
A photograph of the species Cardinalis cardinalis, not of this specimenCardinalis cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1875LangdonIndian Hill, Kane County
A photograph of the species Aplodinotus grunniens, not of this specimenAplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 18191893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Chrysemys picta, not of this specimenChrysemys picta (Schneider, 1783)1893not recordedGrand Rapids, Maumee River
A photograph of the species Ericymba buccata, not of this specimenEricymba buccata Cope, 18651893P. KirschMaumee River, Grand Rapids, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma blennioides, not of this specimenEtheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 18191893not recordedMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201893not recordedMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio
A photograph of the species Graptemys geographica, not of this specimenGraptemys geographica (Lesueur, 1817)1893not recordedGrand Rapids, Maumee River
A photograph of the species Lepisosteus osseus, not of this specimenLepisosteus osseus (Linnaeus, 1758)1893P. KirschMaumee River, Waterville, Ohio

All 758 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Whitehouse: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Limestone, General, 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
Reed Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Waterville QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Waterville Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Toledo House of Correction QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Toledo House of Correction QuarryStone, DimensionProducer

Every working recorded in Lucas County

Storms nearby

20 since 1996

The National Weather Service names Whitehouse in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Tornado (EF1)Whitehouse$75,000An EF1 tornado touched downed northwest of Whitehouse in far western Lucas County. The initial touchdown occurred just east of the intersection of County Road 109 and State Route 64. The tornado then continued northeast on the ground for nearly three and a half miles before lifting near the intersection of Reed and Spencer Roads. Dozens of trees were downed along the damage path which was no more than 100 yards in width. A few homes and buildings sustained minor damage, mainly from lost roofing or siding.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindWhitehouse$60,000no account filed
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWhitehouse$50,000Downed tree caused partial collapse of house at North Texas Street and OH Route 64 in Whitehouse.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWhitehouse$40,000Numerous trees were reported down from Whitehouse to Waterville, and as far north as Holland.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWhitehouse$20,000Tree downed onto house at corner of Providence Street and Stiles Road in Whitehouse. Roof was punctured.
May 2010HailWhitehouse$15,000Half dollar size hail was observed.
May 2007HailWhitehouse$15,000Penny to half dollar size hail was observed.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindWhitehouse$15,000Thunderstorm winds overturned a recreational vehicle northwest of Whitehouse in Swanton Township.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindWhitehouse$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees a mile south of Whitehouse.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindWhitehouse$10,000no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWhitehouse$7,000Winds were estimated at nearly 60 mph in western part of the county. A tree was reported down in Perrysburg and a twelve inch tree limb was down in Toledo. In Waterville, a tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindWhitehouse$6,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs.
November 2011Thunderstorm WindWhitehouse$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a tree along Eber Road.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindWhitehouse-Downed tree limbs about two-miles northwest of Whitehouse.
June 2024HailWhitehouse-Hail up to penny-size fell about two-miles southwest of Whitehouse.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindWhitehouse-Tree on house four miles NNE of Whitehouse.
April 2015HailWhitehouse-A trained spotter reported penny size hail near Whitehouse.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWhitehouse-Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated at 65 mph.
July 1999HailWhitehouse-no account filed
October 1996Thunderstorm WindWhitehouse-no account filed

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
Midway (historical)2.8 miles15
Neowash (historical)3.7 miles16
Bailey4.0 miles16
Neapolis4.1 miles16
Homewood4.1 miles17
Tondagamies Village (historical)4.1 miles16
Monclova4.6 miles17
Waterville4.7 miles17

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 WhitehouseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2669122The 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 1056573. 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.