Williston, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Allen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43468. The Survey maps it on the Genoa quadrangle. 439 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 594 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWilliston fell from 487 to 439 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 487 | |
| 2020 | 439 | -48 (-10%) |
Then and now
1900 to 1986The 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 sheets covering this place
16 sheetsMatched 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.
- 1900 USGS Maumee Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Maumee Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:31680
- 1938 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
9 since 2019The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Williston between 2019 and 2020, burning about 1 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15765 |
| 25 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15763 |
| 22 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15677 |
| 9 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15919 |
| 7 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15920 |
| 17 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15854 |
| 14 October 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15851 |
| 14 October 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15852 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 957 shownMuseums hold 957 specimens collected within 10 miles of Williston between 1825 and 1975: 938 Animalia, 13 Plantae, 6 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by AS Hazzard & party, Al Szuch, Albiet, P. 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hygroamblystegium tenax (Hedw.) Jenn. | 1825 | T. Drummond | Banks of the Portage River |
![]() | Moxostoma macrolepidotum (Lesueur, 1817) | 1892 | C. Rutter | Cedar Point, Toledo, Ohio |
![]() | Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1892 | C. Rutter | Cedar Point, Toledo, Ohio |
![]() | Procambarus blandingii (Harlan, 1830) | 1893 | United States Fish Commission | Portage River, at Oak Harbor |
![]() | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1894 | C. Rutter | Ohio, Cedar Point, Toledo |
![]() | Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur, 1819) | 1894 | C. Rutter | Ohio, Cedar Point, Toledo |
![]() | Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758 | 1894 | C. Rutter | Ohio, Cedar Point, Toledo |
![]() | Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1894 | C. Rutter | Ohio, Cedar Point, Toledo |
![]() | Elsinoe veneta (Burkh.) Jenkins | 1896 | Selby A. S. | Elmore |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum pullum (Agassiz, 1854) | 1928 | TL Hankinson | Portage River, at Elmore |
![]() | Catostomus commersonnii commersonnii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1928 | TL Hankinson | Portage River, at Elmore |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1928 | TL Hankinson | Portage River, at Elmore |
All 957 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Williston: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Center Plant | Stone | Producer | ||
| White Rock Quarry | Calcium | Past Producer | Calcite | |
| White Rock Quarry L.P. | Calcium | Producer |
Storms nearby
12 since 1995The National Weather Service names Williston in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williston | $150,000 | A thunderstorm downburst with winds estimated to be at least 60 mph downed dozens of trees across the northern third of Ottawa County during the early morning hours of June 6th. A few homes and buildings sustained minor damage, mainly from lost roofing or siding. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williston | $10,000 | Numerous trees were reported down. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williston | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williston | $8,000 | Numerous large limbs were reported down. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williston | $6,000 | Numerous trees were downed, some on power lines. An awning was blown off a house. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williston | $3,000 | The public reported four large healthy trees snapped or uprooted in Curtice and Jerusalem Township. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williston | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williston | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree in Allen Township near Williston. |
| March 2007 | Hail | Williston | - | Nickel size hail was observed. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Williston | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Williston | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Williston | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Center | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Blackberry Corner | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Martin | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Trowbridge | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Grodis Corner | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Forest Park | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Elliston | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Middleton (historical) | 5.3 miles | 16 |
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 Williston | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3473069 | The 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 1061787. 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.



























