Wilmer, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Perkins Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44870. The Survey maps it on the Sandusky quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 82 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.
- 1904 USGS Sandusky quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Sandusky quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Sandusky quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Sandusky quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Sandusky quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Sandusky quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Sandusky quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Sandusky quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Sandusky quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
In the 1916 county history
2,831 words on this townshipThe 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 Perkins Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Perkins Township - 2,831 words.
Fires nearby
1 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wilmer 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 3,113 shownMuseums hold 3,113 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wilmer between 1860 and 1975: 1,740 Animalia, 1,102 Plantae, 238 Fungi, 26 Chromista, 6 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791) | 1898 | United States Fish Commission | Sandusky Bay |
![]() | Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) | 1898 | United States Fish Commission & W. Kendall | Sandusky Bay near mouth of Sandusky River |
![]() | Laestadia bidwellii (Ellis) Viala & Ravaz | 1899 | F.L. Scribner | |
![]() | Perca Linnaeus, 1758 | 1860 | Smithsonian Institution | Sandusky |
![]() | Vermivora chrysoptera (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1868 | No Person (Birds) | Taylor |
![]() | Carduus nutans L. | 1874 | Jones, G.T. | Berlin Twp., just W of Ceylon |
![]() | Macropetalichthys rhapheidolabis Norwood & Owen, 1846 (fossil) | 1881 | D. S. Young | |
![]() | Apios tuberosa Moench | 1885 | Wilkinson, E. | Cedar Point |
![]() | Spartina pectinata Bosc ex Link | 1885 | Wilkinson, E. | Cedar Point |
![]() | Artemisia caudata Michx. | 1886 | Wilkinson, E. | Cedar Point |
![]() | Graminopassalora graminis (Fuckel) U.Braun, C.Nakash., Videira & Crous | 1886 | William Trelease; A. Commons | Madison |
![]() | Panicum virgatum L. | 1886 | Wilkinson, E. | Cedar Point |
All 3,113 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Wilmer: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wagner Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Erie Materials Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Febus Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Huron Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Soldiers Home Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms nearby
4 since 2020The National Weather Service names Wilmer in 4 storm reports between 2020 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmer | $150,000 | Erie County Emergency Management, Sheriff Dispatch, members of the media, and trained spotters reported several areas of wind damage in the Sandusky area. Wind damage generally spanned south to north across the city. Trees, power lines, and power poles were downed across the area. A fire station on US Route 250 lost portions of its roof. The most notable damage was to the Sandusky State Theater in Downtown Sandusky. Winds in excess of 70 mph allowed for a wall of the theater to collapse and the roof to sustain major damage. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmer | $10,000 | Windows blown-out and TV antenna downed at residence near the intersection of OH-2 and OH-4 on the SSW side of Sandusky. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Wilmer | - | Hail up to golf ball-size near the intersection of OH-2 and OH-4 on the SSW side of Sandusky. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmer | - | Several large trees uprooted and/or snapped along Birchwood Drive in Sandusky South. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southgate Acres | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Columbus Park | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Lincolnshire | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Bogart | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Ranch Wood | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Holiday Estates | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| MacArthur Park | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Fairview Lanes | 3.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1047970. 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.



























