Windfall, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Medina Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44256. The Survey maps it on the Medina quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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 Medina quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Medina quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Medina quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Medina quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Medina quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Medina quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Medina quadrangle1:24000
In the 1861 county history
25,890 words on this townshipThe county history of 1861 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Medina City Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Medina City Township - 25,890 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 363 shownMuseums hold 363 specimens collected within 10 miles of Windfall between 1884 and 1975: 322 Animalia, 35 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. Roberts, Ashcroft, G.B.; O. Berea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Contopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1890 | not recorded | |
![]() | Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) Link | 1894 | Watson, J.R. | Medina Co. |
![]() | Nesaea verticillata (L.) Kunth | 1896 | Watson,J.R. s.n. [1896-08] | [label: North Ohio Flora. J.R. Watson, Berea, O.] Liverpool, Medina Co. [Medina County] |
![]() | Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758 | 1884 | unknown | Medina |
![]() | Halictus confusus confusus | 1885 | H. E. Summers | Medina |
![]() | Mougeotia genuflexa (Roth) C.Agardh | 1896 | F. D. Kelsey | Plum Creek |
![]() | Aquilegia canadensis L. | 1897 | Ashcroft,G.B. s.n. [1897-05] | [label: Flora of the Western Reserve] Medina O. [Ohio] |
![]() | Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior Woodson | 1897 | Ashcroft, G.B.; O. Berea | The Western Reserve. Brunswick |
![]() | Culicoides guttipennis (Coquillett, 1901) | 1897 | J. Hine | Medina |
![]() | Euphorbia commutata Engelm. ex A.Gray | 1897 | G. B. Ashcroft | Lester |
![]() | Hinea Townsend, 1916 | 1897 | J. Hine | Medina |
![]() | Platanthera psycodes (L.) Lindl. | 1897 | G. B. Ashcroft | Brunswick |
All 363 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 Windfall: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piqua Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Burbank Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sharon Center Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
2 since 2013The National Weather Service names Windfall in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2017: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windfall | 1 killed, $25,000 | A vehicle traveling down River Styx Road near Interstate 71 was struck by a falling tree knocked down by thunderstorm wind gusts. The tree land on the front half of the passenger cabin killing the 28 year old mother driving. Her baby in the back seat was not injured. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Windfall | $1,000 | The public reported quarter size hail at the Medina Municipal airport. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boneta | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Youngs Corners | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Granger | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Weymouth | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Sharon Center | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Poe | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Medina | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Coddingville | 4.3 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1047992. 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.
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.
























