Putnam County Courthouse

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1908 1986

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Putnam County Courthouse in 2002, burning about 3 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.

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

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 103 specimens collected within 10 miles of Putnam County Courthouse between 1860 and 1969: 95 Animalia, 8 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Blyth & Katz, Bureau of Fisheries 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)	1893	Bureau of Fisheries	Blanchard River
	Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)	1893	not recorded	Blanchard River, Ottawa
	Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)	1893	O. E.	Blanchard River, Ottawa
	Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820)	1860	unknown	Blanchard R. at Ottawa
	Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813)	1878	not recorded
	Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)	1878	Porter collection, J.B.
	Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)	1878	Porter collection, J.B.
	Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)	1878	Porter collection, J.B.
	Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)	1878	Porter, J.B.
	Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)	1878	Porter, J.B.
	Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758	1878	Porter collection, J.B.
	Botaurus Stephens, 1819	1879	not recorded

All 103 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Putnam County Courthouse: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ottawa, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 18 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 dust devil. 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.

Every storm recorded in Putnam County

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

• 1908 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
• 1953 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
• 1956 USGS Fort Wayne quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
• 1960 USGS Ottawa quadrangle1:24000 - 3 printings
• 1986 USGS Defiance quadrangle1:100000

When this property was proposed for the National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is, and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain. It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s typewriter's.

The whole case file for this property - 1,270 words, 9 pages, reproduced complete.

Quoted from the National Register nomination for reference 74001608, 9 pages, held by the National Archives in Record Group 79. See the catalogue record.

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Dr. H. Huber Block	0.1 miles	1980
	Ottawa Waterworks Building	0.5 miles	1976
	St. John The Baptist Roman Catholic Church	1.9 miles	1977
	Bridenbaugh District No. 3 Schoolhouse	4.8 miles	2005
	Leipsic City Hall	6.2 miles	1979
	John Edwards House	6.3 miles	1978