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Meigs County, Ohio

119 topographic sheets and 14 fire insurance atlases across 2 places.

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From the record

8 National Register listings · 51 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1888 to 1916 · the 1887 county history tells 0 stories and names 0 people.

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service

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What the record shows

  • 2 places in this county were surveyed for fire insurance: Middleport, Pomeroy, between 1888 and 1943.
  • 14 fire insurance atlas(es) survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 1,308 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 8 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places, including 1 historic district, 3 houses and farms.
  • 5 of the 8 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 89 populated places in this county; 0 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.
  • 2 public-domain county histories, 1887 and 1897, supply 0 words of narrative reproduced here in full.

Photographs

5 photographs, 1942

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Pomeroy, Ohio. Coal miner
Pomeroy, Ohio. Coal miner
Vachon, John, 1942. Library of Congress
Pomeroy, Ohio. Coal miner
Pomeroy, Ohio. Coal miner
Vachon, John, 1942. Library of Congress
Pomeroy, Ohio. Coal miner and his wife
Pomeroy, Ohio. Coal miner and his wife
Vachon, John, 1942. Library of Congress
Meigs County Children's Home, Mulberry Road, Pomeroy, Meigs County, OH
Meigs County Children's Home, Mulberry Road, Pomeroy, Meigs County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Old Meigs County Courthouse, Chester, Meigs County, OH
Old Meigs County Courthouse, Chester, Meigs County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Places on the National Register

8

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Buffington Islandsite197070000508
Chester Academybuilding197575001488
Downing, John, Jr., Housebuilding199393000403
Grant, William H., Housebuilding197878002136
Middleport Public Librarybuilding198686000033
Mound Cemetery Moundstructure197474001575
Old Meigs County Courthouse And Chester Academybuilding197575001488
Pomeroy Historic District (Boundary Increase)district198080004248

Covered bridges

0

Meigs County holds 0 covered bridges on the National Register, more than any other property type here. Each is a listed structure with a federal nomination on file.

Digitised newspapers

8 issues

Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.

Meigs County Telegraph

Pomeroy [Ohio], 1848 to 1859. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph

Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio, 1860 to 1866. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

2

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Bird's-eye view, 1892 - City of Lima, O. 1892
Bird's-eye view (1892) - City of Lima, O. 1892. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1855 - Map of Gallia and Meigs County oil field
Land ownership map (1855) - Map of Gallia and Meigs County oil field. Library of Congress.

The county from the air

35 of 722 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. 722 frames touch this county; the selection below spreads across the decades of flights (at most four per year), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-03-21, scale 1:31000
1956-03-21, scale 1:31000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-03-21, scale 1:31000
1956-03-21, scale 1:31000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-03-21, scale 1:31000
1956-03-21, scale 1:31000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-03-21, scale 1:31000
1956-03-21, scale 1:31000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-04-11, scale 1:27000
1957-04-11, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-04-11, scale 1:27000
1957-04-11, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-04-11, scale 1:27000
1957-04-11, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-04-11, scale 1:27000
1957-04-11, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-02-25, scale 1:27000
1959-02-25, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-02-25, scale 1:27000
1959-02-25, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-02-25, scale 1:27000
1959-02-25, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1959-02-25, scale 1:27000
1959-02-25, scale 1:27000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-22, scale 1:28000
1960-04-22, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-22, scale 1:28000
1960-04-22, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-22, scale 1:28000
1960-04-22, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-04-22, scale 1:28000
1960-04-22, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-30, scale 1:24000
1967-03-30, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-30, scale 1:24000
1967-03-30, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-30, scale 1:24000
1967-03-30, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-30, scale 1:24000
1967-03-30, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-19, scale 1:24000
1971-04-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-19, scale 1:24000
1971-04-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-19, scale 1:24000
1971-04-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-19, scale 1:24000
1971-04-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-09-19, scale 1:131000
1972-09-19, scale 1:131000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-09-19, scale 1:131000
1972-09-19, scale 1:131000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-09-19, scale 1:131000
1972-09-19, scale 1:131000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-09-19, scale 1:131000
1972-09-19, scale 1:131000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-07, scale 1:78000
1975-04-07, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-07, scale 1:78000
1975-04-07, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-07, scale 1:78000
1975-04-07, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-04-07, scale 1:78000
1975-04-07, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-23, scale 1:78000
1976-03-23, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-23, scale 1:78000
1976-03-23, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1976-03-23, scale 1:78000
1976-03-23, scale 1:78000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

City directories

6 volumes

The "who lived here, by year" answer: pre-1929 public-domain directory volumes naming the county's people, machine-read and searchable as text.

Weather records

19 stations, 7 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that watched its rivers, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

36 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 53-1Bedford township: Bedford township - That part east of U.S. Hwy. 33
  • 53-2Bedford township - That part west of U.S. Hwy. 33
  • 53-3Chester township: Chester township - That part east of State Hwy. 7
  • 53-4Chester township - That part west of State Hwy. 7
  • 53-5Columbia township
  • 53-6Lebanon township: Lebanon township - That part north of unnamed road extended west from county line through Portland (unincorporated), west on unnamed road to section 19 and generally northwest through sections 19, 25, 26, and 32 to the west township line
  • 53-7Lebanon township - That part south of unnamed road extended west from county line through Portland (unincorporated), west on unnamed road to section 19 and generally northwest through sections 19, 25, 26, and 32 to the west township line
  • 53-8Letart township
  • 53-9Olive township: Olive township - That part north of State Hwy. 680 and State Hwy. 680 extended through Reedsville (unincorporated) to the county line
  • 53-10Olive township - That part south of State Hwy. 680 and State Hwy. 680 extended through Reedsville (unincorporated) to the county line
  • 53-11Orange township
  • 53-12Rutland township: Rutland village
  • 53-13Rutland township - That part north of State Hwy. 124, outside Rutland village
  • 53-14Rutland township - That part south of State Hwy. 124, outside Rutland village
  • 53-15Salem township: Salem township - That part north of State Hwy. 124
  • 53-16Salem township - That part south of State Hwy. 124
  • 53-17Salisbury township: Middleport village: Middleport village - That part comprising Ward 1 Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; Ward line, Coal, Fourth, Ward line; Mill
  • 53-18Middleport village - That part comprising Ward 2 Bounded by Village limits, Mill, Ward line, Fourth, Coal, Ward line; Village limits; Ward line, Main, Seventh, Brownell Ave., Ward line; Village limits
  • 53-19Middleport village - That part comprising Ward 3 Bounded by Ward line, Brownell Ave., Seventh, Main, Ward line; Village limits; Ward line, Hamilton, Ward line, Laurel, Hysell, Oliver, Grant, Ward line; Village limits
  • 53-20Middleport village - That part comprising Ward 4 Bounded by Village limits, Ward line, Grant, Oliver, Hysell, Laurel, Ward line, Hamilton, Ward line; Village limits; Ward line, Custer, Ward line, Ash, State Hwy. 7; Village limits
  • 53-21Middleport village - That part comprising Ward 5 Bounded by State Hwy. 7, Ash, Ward line, Custer, Ward line; Village limits; Village limits
  • 53-22Pomeroy village: Pomeroy village - That part comprising Ward 1 Bounded by Village limits; Village limits; Village limits; Ward line
  • 53-23Pomeroy village- That part comprising Ward 2 Bounded by Village limits; Village limits, Ward line; Village limits; Naylors Run
  • 53-24Pomeroy village - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Village limits; Naylors Run; Village limits; Butternut extended, Butternut, Brick, Lasley, Mulberry Ave., Sugar Run
  • 53-25Pomeroy village - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Village limits; Sugar Run, Mulberry Ave., Lasley, Brick, Butternut; Lincoln Hill; Village limits
  • 53-26Pomeroy village - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Lincoln Hill, Butternut, Butternut extended; Village limits; Ward line, Locust; Village limits
  • 53-27Pomeroy village - That part comprising Ward 4 Bounded by Locust, Ward line; Village limits; Village limits; Village limits
  • 53-28Salisbury township - That part east of State Hwy. 143 and north of State Hwy. 124, outside Pomeroy village
  • 53-29Salisbury township - That part west of State Hwy. 143 and north of State Hwy. 124
  • 53-30Salisbury township - That part south of State Hwy. 124, outside Middleport and Pomeroy villages
  • 53-31Scipio township: Scipio township - That part east of State Hwys. 680, 684, and 143
  • 53-32Scipio township - That part west of State Hwys. 680, 684, and 143
  • 53-33Sutton township: Racine village
  • 53-34Syracuse village
  • 53-35Sutton township - That part north of the line from southeast corner of section 1, to the Ohio River
  • 53-36Sutton township - That part south of the line from southeast corner of section 1, to the Ohio River, outside Racine and Syracuse villages

Businesses named in the atlases

51 businesses

Every Sanborn volume opens with a printed index naming the town's mills, tanneries, hotels and works by proprietor. Those indexes were read off the scanned sheets by machine and then matched to each other, so a business surveyed four times appears here once, with the years it survived. 17 of these 51 were named in more than one atlas. Each carries a crop of the line it was read from: the spelling is the recogniser's and the 1880s lithographer's, and the scan behind it is the proof.

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

343 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 343 of them, burning about 761 acres. 0 started naturally and 42 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning169
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Arson/incendiarism42
Equipment and vehicle use33
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks4
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
14 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 November 2020Debris and open burning36 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryMURRAYSVILLE SKID ROAD FIRE
1 February 1993Equipment and vehicle use26 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryWEEKLY RUN
31 March 2012Debris and open burning25 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 February 1997Equipment and vehicle use22 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryOLDTOWN ROAD
5 April 2016Debris and open burning20 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4266
2 October 2017Arson/incendiarism20 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources8945

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1967 to 2026

60 of 274 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 274 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 9 injuries and about $12,094,250 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind100
Flood75
Hail55
Flash Flood33
Tornado6
Heavy Rain4
Lightning1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1998Flash FloodNortheast Portion1 killed, $3,000,000no account filed
February 2019FloodMt Blanco1 killed, $15,000Multiple roads were closed due to high water across central and western Meigs County. This included State Route 681 along the West Branch of the Shade River and State Route 124 along Thomas Fork. Leading Creek also flooded, closing parts of Leading Creek Road and State Route 124. A 54 year old man drowned in the flood waters along Leading Creek around 6 PM on the 6th. The man drove his car into the high water and became stranded. He abandoned the car and tried to make it to dry land but was swept away by the water.
September 2010Tornado (EF3)Joppa6 hurt, $1,500,000A new rotating supercell formed south of thunderstorm complex that caused the tornado and strong downburst in western Athens County. A new tornado formed. Significant structural damage to farm buildings and a few homes occurred along Eden Ridge Road. This road is also County Route 50. The tornado path then went across State Route 124 between community of Reedsville and Eden along the Ohio River. A majority of the mobile homes affected were in this vicinity. In addition, a well built single family home and its detached commercial grade garage were completely destroyed. The foundations of both structures were wiped clean. The EF3 damage included this area along State Route 124. Maximum wind gusts of 150 mph were estimated. The county reported 22 structures destroyed or having major damage, including mostly mobile and single family homes. However, one car repair shop was also included. Another 20 homes were affected or had minor damage. Around a dozen outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. One male received rib and leg fractures when his truck was flipped over while he was in it. A woman was injured when she was pinned in rubble from her mobile home. In the dark, her barking dog helped first responders find her faster. A total of 6 people were injured, 2 seriously. ||This tornado crossed the Ohio River and killed a man immediately on the other side of the river in southern Wood County of West Virginia.
February 1993Tornado (F1)Salem Center3 hurt, $500,000The storm touched ground 2 miles southwest of Salem Center and passed over the town and lifted Dexter area. Roofs were torn off of two grain silos and a farmhouse was lifted off its foundation. A portion of the roof on an elementary school was torn off. A woman and two children hid in the bath tub of their mobile home before their home was destroyed. They received only minor injuries.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindDyesville$2,000,000Scattered locations had trees blown down. Around 9,400 customers lost electricity. A total of 3 homes were destroyed, which included mobile homes. Major damage was sustained by 28 homes. Minor damage to roofs and porches occurred to 44 homes. Six businesses had minor wind damage. A lot of the damage in the county was concentrated in the villages along the river near Pomeroy. Public buildings at the county fair grounds near Pomeroy were damaged. Two barns were destroyed and 6 others had heavy damage. The public infrastructure damage assessment was around $445,000.||Ten citizens were evacuated in Meigs County and 21 were sheltered, mainly because of the heat and no electricity during the aftermath. Several cooling stations were open and free swimming was offered at the Syracuse pool. ||About a third of the corn and tomato crops were destroyed.
March 1997Flash FloodCountywide$800,000no account filed
February 2018FloodPomeroy$750,000The gage at Belleville Lock on the Ohio River entered moderate flooding, cresting at almost 43.5 feet on the evening of the 18th. At Belleville, moderate flood stage is 38 feet. Flooding began at Belleville just after midnight on the 17th, and the river dropped back below flood in the pre-dawn hours of the 20th. This high water closed several sections of Route 124, as well as a portion of Route 248 near Sand Hill.||The Ohio River gage at Racine Lock rose above its flood stage of 41 feet early on the 17th. The river surpassed moderate flooding, and almost reached its major flood stage of 48 feet, during its crest of 47.7 feet just after midnight on the 19th. The river dropped back below flood stage around noon on the 20th. This cause flooding along Route 124 near Antiquity and Minersville.||At the Pomeroy staff gage, the Ohio River rose above its flood stage of 46 feet late around noon on the 17th. Major flooding occurred along this stretch of the river, where the staff gage read almost 50.5 feet during crest late on the 18th, topping major flood stage by half a foot. Water levels dropped back below flood stage around sunrise on the 20th. Water inundated much of Main Street in Pomeroy, including flooding businesses, side roads and parking lots and the amphitheater. A culvert under Main Street also collapsed.
February 2000Flash FloodCountywide$700,000no account filed
June 1994Thunderstorm WindWestern part$500,000Trees were downed. Lightning strikes caused a number of fires and destroyed several buildings.
May 2001Tornado (F1)Danville$400,000An intermittent damage path, as the tornado mostly affected trees along hill tops. A house was damaged in Hanesville, when a large maple tree fell onto it. A carport and a barn were also destroyed at the same residence, In fact, the carport traveled some 75 yards before landing across the road. In Danville, pieces of wood were launched into the side of a bus garage building. A corn crib was leveled.
May 1996Flash FloodCountywide$250,000no account filed
June 2003Flash FloodSouth Portion$200,000Estimated rains of 2 to 3 inches fell in less than 90 minutes. Thomas Fork flooded roads. Urban flooding occurred in Pomeroy and Middleport, with street and basement flooding.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindRacine$175,000The village building was damaged along with trees being blown down.
May 2001Flash FloodCountywide$150,000The sheriff department observed flooded and washed out roads throughout the county.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSyracuse$100,000Large trees were uprooted and mobile homes were knocked off their foundations.
March 2017Tornado (EF1)Langsville$80,000A National Weather Service storm survey team found damage consistent with a EF-1 tornado near Langsville, OH. Multiple trees were snapped. A small shed was ripped from its foundation and blown several feet away. A porch was torn from a house, lifted over the house and deposited on the other side. The house also had some shingle damage. A large barn suffered significant damage. The metal roof was torn off and thrown up to 200 yards away. It appeared that two side walls of the barn collapsed after loss of the roof. Wind were estimated to be 100 mph.
March 2011FloodReedsville$75,000no account filed
August 2012Flash FloodSalem Center$50,000The cooperative observer at Salem Center measured 3.88 inches. A spotter near Rutland reported 4 inches of rain. Streams flooded roads. Leading Creek flooded Routes 124 and 325 near Langsville.
May 2001Flash FloodCarpenter$50,000Rains of 1.5 to 2 inches fell in 2 hours over wet ground, causing streams to flood in the western portion of the county. Some dwelling around Longsville and Rutland were affected by the high waters from Leading and Little Leading Creeks.
September 2007HailChester$50,000no account filed
June 2015Flash FloodLong Bottom$25,000Numerous roads were flooded and closed in the southern portion of the county. This included portions of Route 143, 124, and 7.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindLetart Falls$25,000A roof was blown off a barn and a greenhouse was damaged.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindCountywide$25,000Scattered locations throughout the county had trees and large branches knocked down.
March 1967Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMiddleport$20,000Trees fell and brought down power lines.
March 2015FloodLangsville$20,000Several roads were closed due to flooding streams, including portions of State Route 124 and 143.
June 2012LightningRutland$20,000One business had major damage from a fire ignited by lightning.
November 2011FloodPomeroy$20,000Small streams and the Shade River caused minor flooding. A few roads were closed. The Shade River crested at 17.28 feet on the gauge near Chester during the morning of the 23rd. Bankfull is 17 feet. The saturated ground caused a hill to slip on Butternut Drive in Pomeroy. This damaged a house.
February 2000Flash FloodCountywide$20,000At one point, county officials reported 90 percent of secondary roads were covered by some water. A few evacuations were required along Route 124 and Little Leading Creek in the vicinity of Rutland.
June 1996Flash FloodRutland$20,000no account filed
July 2017Tornado (EF0)Chester$15,000The NWS Survey team found damage consistent with an EF-0 tornado. The tornado touched down along Pomeroy Pike just to the southwest of Chester. One small tin shed was lifted from its foundation and destroyed. A tree fell onto a home causing slight damage. In addition, several trees were uprooted, and numerous tree limbs were snapped in the same area. Near the end of the path, along Lakewood Road, several additional trees were knocked down.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindRacine$15,000Along the Ohio River near Bowmans Run, a section of a roof was flipped off and tossed into some trees. Corrugated metal and gutters with some homes were damaged.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindSyracuse$15,000Trees were blown onto power lines.
May 1998Flash FloodCountywide$15,000Rains of 2 to 3 inches fell over the course of 48 hours, from Wednesday night April 29th to Friday night May 1st. The last inch of rain fell Friday evening on the 1st. Leading Creek flooded and closed roads in the Dexter and Langsville vicinity. Little Leading Creek flooded Route 124 at Rutland. The West Branch of the Shade River flooded Route 33 around Burlingham. No dwellings were flooded.
June 1998Flash FloodCountywide$15,000no account filed
June 2021Flash FloodMinersville$10,000Forest Run Road near Pomeroy became impassable due to significant amounts of water flowing onto the roadway. High water rose up to local homes that reside close to the road.
June 2021Flash FloodDownington$10,000Several roads were closed on the evening of the 21st throughout the county due to flooding, including State Route 143, Peach Fork Road, Wolfpen Road, and Kinsbury Road.
March 2021FloodPomeroy$10,000The Ohio River at Pomeroy rose out of its 46 foot bankfull level on the evening of March 2nd. The river at this location crested at 46.70 feet on the 3rd and returned to its banks that evening. Pomeroy parking lots and the river amphitheater were flooded along the river. Main street in the town and some secondary roads became flooded due to backwater.
April 2016HailFive Pts$10,000Golf ball size hail fell at a golf course near Pomeroy.
March 2015FloodLangsville$10,000Minor small stream flooding occurred. Leading Creek flooded Route 124 near Langsville. Route 681 was flooded by the headwaters of the West Branch of the Shade River.
April 2015Flash FloodLangsville$10,000Streams around Langsville and Rutland quickly rose and closed roads.
December 2013Thunderstorm WindPomeroy$10,000Along the Ohio River, trees were blown down. One tree fell onto a house along Main Street.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindHarrisonville$10,000Several trees and large branches were blown down. Electric power outages occurred.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindChester$10,000Trees or large branches fell onto power lines and 1 mobile home.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindChester$10,000Power lines were knocked down by broken tree limbs.
June 2008FloodLong Bottom$10,000no account filed
January 1998Flash FloodCountywide$10,000no account filed
January 1998Flash FloodCountywide$10,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindPomeroy$10,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindSyracuse$10,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindTuppers Plains$10,000no account filed
March 2021FloodChester$8,000The Shade River near Chester rose out of its 17 foot bankfull level during the last final minutes of February 28th. The river crested at 21.49 feet on the first day of March and returned to its banks just before noon on the 2nd. The Sugar Run Creek Bridge and Shade River Bridge flooded and became impassable while the river was out of its banks.
March 2021FloodReedsville$8,000The Ohio River at the Belleville Lock and Dam rose above its 35 foot flood stage on the evening of March 2nd. The river at this location crested at 35.58 feet and returned to its banks on the evening of March 3rd. Ohio State Route 124 was flooded in several places, including north of Stiversville Road, at Rock Run, at Wells Run to Smith Ridge to Dewitts Run, at Forked Run, at Curtis Hollow Road, and between the town of Long Bottom and Shade River.
December 2019FloodDanville$6,000Leading Creek flooded, closing State Route 124 between Route 7 and 325. State Route 773 was closed between Route 7 and 883 due to flooding on Forest Run and Kerr Run.||The Shade River also flooded. The river gage near Chester showed the river rose above its 17 foot bankfull level just before midnight on the 16th. The river crested just under 21 feet late on the 17th, and returned to its banks around noon on the 18th. This flooded the Sugar Run Creek Bridge.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMidway$5,000Several trees were blown down on Kingsbury Road.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLangsville$5,000Several trees were blown down along McCumber Road near the town of Rutland.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMinersville$5,000Multiple trees were downed along Forest Run Road outside of Pomeroy.
March 2021FloodAntiquity$5,000The Ohio River at Racine Lock rose above its 41 foot flood stage during the early afternoon on March 2nd. The river crested at 42.74 feet on the morning of March 3rd and returned to its banks just after midnight on the 4th. Ohio Route 124 near Minersville and Antiquity flooded while the river was out of its banks.
February 2020FloodBashan$5,000The Shade River near Chester rose out of its 17 foot bankfull level on the morning of the 13th, cresting at 18.2 feet early on the 14th. The river then returned to its banks after daybreak on the 14th. While the river was risen, minor flooding of low lying areas occurred, particularly at the Sugar Run Creek Bridge and Shade River Bridge.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindPomeroy$5,000Multiple trees were blown down between Chester and Sumner. One fell on a power line.

Mines and quarries

8 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 8 workings inside this county. 5 still produce and 3 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction8

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Apple Grove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Apple Grove PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
D.V. Weber Sand and Grave PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Letart Falls PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Letart Falls Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcdough PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Meigs County Hwy Dept.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Weber Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Collected here, 1831 to 1973

8 of 752 shown

Museum specimens collected inside this county and catalogued with a date and a place: 752 of them, by kingdom 610 animalia, 88 plantae, 50 fungi, 4 chromista. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by UMMZ, INHS, Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), CM, BPI, MSU among others, and each settlement page carries the specimens collected near it.

The oldest of them. A specimen proves something was collected on that day; its absence proves nothing.

Photograph YearSpecies KingdomWhere CollectorCatalogue
A photograph of the species Myosotis laxa, not of this specimen1831Myosotis laxa Lehm.PlantaeOrange Twp.C. H. JonesNY 2433693
A photograph of the species Asplenium trichomanes, not of this specimen1840Asplenium trichomanes L.PlantaeMeigs County, OhioClark, Joseph; Riddell, John LeonardCINC CINC-V-0000572
A photograph of the species Jungermannia sullivantii, not of this specimen1844Jungermannia sullivantii AustinPlantaeIn woods pasture pond 30 rods south of my [W.S. Sullivant's] gardenW. S. SullivantNY 244527
A photograph of the species Carex communis, not of this specimen1862Carex communis var. communisPlantaeCheshire. [Inferred county from precise loc.]W. M. CanbyNY 2255689
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium clavariaeforme, not of this specimen1883Gymnosporangium clavariaeforme (Jacq.) DC.FungiCedar HillW. A. KellermanNY 328253
A photograph of the species Leptostroma quercinum, not of this specimen1883Leptostroma quercinum LaschFungiCedar HillW. A. KellermanNY 276430
A photograph of the species Lophodermium arundinaceum, not of this specimen1883Lophodermium arundinaceum (Schrad.) Chevall.FungiCedar HillW. A. KellermanNY 305342
A photograph of the species Mycosphaerella fraxinicola, not of this specimen1883Mycosphaerella fraxinicola (Schwein.) HouseFungiCedar HillW. A. KellermanNY 00217949

Every populated place in the county

89

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the watercourse or landform it stands on and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 2 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Recorded here

Middleport, Ohio

14 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1888 to 1938

Pomeroy, Ohio

14 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1888 to 1943

Everything this county holds

The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.

Surveyed structures

2 structures

Nomination case files

8 case files

The vanished settlements of Meigs County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.