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Amelia, Ohio

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Batavia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45102. The Survey maps it on the Batavia quadrangle. 12,575 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 876 feet above sea level.

Amelia within Clermont County

Population over time

2 figures

Amelia grew from 4,801 to 12,575 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.

YearPeople Change
20104,801
202012,575+7,774 (+162%)

Then and now

1914 to 1996

The 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 sheet of Amelia, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Amelia, surveyed 1914

Compare 1914 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 sheets

Matched 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.

In the 1891 county history

33 words on this township

The county history of 1891 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Batavia Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Batavia Township - 33 words.

Photographs

1 photograph,

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.

Pinkham House & Farm, Ohio State Route 125, Amelia-Bantam Road, Bantam, Clermont County, OH
Pinkham House & Farm, Ohio State Route 125, Amelia-Bantam Road, Bantam, Clermont County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Fires nearby

1 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Amelia between 2002 and 2002, 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
Arson/incendiarism1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clermont County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,005 shown

Museums hold 1,005 specimens collected within 10 miles of Amelia between 1866 and 1975: 789 Animalia, 173 Fungi, 32 Plantae, 9 Protozoa, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A JOHN, A JOHN AND R KNOTTS, A JOHN AND T RITTER 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Apophthisis pullata Braun, 1915Apophthisis pullata Braun, 19151929A. Braun[Not Stated]
A photograph of the species Galium concinnum, not of this specimenGalium concinnum Torr. & A.Gray1866Mohr, C.Bantam
A photograph of the species Asarum canadense, not of this specimenAsarum canadense L.1877Mohr, MarieClermont County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Leiothlypis peregrina, not of this specimenLeiothlypis peregrina (A.Wilson, 1811)1878Collector(s): Leonard R. FreemanLocust Corner
A photograph of the species Vireo griseus, not of this specimenVireo griseus noveboracensis (Gmelin, 1789)1879Freeman, L.Locust Corner, Clermont, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Geastrum lageniforme, not of this specimenGeastrum lageniforme Vittad.1882Carley S. T.
A photograph of the species Liobunum Agassiz, not of this specimenLiobunum Agassiz, 18461890[Not Stated][Not Stated]
A photograph of the species Mammuthus primigenius, not of this specimenMammuthus primigenius (Blumenbach, 1799) (fossil)1900not recorded
A photograph of the species Bufo fowleri, not of this specimenBufo fowleri Hinckley, 18821904Lindahl, J. (Joshua)Batavia, Clermont Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Barbula unguiculata, not of this specimenBarbula unguiculata Hedw.1909Braun, E. Lucy9-mile road in Ninemile
A photograph of the species Bryum argenteum, not of this specimenBryum argenteum Hedw.1909Braun, E. Lucy9-mile road in Ninemile
A photograph of the species Obovaria retusa, not of this specimenObovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819)1909Bureau of FisheriesOhio River, Point Pleasant

All 1,005 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

1 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Amelia: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Own Crews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Clermont County

Storms nearby

37 since 1996

The National Weather Service names Amelia in 37 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 8 flash flood, 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1999Thunderstorm WindAmelia$16,000A tree fell on a mobile home, a shed was blown over, and numerous trees were downed.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindAmelia$10,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees, some of which fell on cars.
August 2016Flash FloodAmelia$7,000High water was reported entering at least one home and one motorist required rescue from high water. Most of the flash flooding was reported in Pierce Township.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindAmelia$6,000Shingles, trim, and gutters were blown off of a house due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindAmelia$5,000A large tree was downed onto a house.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindAmelia$5,000Several trees were downed throughout Pierce and Batavia Townships, including trees downed along State Route 125.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindAmelia$5,000no account filed
July 2007Thunderstorm WindAmelia$4,000Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindAmelia$3,000A tree fell onto some power lines.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindAmelia$3,000A few power lines were downed by winds associated with an outflow boundary.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAmelia$3,000Trees and limbs were downed north of Amelia due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindAmelia$3,000Several trees were blown down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindAmelia$3,000Trees were blown down.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindAmelia$3,000Several trees were knocked down.
April 2011Flash FloodAmelia$2,000Water was flowing over roadways due to heavy rainfall.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindAmelia$2,000Numerous trees were reported down across the southern part of the county.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindAmelia$2,000A few trees and power lines were knocked down along Cole Road.
April 2007HailAmelia$2,000no account filed
May 2020Thunderstorm WindAmelia$1,000A large tree was downed near the intersection of Cole Road and Cherry Lane.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindAmelia$1,000A tree was downed onto a house on Merwin 10 Mile Road.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAmelia$1,000A few large limbs were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2011Flash FloodAmelia$1,000Water was flowing over streets due to heavy rain.
June 2011FloodAmelia$1,000Water continued over roadways due to previous flash flooding.
May 2009HailAmelia$1,000no account filed
July 2018Thunderstorm WindAmelia$250Several large branches were downed.
June 2019Flash FloodAmelia-Flash flooding resulted in the closure of a road near the intersection of Apple Road and Lucy Run Road.
June 2019Flash FloodAmelia-High water resulted in a road closure near the intersection of Judd Road and Greenbrook Drive.
June 2019Flash FloodAmelia-High water resulted in a road closure near the intersection of Amelia-Olive Road and Branch Road and Gumbert Drive.
April 2017Flash FloodAmelia-High water was reported near the 1300 block of Ohio Pike.
April 2016Flash FloodAmelia-A weather spotter reported flash flooding at Route 125 near Jenny Lind Road and Oak Street.
May 2025HailAmelia-no account filed
May 2020HailAmelia-no account filed
April 2017HailAmelia-no account filed
April 2011HailAmelia-no account filed
September 2010HailAmelia-no account filed
June 2009HailAmelia-no account filed
May 1998HailAmelia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clermont County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Locust Lake0.8 miles19
Hamlet1.2 miles19
Mount Holly2.2 miles19
Braziers2.3 miles19
Wiltsee2.5 miles19
Spann (historical)2.6 miles21
Lindale2.7 miles12
Merwin2.7 miles21

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 AmeliaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q943559The 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 1064319. 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.