BlockAshland, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Ashland City. It lies in ZIP code area 44805. The Survey maps it on the Ashland South quadrangle. 19,225 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,066 feet above sea level.
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Then and now
1908 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
On record in Ashland
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 7 records
Anderson Schoolhouselisted 1977
Ashland County Courthouselisted 1979
Myers Block-Home Company Buildinglisted 1997- Ashland County Children's Homelisted 2019
- Center Street Historic Districtlisted 1976
- Center Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 1993
- Downtown Ashland Historic Districtlisted 2013
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Freer House, Wooster Road, Ashlandfederal building survey, 3 photographs
Businesses named in the fire insurance atlases 12 of 17 shown
- Presbyterian ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1893 to 1899
- Arthur Street Public SchoolSchool, in the atlas of 1911
- Bank Street Public SchoolBank, in the atlas of 1899
- Diseiples' ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1899
- English Lutheran ChurchChurch, in the atlas of 1893
- Fast, J. M., Feed MillsMill, in the atlas of 1893
- First Church U. B. of ChristChurch, in the atlas of 1899
- Hotel CarinHotel, in the atlas of 1911
- Jeromevile Mills, Flour Mils, . 1Mill, in the atlas of 1911
- Leach's Carriage WorksWorks, in the atlas of 1893
- Mill (arbitrary),at JeromevilleMill, in the atlas of 1911
- New Park HotelHotel, in the atlas of 1899
Population over time
3 figuresAshland fell from 21,249 to 19,225 between 2000 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, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21,249 | |
| 2010 | 20,362 | -887 (-4%) |
| 2020 | 19,225 | -1,137 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 printed 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.
- 1908 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ashland South quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
645 words on this townshipHistory of Ashland County, Ohio, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Ashland City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Ashland is situated on sections seven, eight, seventeen . and eighteen, and is estimated to contain a population of three thousand. In 1822, the village contained about twenty log cabins, one small dry goods store, a blacksmith, two distilleries, a tannery, a shoemaker, a tailor, a hatter, a. cooper, a wheelwright, a small tavern, and one phvsician. The inhabitants of the village were William Montgomery, farmer; Philip Shaffer, shoemaker: Elias Slocum, tavern keeper; Alanson Andrews, farmer: George W. Palmer distiller; Samuel Urie, blacksmith ; Joseph Sheets, tailor; Joseph Markley, distiller; David Markley; Amos Antibus, hatter; Ebenezer D. Nightirgili, hatter; Mr. Barr, cooper; Francis Graham, storekeeper; John Croft, tanner: Alexander Miller, cabinetmaker: Joel Luther, physician. This was really the beginning of the village. The principal street was very crooked, and the cabins were ranged along either Mde of it. A grist- and saw-mill or two, all propelled bv water, soon appeared. Jacob Grubb, an excellent cabinetmaker, and other ifiechanics, soon erected dwellings. A demand for more goods introduced other business men, and 'in. re stores were opened. The original plat fil1- d rapidlv, and more room was re piirvd. Mark!., ;. ' uldi tion was laid out, and, in a few wars, Alanson \nd>vws, Francis Graham, Joseph Sheets and Christo; Vr M\ krantz added their additions. Then, in 1840, Ashland became live seat of justice, and South Ashland was laid out. More recently, the additions of Rocky, Cowan & Myers, and Willis, have been added. Some of the original streets have been straightened and considerably extended, while Main and Orange streets have been paved and guttered with bowlders. The original cabins and frame structures have gradually disappeared, and been replaced by fine brick buildings along Main and other streets. Tor many years Ashland was noted for its ex- | ce!lent academy. This was suffered to be merged into j the union school system in 1850. At present, her | schools are in a prosperous condition. The town con- 1 tains ten churches, nine l'rotestant and one Catholic. It | has three banks, an Odd Fellows' hall, and a masonic j lodge, two manufactories of agricultural implements, four j blacksmith shops, two large steam grist-mills, three car- ! riage and wagon manufactories, two steam saw-mills, two j lumber yards, two large tanneries, four harness and sad- j die Shops, four shoe stores, three hardware stores, three j clothing stores, two hotels, five dry goods stores, four provision stores, three stove and tin stores; two silverware and jewelry stores, two bakery establishments, two printing offices, one gun store, three butcher shops, two furniture stores, one furniture manufactory, sixteen physicians, two dentists, thirteen lawyers, three livery establishments and two book stoies.
Passage source: History of Ashland County, Ohio, published 1880.
The county buildings add to the business of the place j during the sessions of the court, and the payment of , taxes. The New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad, with its warehouses and depot, is within the northern limits of the town, and adds to its property wealth. All in all, we conclude that in the future, as in the past, Ashland will go steadily forward in the increase of her population, in wealth, and number of valuable impiovements. It is surrounded by a fine, productive country, and can sustain a much greater population.
Passage source: History of Ashland County, Ohio, published 1880.
formerly Uniontown, in Montgomery township, was laid out by William Montgomery, July 28, 1S15, and was the fourth town within the present limits of Ashland c ounty. It retained the name of Uniontown, until the establishment of a post-office, in 1822, which was called Ashland, because there was another Uniontown in the State. The village thereupon received the name of Ashland. Mr. Frank Graham, now (1876) eighty-five years old, was the first postmaster.
Passage source: History of Ashland County, Ohio, published 1880.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
10 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Ashland between 2019 and 2020, burning about 23 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15259 |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15267 |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15258 |
| 9 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15806 |
| 21 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15789 |
| 9 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15777 |
| 7 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15894 |
| 6 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15889 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 303 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 303 specimens collected within 10 miles of Ashland between 1846 and 1973: 280 Animalia, 20 Plantae, 3 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. S. Percival, Auten, B Zahuranec & party 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Anthoceros crispulus (Mont.) Douin | 1923 | Mrs. Bayard R. Taylor | near Londonville |
| Mediorhynchus grandis Van Cleave, 1916 | 1846 | P. Harwood | Ashland | |
 | Ammodramus savannarum (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1897 | Smith, D. W. | Ashland, Ashland, Ohio, USA |
 | Danthonia spicata (L.) Roem. & Schult. | 1897 | Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln Moseley | Vermilion Township |
 | Smilax tamnoides L. | 1899 | Selby, A.D. | Red Haw |
 | Tyto alba pratincola (Bonaparte, 1838) | 1900 | Fuller, W. J. | Sullivan, Ashland, Ohio, USA |
 | Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1902 | not recorded | No Further Locality Data |
| Valsa Fr. | 1913 | Stevens N. E. | Windsor | |
 | Conocephalus attenuatus (Scudder, 1869) | 1925 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Vermilion River, TR 608 RM 62.1, 1.14 miles west of Savannah OH, Clear Creek township |
 | Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 | 1927 | not recorded | |
| Sternotherus odoratus (Latreille, 1802) | 1927 | Drumm, J. C. | Long Lake, Ashland Co., Ohio | |
| Trionyx spiniferus Lesueur, 1827 | 1927 | Drumm, J. C. | Long Lake, Ashland Co., Ohio |
All 303 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this place
60 of 85 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashland in 85 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 47 thunderstorm wind, 29 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 lightning. The reports record 4 injuries. 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 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Ashland | 4 hurt, $2,000,000 | A tornado touched down on the west side of Ashland near Lindale Avenue then moved east along West Main Street causing significant damage and four minor injuries. The damage path was 50 to 100 yards wide, intermittent and nearly three miles in length. The most severe damage occurred a few blocks west of downtown. Major structural damage occurred to several homes in the area including one that had an entire side blown apart. Damage to the downtown business district was much less severe with most of the damage being in the form of broken windows and torn off siding. However, three buildings lost large sections of roof and a fourth had a brick wall collapse. The roof of one of the buildings was found six blocks east of downtown. East of the business district, the damage path was intermittent with only a dozen or so homes sustaining minor damage. In total, 112 homes and 20 businesses were damaged. Of those totals, 23 homes and four businesses suffered major damage. Several cars were destroyed and hundreds of trees were toppled. Six power poles were also snapped near ground level. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $300,000 | A portion of a roof on a grocery store was blown off. The grocery store was located on the north side of Ashland. Trees were also reported down in the area. A survey team followed up on the report and found a significant portion of the grocery store's roof was blown off. Also noted was a barn southwest of the store that had a portion of its roof blown off. Numerous trees were down mainly between State Routes 511 and 58. Two semi trailers and a construction trailer were blown onto their sides near State Route 511 and U.S. 250. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Ashland | $250,000 | Thunderstorms dumped two to threes of rain on the central portion of Ashland County in about 90 minutes. Lowland and urban flooding occurred over the northern half of the city of Ashland. A mobile home park was under as much as two feet of water during the peak of the storm. Many streets had to be closed in Ashland because of flooding. Dozens of homes experienced basement flooding. Several cars were also damaged by flood waters. State Route 302 was closed for several hours to the west of Nankin. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $100,000 | Straight line winds created a damage path about one hundred yards wide and about four miles long. Along this path, numerous trees and large limbs were reported down. Several buildings had roof damage, and a box trailer was blown over by the severe winds. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and limbs throughout Ashland County. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees throughout Ashland County. |
| October 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $50,000 | Over a dozen large trees were downed, many of them on the campus of Ashland University. A tree fell on a house and adjacent garage. Branches from the tree punctured the roof of the house allowing heavy thunderstorm rains to seep inside. A second garage nearby also sustained major roof damage and a third house lost part of a back porch to the high winds. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $40,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees just north of Ashland. One of the trees struck two parked cars and caused significant damage. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $35,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees and power lines in Ashland. A two foot diameter tree fell on a house on the south side of Ashland and caused significant damage. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Ashland | $30,000 | Heavy rainfall occurred from numerous thunderstorms across the area during the late afternoon and evening hours. As a result, flash flooding occurred over northern Ashland County. Law enforcement reported that numerous state and U.S. routes in the area were closed because of the quickly rising and flowing water. |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and large limbs across Ashland County. Around 100 homes lost power as a result of the downed trees. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $25,000 | Numerous trees were reported down in an area from just west of Ashland eastward to the Wayne County border. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees. A store building was slightly damaged by flying debris. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Ashland | $20,000 | Half dollar sized hail was reported during this thunderstorm. Several vehicles were damaged by hail. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees on the west side of Ashland. |
| May 1998 | Lightning | Ashland | $20,000 | Lightning struck and touched off a blaze at a house. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $15,000 | A thunderstorm downburst downed a couple of trees south of Ashland. Scattered power outages were reported in the area. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $15,000 | Numerous trees reported down in the city and outskirts. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Ashland | $15,000 | Thunderstorms produced a swath of penny to quarter sized hail. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Ashland | $15,000 | Strong thunderstorms brought wind, hail, and torrential rain to Ashland County on the evening of the 14th. Doppler Radar estimated as much as 2 inches fell within two hours over northern portions of the county. The result was several roads flooded. Flood damage closed County Road 1302 between U.S. 42 and Township Road 753 in Montgomery Township. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Ashland | $15,000 | Dime to quarter size hail was reported just west of Ashland. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Ashland | $10,000 | Thunderstorms produced quarter sized hail. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $10,000 | Numerous trees were reported down. |
| July 2006 | Hail | Ashland | $10,000 | Quarter size hail was observed. Also, several trees were reported down. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees in the county. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and limbs five miles north of Ashland. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $8,000 | Large tree limbs downed and an outbuilding's roof was blown off in Ashland. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $8,000 | Shingles blown off roof about four-miles east of Ashland. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $8,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed one tree and several large limbs. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $6,000 | A line of thunderstorms moved across Ashland County downing a few trees. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $6,000 | A trained weather spotter reported numerous tree limbs down from strong thunderstorm winds within the city of Ashland. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed at least four trees in the county. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed one tree two miles northwest of Ashland and a second in Polk. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $4,000 | Many trees were downed south of Ashland. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $3,000 | A trained weather spotter reported a tree down at a residence. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $3,000 | Several trees were downed and shingles were blown from a roof just northwest of the city of Ashland. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $2,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down at Brookside Park in Ashland. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a couple of trees in the Ashland area. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed two large trees. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $2,000 | Three trees were blown down. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $2,000 | Several trees were reported down. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $2,000 | A few large limbs were reported down. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Ashland | $2,000 | Quarter size hail was observed about two miles northeast of Ashland. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Lightning | Ashland | $1,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Several trees downed in Ashland. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Ashland | - | Hail up to penny-size in Ashland. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | A few trees and large tree limbs downed in Ashland. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Large tree limbs downed and roof blown off outbuilding in Ashland. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Large trees downed in Ashland area. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Numerous trees downed near OH-511 and OH-60 on southeast side of Ashland. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Ashland | - | Hail up to half dollar-size about two-miles south of Ashland. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Extensive tree and power pole damage in Ashland. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ashland | - | Two trees down about two-miles west of Ashland. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Ashland | - | Heavy rain fell over Ashland Ohio on the afternoon of the 21st. The rain peaked around 630 PM with 1.75 in 25 minutes. Flooding was reported across the area with creeks coming out of banks. Town Run in northwest Ashland flooded the golf course causing damages and flooded Brookside Drive. In Olivesburg water was overrunning Route 603 from a tributary to the Whetstone Creek. One motorists had to be rescued. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Ashland | - | Moderate to heavy rainfall of 1 to 1.5 inches across the central highlands of Ohio resulted in flooding of dozens of roads in Ashland, Knox, Morrow, Richland, and Holmes Counties. In Ashland and Richland Counties flooding occurred outside of the normal flooded locations. No properties were inundated. Most impacts were in Ashland and Mansfield. |
Newspapers printed here
3 papers3 papers published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| The Ohio Union | 1849 to 1854 |
| The Ashland Union | 1854 to 1868 |
| The States and Union | 1868 to 1872 |
What the paper printed
26,005 wordsFront pages of the local paper, read from the Library of Congress scans: 4 issues spread across its run from 1852 to 1854, 26,005 words in total. Each is reproduced on its own page, exactly as the recogniser returned it.
These pages read less well than anything else here, and the number is worth stating: about three words in four come through cleanly, against nine in ten for the building records. An 1896 broadsheet sets eight-point type in seven columns on microfilm, which is the hardest thing in this archive to read by machine. We tested our own recognisers against the Library's and they were not better, so the Library's text is what appears, with the wholly unreadable columns removed. Read it as a guide to what the paper covered, and follow the link to the scan before quoting anything.
| Issue | Paper | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1852-05-26 | The Ohio Union | 9,077 words |
| 1852-06-09 | The Ohio Union | 8,134 words |
| 1854-04-19 | The Ohio Union | 3,248 words |
| 1854-05-24 | The Ohio Union | 5,546 words |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nankin | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Paradise Hill | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| England | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Five Points | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Treaton | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Bailey Lake | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Mifflin | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Savannah | 7.1 miles | 16 |
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 Ashland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q725573 | The 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 1060832. 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.
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.