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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Batavia, 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 45103. It stands on Backbone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Batavia quadrangle.

Batavia within Clermont County

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 Batavia, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Batavia, 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,488 shown

Museums hold 1,488 specimens collected within 10 miles of Batavia between 1866 and 1975: 805 Animalia, 563 Fungi, 76 Plantae, 41 Protozoa, 2 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 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 Aecidium Pers., not of this specimenAecidium Pers.1910C. C. M.Bantam

All 1,488 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Batavia: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Own Crews QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brewer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kipp Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Kipp Gravel Pit & Mill No 16Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clermont County

Storms nearby

43 since 1996

The National Weather Service names Batavia in 43 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 26 thunderstorm wind, 8 flash flood, 8 hail, 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
July 2001Thunderstorm WindBatavia$50,000Thousands of trees were knocked down near Batavia.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBatavia$15,000Numerous trees and power lines were downed in the Batavia area.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindBatavia$10,000A few trees and power lines were downed in the Batavia area.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindBatavia$10,000Numerous trees were reported downed throughout the county.
June 1997Flash FloodBatavia$10,000Persistent heavy rainfall caused roads to be flooded. Several cars became submerged in the water.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindBatavia$5,000Numerous trees downed.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBatavia$5,000Trees downed.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBatavia$3,000A few power lines were downed due to winds associated with an outflow boundary.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBatavia$3,000Trees and limbs were downed near Batavia due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBatavia$3,000Trees and large branches were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBatavia$3,000Multiple trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindBatavia$3,000Multiple trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindBatavia$3,000Several trees were knocked down around Eastgate.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindBatavia$3,000Trees were downed.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindBatavia$3,000Numerous trees and powerlines were knocked down.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindBatavia$3,000Trees were knocked down across the southern part of the county.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindBatavia$3,000Numerous trees and limbs knocked down.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindBatavia$3,000Numerous trees downed.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindBatavia$3,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindBatavia$3,000no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindBatavia$2,000Several trees were downed in Batavia Township.
April 1996Thunderstorm WindBatavia$2,000no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindBatavia$1,000A large tree was downed.
December 2013Flash FloodBatavia$1,000Water up to four feet deep was rushing across Wuebold Lane and yards in the East Gate area.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBatavia$1,000Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindBatavia$500A large branch was knocked down in Batavia.
August 2024FloodBatavia-High water was reported on a highway.
February 2019Flash FloodBatavia-One road was closed due to flooding.
June 2019Flash FloodBatavia-High water resulted in a road closure near the 1700 block of State Route 125.
March 2017Flash FloodBatavia-High water was reported flowing across numerous roads throughout Clermont County during the pre-dawn hours, leaving behind mud and debris on the roadways.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindBatavia-A trained spotter estimated the wind gust.
April 2005Flash FloodBatavia-Several roads were flooded.
August 2001Flash FloodBatavia-Several inches of rain fell in a short period of time causing flooded roads.
June 1998Flash FloodBatavia-Roads were flooded near the Eastgate Mall.
April 2025HailBatavia-no account filed
May 2012HailBatavia-no account filed
July 2012HailBatavia-no account filed
August 2011HailBatavia-no account filed
June 2010HailBatavia-no account filed
June 2009HailBatavia-no account filed
May 1998HailBatavia-no account filed
April 1998HailBatavia-no account filed
March 1997Thunderstorm WindBatavia-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
East Batavia Heights1.2 miles19
Olive Branch2.6 miles19
Braziers2.7 miles19
Stonelick3.2 miles19
Gernon (historical)3.4 miles19
Owensville3.8 miles19
Amelia4.0 miles19
Willowville4.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1037672. 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.