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Bettsville, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44815. The Survey maps it on the Tiffin North quadrangle. 595 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 699 feet above sea level.

Bettsville within Seneca County

Population over time

2 figures

Bettsville fell from 661 to 595 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
2010661
2020595-66 (-10%)

Then and now

1906 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bettsville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Bettsville, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 253 shown

Museums hold 253 specimens collected within 10 miles of Bettsville between 1890 and 1969: 226 Animalia, 22 Fungi, 5 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Woolman, Babcock D. C., Baker O. E. 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 Corythucha bellula Gibson, 1918Corythucha bellula Gibson, 19181917C. DrakeTiffin
Specimen of Equisetum hyemale L.Equisetum hyemale L.1969George T. Jones3 miles north of Tiffin, Clinton township
A photograph of the species Arisaema dracontium, not of this specimenArisaema dracontium (L.) Schott1890H. C. Beardslee Sr.Green Springs
A photograph of the species Parus bicolor, not of this specimenParus bicolor bicolor Sibley & Monroe, 19901891Cross, WTiffin
A photograph of the species Pluvialis dominica, not of this specimenPluvialis dominica dominica (P.L.S.Müller, 1776)1891Cross, WTiffin
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1893WoolmanSandusky River, Tiffin, Ohio
A photograph of the species Cambarus rusticus, not of this specimenCambarus rusticus Girard, 18521893United States Fish CommissionTiffin, Sandusky River
A photograph of the species Etheostoma blennioides, not of this specimenEtheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 18191893WoolmanSandusky River, Tiffin, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma caeruleum, not of this specimenEtheostoma caeruleum Storer, 18451893WoolmanSandusky River, Tiffin, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201893WoolmanSandusky River, Tiffin, Ohio
A photograph of the species Hypentelium nigricans, not of this specimenHypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817)1893not recordedSandusky River, Tiffin, Ohio
A photograph of the species Micropterus dolomieu, not of this specimenMicropterus dolomieu Lacepède, 18021893not recordedSandusky River, Tiffin, Ohio

All 253 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bettsville: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Chromium. 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
Basic Refractories QuarryCalciumPast ProducerCalcite
Maple Grove Lime PlantChromiumProducer
Maple Grove QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Seneca County

Storms nearby

14 since 1997

The National Weather Service names Bettsville in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 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
August 2007FloodBettsville$1,500,000Heavy thunderstorm rains fell on Seneca County on August 19th through the 21st. Widespread flooding occurred across the county with the worst conditions reported in northern Seneca County. A spotter in the northwestern corner of the county reported 6.30 inches of rain between 8 am on the 19th and 3 pm on the 20th. A Cooperative Observer in Tiffin measured a three day total of 4.45 inches. Significant flooding occurred along all of the major rivers and steams in the county. The Sandusky River left it's banks in Tiffin and flooded portions of 5th and 6th Avenues. Many homes on these streets were damaged by flooding. Wolf Creek left it's bank near Bettsville and caused a lot of damage. At least two homes in the town had to be evacuated because of flooding. State Route 12 had to be closed because of flood waters up to three feet deep. On the 21st, a nursing home north of McCutchenville had to be partially evacuated because of rising flood waters. During this event, one home was damaged enough by the flooding to be declared destroyed with another seven homes damaged enough to be uninhabitable. Hundreds of additional homes in the county sustained lesser amounts of damage, mainly from basement flooding. Dozens of streets and highways in the county had to be closed because of flooding. Erosion and standing water caused considerable damage to agricultural interests in the county.
August 2007Flash FloodBettsville$75,000Heavy rain fell across the area during the early morning hours of the 20th. Flash flooding conditions were reported during the morning hours as creeks quickly overflowed their banks and underpasses filled with three feet of water making those roads impassable. By the midday hours, flooding was reported in Bettsville and Old Fort with many roads closed including State Route 17 in Bettsville, and State Route 18 between Republic and Bellevue. During the afternoon hours, widespread flooding was reported with roads closed countywide, and evacuations were taking place in Bettsville. Flooding conditions continued through the overnight and morning hours of the 21st, but water began to recede across the area during the afternoon hours. However, runoff eventually brought the Sandusky River in Tiffin into flood. See the accompanying write up for additional information on the flooding of the Sandusky River.
August 2007Tornado (EF0)Bettsville$60,000A tornado touched down on a farm southwest of Bettsville. This touchdown occurred along Township Road 154 about a half mile to the west of State Route 635. A follow-up survey of the damage was conducted and the tornado was determined to be an EF0. The tornado damaged a metal building and a gazebo on the farm. The barn had one wall completely blown out. This tornado had a damage path about three quarters of a mile long and no more than 10 yards in width. A distinct damage path was seen in a corn field east of the farm.
August 1998Flash FloodBettsville$50,000Heavy thunderstorm rain caused flooding of basements, roads and low lying areas.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindBettsville$50,000no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindBettsville$15,000Thunderstorm winds blew a large tree down. The tree landed on a car and severely damaged it.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBettsville$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
April 2006HailBettsville$5,000Half dollar size hail was observed.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindBettsville-There were multiple trees blown down.
March 2012HailBettsville-Quarter sized hail was observed.
May 2011HailBettsville-Penny sized hail was observed.
May 2011HailBettsville-Thunderstorms produced nickel size hail.
April 2009HailBettsville-Penny size hail was observed.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBettsville-A wind gust of 60 miles per hour was reported.

Every storm recorded in Seneca 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
Linden (historical)2.1 miles11
Maple Grove2.2 miles11
Kansas2.6 miles11
Angus4.3 miles11
Fort Seneca4.4 miles11
Mount Gilead4.5 miles11
Old Fort4.6 miles11
Cromers4.6 miles11

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 BettsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2182464The 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 1064434. 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.