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

Branch Hill, Ohio

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Miami Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45140. The Survey maps it on the Madeira quadrangle.

Branch Hill within Clermont County

Then and now

1898 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 98 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Branch Hill, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Branch Hill, surveyed 1898

Compare 1898 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

90 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 Miami Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Miami Township - 90 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,209 shown

Museums hold 1,209 specimens collected within 10 miles of Branch Hill between 1850 and 1975: 871 Fungi, 223 Animalia, 72 Plantae, 39 Protozoa, 2 Chromista, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14753, A JOHN, A JOHN AND R KNOTTS 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 Ipomoea lacunosa L.Ipomoea lacunosa L.1877Joseph Francis JamesLoveland
Specimen of Puccinia rubella (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) ArthurPuccinia rubella (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Arthur1878James, F.Loveland
Specimen of Xylaria Hill ex Schrank, 1789Xylaria Hill ex Schrank, 17891929Braun, E. LucyGoshen
A photograph of the species Fomes applanatus, not of this specimenFomes applanatus (Pers.) Fr.1850James D. L.Loveland
A photograph of the species Eragrostis cilianensis, not of this specimenEragrostis cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch.1877James, J.F.Loveland
A photograph of the species Polyporus hirsutus, not of this specimenPolyporus hirsutus (Wulfen) Fr.1877James D. L.Loveland
A photograph of the species Rumex altissimus, not of this specimenRumex altissimus Wood1877J. F. JamesLoveland.
A photograph of the species Trifolium stoloniferum, not of this specimenTrifolium stoloniferum Muhl.1877J. F. JamesMiamiville
A photograph of the species Fomes scutellatus, not of this specimenFomes scutellatus (Schwein.) Cooke1878James D. L.Loveland
A photograph of the species Justicia americana, not of this specimenJusticia americana (L.) Vahl1878Lloyd, Curtis GatesLoveland
A photograph of the species Polyporus adustus, not of this specimenPolyporus adustus (Willd.) Fr.1879James D. L.Loveland
A photograph of the species Polyporus cinnabarinus, not of this specimenPolyporus cinnabarinus (Jacq.) Fr.1879James D. L.Loveland

All 1,209 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Branch Hill: 1 past producer, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Camp Dennison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Camp Dennison PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Clermont County

Storms nearby

7 since 2015

The National Weather Service names Branch Hill in 7 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2022Tornado (EF1)Branch Hill$100,000The initial tornado damage consisted of uprooted trees and damaged fences, just south of the intersection of Oriskany Drive and Almahurst Lane. Damage continued along the lake shore of the community lake. The tornado intensified as it crossed Belle Meade Farms Drive and eventually Three Chimneys Lane, where minor roof and siding damage occurred along with dozens of snapped and uprooted trees. The tornado then crossed Wards Corner Road where it snapped a few dozen hardwood trees and caused more fence and minor roof damage. Additional damage was found along Murle Lane,|Ironwood Drive, and Paxton Woods Drive.||Additional damage extended all the way to State Route 28, but this was determined to be from straight line winds. Damage noted in this stretch included hundreds of downed trees and some minor property damage, including siding loss to a home.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindBranch Hill$5,000Portions of siding were ripped away from a home.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBranch Hill$1,000A tree was knocked down at Branch-Hill Road and Little River Lane.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBranch Hill$1,000A power pole was knocked down at the corner of Branch-Hill Road and Guinea Pike.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBranch Hill$500A very large branch was knocked down across a backyard deck.
June 2019FloodBranch Hill-High water was reported on Wards Corner Road.
July 2022HailBranch Hill-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
Epworth Heights0.8 miles19
Indianview1.7 miles19
Sundale2.2 miles19
Miamiville2.3 miles19
The Highlands2.6 miles19
Top-of-the-Ridge3.7 miles19
Beverly Hills4.0 miles19
Mulberry4.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064480. 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.