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Edenton, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wayne Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45162. It stands on Locust Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newtonsville quadrangle.

Edenton within Clermont County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Edenton, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Edenton, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

746 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 Wayne Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Wayne Township - 746 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 354 shown

Museums hold 354 specimens collected within 10 miles of Edenton between 1915 and 1975: 200 Fungi, 129 Animalia, 23 Plantae, 2 Protozoa. 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 Xylaria Hill ex Schrank, 1789Xylaria Hill ex Schrank, 17891929Braun, E. LucyGoshen
A photograph of the species Polytrichum ohioense, not of this specimenPolytrichum ohioense Renauld & Cardot1915Fulford, MargaretBlowville Flats
A photograph of the species Lobaria pulmonaria, not of this specimenLobaria pulmonaria (L.) Hoffm.1916Braun, E. LucyGoshen Station
A photograph of the species Ilex verticillata, not of this specimenIlex verticillata (L.) A.Gray1918Braun, E. LucyGoshen
A photograph of the species Leptogium corticola, not of this specimenLeptogium corticola (Taylor) Tuck.1920Braun, E. LucyNewtown (Newtonsville)
A photograph of the species Flavoparmelia caperata, not of this specimenFlavoparmelia caperata (L.) Hale1922Braun, E. LucyGoshen Station
A photograph of the species Peltigera polydactylon, not of this specimenPeltigera polydactylon (Neck.) Hoffm.1922Braun, E. LucyGoshen Station
A photograph of the species Physcia Michx., not of this specimenPhyscia (Schreb.) Michx., 18031922Braun, E. LucyGoshen Station
Physcia millegrana Degel.1922Braun, E. LucyGoshen Station
Diatrype stigma (Hoffm.) Fr.1926Cooke, William BridgeMt. Repose
A photograph of the species Hirneola auricula-judae, not of this specimenHirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk.1926s.c.Goshen
A photograph of the species Entodon seductrix, not of this specimenEntodon seductrix (Hedw.) Müll.Hal.1928Fulford, Margaret HannahGoshen

All 354 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

8 since 1996

The National Weather Service names Edenton in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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
April 2020Tornado (EF0)Edenton$25,000The tornado caused tree damage on Garrison Spurling Road and roof damage to homes on Edenton Pleasant Plain Road.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindEdenton$20,000Several large trees were either split open or completely uprooted near and just north of Stonelick State Park in Wayne Township. A large moveable sign was also thrown across a road and into a house, causing minor damage. Damage was determined to be caused by straight-line winds, estimated at 70 mph.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindEdenton$10,000Numerous trees were downed near Edenton and in Wayne Township due to thunderstorm winds. Trees were also reported down near State Route 131 and the Clermont and Brown County border.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindEdenton$2,000A few trees were downed in Goshen Township.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindEdenton$2,000Several trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 1996Flash FloodEdenton$2,000no account filed
May 2019Thunderstorm WindEdenton$1,000A tree was downed.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindEdenton$1,000Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.

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
Woodland Park2.3 miles15
Moores Fork2.7 miles15
Woodville2.9 miles13
Shiloh3.0 miles15
Newtonsville3.7 miles15
Modest3.8 miles15
Lerado4.4 miles15
Pringle Corners5.0 miles15

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 EdentonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14716408The 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 1064599. 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.

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.