Feesburg, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Lewis Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45130. The Survey maps it on the Hamersville quadrangle. It stands 935 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1928 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1928 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hamersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Hamersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 347 shownMuseums hold 347 specimens collected within 10 miles of Feesburg between 1886 and 1974: 270 Animalia, 66 Fungi, 11 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A JOHN, A. Braun, Ahles, H.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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hirneola auricularis (Gray) Donk | 1903 | Blickle, A.H. | Brown County, Ohio |
![]() | Caloptilia speciosella (Braun, 1939) | 1929 | A. Braun | [Not Stated] |
![]() | Fomes conchatus (Pers.) Gillet | 1934 | Kaps, C. | Locust Ridge |
| Chordata | 1886 | Smithsonian Institution | ||
![]() | Equisetum hyemale L. | 1897 | Kreke, Fr. M. | Arnheim |
![]() | Panus stipticus (Bull.) Fr. | 1903 | Lyon, C. D. | Higginsport |
![]() | Cylindrosporium padi P.Karst. | 1907 | Berry M. D.? | Georgetown |
![]() | Perenniporia robiniophila (Murrill) Ryvarden | 1909 | J. P. Tracy | |
| Secotium agaricoides (Czern.) Hollós | 1913 | Lyon C. D. | Georgetown | |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | White Oak Creek tributary, within Brown Co, Brown County, township n/a |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | White Oak Creek tributary, within Brown Co, Brown County, township n/a |
| Hypnales | 1928 | Fulford, Margaret Hannah | road from Williamsburg to Bethel |
All 347 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
6 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Feesburg: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown County Engineer Lms. Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| White Oak Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Georgetown Pit Number 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Georgetown Pit Number 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ruggles Stone Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ruggles Stone Company Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
Storms nearby
5 since 2003The National Weather Service names Feesburg in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Feesburg | $5,000 | A person was rescued from a vehicle that was stranded in rising water on Eden Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Feesburg | $3,000 | Trees were downed along Eden Road due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Feesburg | $3,000 | Trees were knocked down. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Feesburg | $3,000 | Several trees and powerlines were knocked down. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Feesburg | - | The intersection of State Routes 505 and 756 was flooded and closed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| North Feesburg (historical) | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Hamersville | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Sunshine (historical) | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Yankeetown | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| White Oak Valley | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Georgetown | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Wahlsburg | 5.6 miles | 10 |
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 Feesburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5441465 | 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 1064646. 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.


















