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Felicity, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45120. The Survey maps it on the Felicity quadrangle.

Felicity within Clermont County

Then and now

1931 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 55 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Felicity, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Felicity, surveyed 1931

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.

In the 1891 county history

50 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 Franklin Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Franklin Township - 50 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 120 shown

Museums hold 120 specimens collected within 10 miles of Felicity between 1896 and 1974: 78 Animalia, 25 Fungi, 15 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.M Bradford, Braun, E. Lucy, Bureau of Fisheries 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
A photograph of the species Geothlypis formosa, not of this specimenGeothlypis formosa (A.Wilson, 1811)1896A.M BradfordBradford
A photograph of the species Obovaria retusa, not of this specimenObovaria retusa (Lamarck, 1819)1909Bureau of FisheriesOhio River, Point Pleasant
A photograph of the species Plethobasus cyphus, not of this specimenPlethobasus cyphus (Rafinesque, 1820)1909Bureau of FisheriesOhio River, Point Pleasant
A photograph of the species Cladonia furcata, not of this specimenCladonia furcata (Huds.) Schrad., 17941913Braun, E. LucyBethel
A photograph of the species Usnea strigosella, not of this specimenUsnea strigosella1913Braun, E. LucyBethel
A photograph of the species Asclepias incarnata, not of this specimenAsclepias incarnata L.1917Braun, E. LucyBethel
A photograph of the species Asclepias tuberosa, not of this specimenAsclepias tuberosa L.1917Braun, E. Lucynear Bethel
Cladonia verticillata (Hoffm.) Schaer.1917Braun, E. LucyBethel
Liquidambar styraciflua L.1917Braun, E. Lucynear Bethel
Sabatia angularis (L.) Pursh1917Braun, E. LucyBethel
Catharinea Ehrh. ex D.Mohr1918Braun, E. Lucy
A photograph of the species Polytrichum ohioense, not of this specimenPolytrichum ohioense Renauld & Cardot1918Braun, E. Lucy

All 120 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 Felicity: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Cedron StoneSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Howerton GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Clermont County

Storms nearby

24 since 1994

The National Weather Service names Felicity in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2000HailFelicity$100,000A supercell dropped hail for more than 10 minutes around Felicity. The largest hail during that period was the size of tennis balls. Significant damage occurred to tobacco and corn crops in the area. Also, some damage occurred to both car windows and house windows.
June 1998Flash FloodFelicity$100,000Heavy rainfall washed out several roads and a bridge.
June 2010Flash FloodFelicity$25,000A footbridge was washed out due to heavy rainfall. Water also ran into the first floor of a couple of houses.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindFelicity$10,000Trees and power poles were downed along State Route 133. One tree fell on a house, causing minor structural damage.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindFelicity$10,000Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down. Roof damage was also reported to a barn.
March 1997Flash FloodFelicity$10,000no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindFelicity$6,000Part of a roof was peeled off a house. Power lines were also downed in the area.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindFelicity$3,000Several trees and power lines were downed.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindFelicity$2,000Trees were downed on State Route 133 and State Route 756.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFelicity$2,000A couple of trees and utility wires were downed in Felicity due to thunderstorm winds.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindFelicity$2,000Large tree limbs were downed.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindFelicity$2,000Two trees were knocked down.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindFelicity$2,000no account filed
August 2019Thunderstorm WindFelicity$1,000A tree was reported blown down.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindFelicity$1,000A tree was downed near the intersection of Walnut and Minor Streets due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2011Flash FloodFelicity$1,000High water was reported on a few roads around Felicity due to heavy rainfall.
July 2001Flash FloodFelicity-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused high water on roads.
July 1994HailFelicity-Large hail damaged crops. Large hail (0.75) also fell in Batavia and Williamsburg.
April 2024HailFelicity-no account filed
August 2015HailFelicity-no account filed
August 2004HailFelicity-no account filed
May 2003HailFelicity-no account filed
May 2003HailFelicity-no account filed
April 1994HailFelicity-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
Stringtown1.2 miles11
Cedron3.2 miles11
Mount Olive3.3 miles12
Chilo3.9 miles13
Rural4.2 miles11
Point Isabel4.3 miles12
Utopia4.8 miles11
Wiggonsville6.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064647. 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.