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

Joppa, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Olive Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45772. It stands on Heiney Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Coolville quadrangle.

Joppa within Meigs County

Then and now

1907 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Joppa, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Joppa, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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.

Fires nearby

25 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Joppa between 2002 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1861
2 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources14146
25 May 2014Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 April 2017Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources7825
8 April 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
8 April 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 April 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources754

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meigs County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 202 shown

Museums hold 202 specimens collected within 10 miles of Joppa between 1831 and 1973: 190 Animalia, 7 Fungi, 5 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by BRYAN, C R; BRYAN, B A, C. H. Jones, Carroll H. D. 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 Ustilago sorghi (Ehrenb. ex Link) Pass.Ustilago sorghi (Ehrenb. ex Link) Pass.1899Kellerman, W. A.FLORA OF OHIO
Specimen of Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk.Hirneola auricula-judae (Bull.) Berk.1940Carroll, G.Big Spruce Creek
Specimen of Diphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A.Braun) HolubDiphasiastrum digitatum (Dill. ex A.Braun) Holub1964Wistendahl, J.D.Athens. Sportsman Club Road, roadside ravine. Forked Run State Park.
A photograph of the species Myosotis laxa, not of this specimenMyosotis laxa Lehm.1831C. H. JonesOrange Twp.
A photograph of the species Helminthosporium turcicum, not of this specimenHelminthosporium turcicum Pass.1906Carroll H. D.Bull Run
A photograph of the species Isariopsis griseola, not of this specimenIsariopsis griseola Sacc.1906Carroll H. D.Bull Run
A photograph of the species Puccinia violae, not of this specimenPuccinia violae (Schumach.) DC.1906Sheldon John L.Ohio River R. R. Foster's Siding
A photograph of the species Uromyces appendiculatus, not of this specimenUromyces appendiculatus (Pers.) Link1906Carroll H. D.Bull Run
A photograph of the species Noturus eleutherus, not of this specimenNoturus eleutherus Jordan, 18771927Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Shade River, at TR 359/Sorden Rd, 2 miles southeast of Chester OH, Chester township
A photograph of the species Noturus miurus, not of this specimenNoturus miurus Jordan, 18771927Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Shade River, within Chester township, near Chester, Chester township
A photograph of the species Noturus stigmosus, not of this specimenNoturus stigmosus Taylor, 19691927Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)Shade River, within Chester township, near Chester, Chester township
A photograph of the species Campostoma anomalum, not of this specimenCampostoma anomalum anomalum1929MB Trautman & asst.Shade River, trib of Ohio River, at Chester, center of Chester county

All 202 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 Joppa: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 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
D.V. Weber Sand and Grave PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Weber Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Meigs County

Storms nearby

2 since 2010

The National Weather Service names Joppa in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 6 injuries. 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
September 2010Tornado (EF3)Joppa6 hurt, $1,500,000A new rotating supercell formed south of thunderstorm complex that caused the tornado and strong downburst in western Athens County. A new tornado formed. Significant structural damage to farm buildings and a few homes occurred along Eden Ridge Road. This road is also County Route 50. The tornado path then went across State Route 124 between community of Reedsville and Eden along the Ohio River. A majority of the mobile homes affected were in this vicinity. In addition, a well built single family home and its detached commercial grade garage were completely destroyed. The foundations of both structures were wiped clean. The EF3 damage included this area along State Route 124. Maximum wind gusts of 150 mph were estimated. The county reported 22 structures destroyed or having major damage, including mostly mobile and single family homes. However, one car repair shop was also included. Another 20 homes were affected or had minor damage. Around a dozen outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. One male received rib and leg fractures when his truck was flipped over while he was in it. A woman was injured when she was pinned in rubble from her mobile home. In the dark, her barking dog helped first responders find her faster. A total of 6 people were injured, 2 seriously. ||This tornado crossed the Ohio River and killed a man immediately on the other side of the river in southern Wood County of West Virginia.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindJoppa$1,500Trees and power lines were blown down along State Route 681 outside the town of Joppa.

Every storm recorded in Meigs 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
Pinegrove1.6 miles14
Eden2.1 miles14
Success2.2 miles14
Tuppers Plains2.8 miles14
Rushville2.8 miles15
Fayal (historical)3.2 miles15
Randolph Landing3.3 miles16
Reedsville3.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1042147. 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.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

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.