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Lamira, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Smith Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43718. It stands on Roberts Run. The Survey maps it on the Saint Clairsville quadrangle. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.

Lamira within Belmont County

Then and now

1905 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lamira, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Lamira, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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 1903 county history

6,198 words on this township

The county history of 1903 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Smith Township covers the highest point in the county, the early settlers, township officials and population, jacobsburg, reminiscences of pioneer days, the schools.

Read the chapter on Smith Township - 6,198 words.

Fires nearby

14 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Lamira between 2002 and 2018, burning about 44 acres in total. 1 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 burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Other causes2
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use15 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
26 July 2002Naturalunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
9 May 2017Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources9666
4 May 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 March 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 March 2017Other causesunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7609
23 March 2017Other causesunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7568
15 March 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Belmont County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 896 shown

Museums hold 896 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lamira between 1829 and 1975: 586 Plantae, 201 Animalia, 108 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. D. Selby & E. L. Moseley, A. D. Selby & J. F. Hicks 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 Racodium E.M.Fries, 1829Racodium E.M.Fries, 18291829J.R. Paddock
Specimen of Usnea Dill. ex Adans., 1763Usnea Dill. ex Adans., 17631839J.R. Paddock
Specimen of Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T.MooreDennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T.Moore1971Cusick, A.W.disturbed beech woods; St. Rt. 26, just S., Co. Rt. 92, Sect 21, Goshen Twp.
A photograph of the species Persicaria virginiana, not of this specimenPersicaria virginiana (L.) Gaertn.1835E. WilkinsonOhio
A photograph of the species Carex sparganioides, not of this specimenCarex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd.1837B. FrankOhio
A photograph of the species Carex sullivantii, not of this specimenCarex × sullivantii Boott1842W. S. SullivantOhio
A photograph of the species Homalothecium subcapillatum, not of this specimenHomalothecium subcapillatum (Hedw.) Sull.1843D. Sullivan
A photograph of the species Euphorbia maculata, not of this specimenEuphorbia maculata L.1844S. B. MeadOhio
A photograph of the species Jungermannia sullivantii, not of this specimenJungermannia sullivantii Austin1844W. S. Sullivant
A photograph of the species Carex gracilescens, not of this specimenCarex gracilescens Steud.1847G. B. AshcroftOhio
A photograph of the species Carex stricta, not of this specimenCarex stricta Lam.1853E. L. MoseleyOhio
A photograph of the species Cylindrothecium seductrix, not of this specimenCylindrothecium seductrix (Hedw.) Sull.1863D. Sullivan

All 896 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

4 since 1998

The National Weather Service names Lamira in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
October 2021Tornado (EF1)Lamira$525,000The National Weather Service surveyed three touch down points in|Belmont county. The first was in the small town of Loomis where|several hardwood trees had large branches down and a tree was|uprooted. The next point was a roof that was blown off a business|and displaced nearly 150 yards behind the business. In addition, a|motor home was toppled over and landed on two sports car damaging|both of them. A shed was also destroyed at this location, which |was adjacent to the business. The last point several hardwood|trees where knocked down. Estimated Maximum Wind Speed...90mph to 95mph.|Estimated damage cost was provided by the local emergency manager.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindLamira$5,000Law enforcement reported trees down on Chapel Hill Road.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLamira$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindLamira-Multiple trees were reported down, as well as a powerline.

Every storm recorded in Belmont 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
Loomis1.1 miles12
Warnock2.7 miles17
Belmont2.7 miles12
Whitney3.2 miles17
Lloydsville3.3 miles17
Great Western3.4 miles17
Centerville3.5 miles12
East Richland3.8 miles17

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 LamiraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22133895The 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 1082164. 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.

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.