Leipsic, Ohio
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Van Buren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45856. The Survey maps it on the Leipsic quadrangle. 2,177 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 764 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresLeipsic grew from 2,093 to 2,177 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,093 | |
| 2020 | 2,177 | +84 (+4%) |
Then and now
1956 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 30 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
9 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.
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Leipsic quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Leipsic quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Findlay quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 89 shownMuseums hold 89 specimens collected within 10 miles of Leipsic between 1860 and 1969: 81 Animalia, 8 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Blyth & Katz, 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791) | 1893 | Bureau of Fisheries | Blanchard River |
![]() | Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1893 | not recorded | Blanchard River, Ottawa |
![]() | Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) | 1893 | O. E. | Blanchard River, Ottawa |
![]() | Hybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1860 | unknown | Blanchard R. at Ottawa |
![]() | Botaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813) | 1878 | not recorded | |
![]() | Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | Porter collection, J.B. | |
![]() | Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819) | 1878 | Porter collection, J.B. | |
![]() | Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | Porter collection, J.B. | |
![]() | Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | Porter, J.B. | |
![]() | Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | Porter, J.B. | |
![]() | Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758 | 1878 | Porter collection, J.B. | |
![]() | Botaurus Stephens, 1819 | 1879 | not recorded |
All 89 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
14 since 1997The National Weather Service names Leipsic in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic | 1 hurt, $250,000 | ONE MAN ENDED UP PARALYZED WHEN A LARGE TREE LIMB FELL ONTO HIS CAR. COUNTLESS LARGE TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. ONE HOUSE AND TWO BARNS WERE DESTROYED ON ROAD J-3 AND ROAD K. ANOTHER TWO STORY HOUSE COMPLETELY LOST ITS UPPER FLOOR. ANOTHER BARN ALONG ROAD 7-D AND X WAS FLATTENED WHILE THE LEPSIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ITS ROOF AND WATER DAMAGE TO THE INTERIOR. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic | $10,000 | Several trees and power lines down across eastern Putnam County. 10 to 13 power lines down on CR 7 north of US 224. Trees blocking the road on CR 5. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic | $10,000 | Large trees down. Metal roof blown off of a warehouse. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Leipsic | $1,000 | Multiple reports of quarter-size hail in Putnam County, including dime to quarter size hail reported between Leipsic and Miller City on SR 613. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic | - | Emergency management officials reported power lines down in Leipsic. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic | - | A trained spotter reported a small field of sweet corn being flattened by the winds. In addition, a maple tree fell onto a power line on County Road 8. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic | - | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic | - | Trees and power lines down. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic | - | Minor roof damage. Trees downed. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic | - | Power lines and poles down. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic | - | An observer reported a wind gust to 60 mph. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Leipsic | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Leipsic | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Leipsic | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leipsic Junction | 0.7 miles | 9 | |
| West Leipsic | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Oakdale (historical) | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| New Cleveland | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Prentiss | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Wards (historical) | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Belmore | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Townwood | 4.5 miles | 9 |
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 Leipsic | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1026003 | 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 1064984. 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.




















