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

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.

Leipsic within Putnam County

Population over time

2 figures

Leipsic 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,093
20202,177+84 (+4%)

Then and now

1956 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Leipsic, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Leipsic, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 89 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)Lampsilis radiata radiata (Gmelin, 1791)1893Bureau of FisheriesBlanchard River
Specimen of Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)1893not recordedBlanchard River, Ottawa
Specimen of Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819)1893O. E.Blanchard River, Ottawa
A photograph of the species Hybopsis amblops, not of this specimenHybopsis amblops (Rafinesque, 1820)1860unknownBlanchard R. at Ottawa
A photograph of the species Botaurus lentiginosus, not of this specimenBotaurus lentiginosus (Rackett, 1813)1878not recorded
A photograph of the species Calidris alpina, not of this specimenCalidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Calidris minutilla, not of this specimenCalidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)1878Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Chlidonias niger, not of this specimenChlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Gallinago gallinago, not of this specimenGallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Porter, J.B.
A photograph of the species Gallinula chloropus, not of this specimenGallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Porter, J.B.
A photograph of the species Sterna hirundo, not of this specimenSterna hirundo Linnaeus, 17581878Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Botaurus Stephens, not of this specimenBotaurus Stephens, 18191879not recorded

All 89 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

14 since 1997

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1998Thunderstorm WindLeipsic1 hurt, $250,000ONE 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 2024Thunderstorm WindLeipsic$10,000Several 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 2000Thunderstorm WindLeipsic$10,000Large trees down. Metal roof blown off of a warehouse.
April 2026HailLeipsic$1,000Multiple reports of quarter-size hail in Putnam County, including dime to quarter size hail reported between Leipsic and Miller City on SR 613.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindLeipsic-Emergency management officials reported power lines down in Leipsic.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindLeipsic-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 2003Thunderstorm WindLeipsic-Trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindLeipsic-Trees and power lines down.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindLeipsic-Minor roof damage. Trees downed.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindLeipsic-Power lines and poles down.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindLeipsic-An observer reported a wind gust to 60 mph.
May 1998HailLeipsic-no account filed
June 1998HailLeipsic-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindLeipsic-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Leipsic Junction0.7 miles9
West Leipsic1.1 miles12
Oakdale (historical)2.8 miles10
New Cleveland3.3 miles12
Prentiss4.1 miles11
Wards (historical)4.3 miles12
Belmore4.5 miles10
Townwood4.5 miles9

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 LeipsicAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1026003The 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.