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

Mesopotamia, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Mesopotamia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44439. It stands on Andrews Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Farmington quadrangle. It stands 856 feet above sea level.

Mesopotamia within Trumbull County

Then and now

1905 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mesopotamia, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Mesopotamia, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 96 shown

Museums hold 96 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mesopotamia between 1901 and 1975: 90 Animalia, 6 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.), CAROOTS, JAMES, Collector(s): Bruce Wathall 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 Erigeron annuus, not of this specimenErigeron annuus (L.) Pers.1901I. E. DiehlOakfield
A photograph of the species Erigeron strigosus, not of this specimenErigeron strigosus var. strigosus1901I. E. DiehlOakfield
A photograph of the species Sphaerium striatinum, not of this specimenSphaerium striatinum (Lamarck, 1818)1912Rush, WilliamWest Farmington, Washington Township
A photograph of the species Amblema plicata, not of this specimenAmblema plicata (Say, 1817)1919Ortmann, Arnold ENorth Bloomfield
A photograph of the species Cambarunio iris, not of this specimenCambarunio iris (I.Lea, 1829)1919Ortmann, Arnold ENorth Bloomfield
A photograph of the species Eurynia dilatata, not of this specimenEurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820)1919Ortmann, Arnold ENorth Bloomfield
A photograph of the species Fusconaia flava, not of this specimenFusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)1919Ortmann, Arnold ENorth Bloomfield
A photograph of the species Lampsilis cardium, not of this specimenLampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 18201919Ortmann, Arnold ENorth Bloomfield
A photograph of the species Lampsilis radiata, not of this specimenLampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791)1919Ortmann, Arnold ENorth Bloomfield
A photograph of the species Lasmigona costata, not of this specimenLasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820)1919Ortmann, Arnold ENorth Bloomfield
A photograph of the species Obovaria unicolor, not of this specimenObovaria unicolor (I.Lea, 1845)1919Ortmann, Arnold ENorth Bloomfield
A photograph of the species Pleurobema sintoxia, not of this specimenPleurobema sintoxia (Rafinesque, 1820)1919Ortmann, Arnold ENorth Bloomfield

All 96 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 Mesopotamia: 1 past producer, 1 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
Springbrook PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Springbrook PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Trumbull County

Storms nearby

15 since 1999

The National Weather Service names Mesopotamia in 15 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 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
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMesopotamia2 hurt, $30,000A thunderstorm wind gust overturned an Amish buggy traveling near Mesopotamia. Two occupants of the buggy were taken to a local hospital and treated for non life threatening injuries. Several power poles in the areas were also blown down.
September 2018Tornado (EF1)Mesopotamia$20,000An EF1 tornado crossed into Trumbull County from Geauga County. This occurred in Mesopotamia Township along Bundysburg about three quarters of a mile south of State Route 87. The tornado quickly weakened to EF0 intensity and continued south southeast for just over a mile and a half before dissipating as it approached Clark Road about a half mile east of Parkman Mesopotamia Road. The damage path in Trumbull County was intermittent and consisted of mainly downed trees and limbs. The damage path was no more than 25 yards in width.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindMesopotamia$15,000Trees were reported down throughout the northern portion of the county.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMesopotamia$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs and a power pole.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindMesopotamia$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMesopotamia$10,000Tree limbs and utility wires were reported down.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMesopotamia$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed two large trees.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindMesopotamia$5,000Many trees and large limbs downed.
June 2002HailMesopotamia$2,000Dime size hail was observed.
June 2002HailMesopotamia$2,000Dime size hail was observed.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindMesopotamia$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a tree.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindMesopotamia$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a tree.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMesopotamia-Downed trees closed OH-534, just south of OH-87.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMesopotamia-Numerous trees and power lines downed in Mesopotamia Township.
July 1999HailMesopotamia-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Trumbull 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
North Bloomfield4.6 miles13
Clover Hill4.6 miles12
Farmington4.7 miles12
West Farmington4.8 miles12
East Farmington5.2 miles12
North Bristol5.7 miles13
Lockwood5.7 miles13
Herner Corners6.3 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122562432The 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 1043234. 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.