Norwich, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Union Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43767. The Survey maps it on the Norwich quadrangle. 87 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 971 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNorwich fell from 102 to 87 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 | 102 | |
| 2020 | 87 | -15 (-15%) |
Then and now
1910 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 84 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
15 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.
- 1910 USGS Philo quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Philo quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Norwich quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Unattributed, . Library of Congress
Fires nearby
29 since 2011The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Norwich between 2011 and 2018, burning about 35 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 burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 July 2012 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7926 |
| 20 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4505 |
| 2 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,367 shownMuseums hold 1,367 specimens collected within 10 miles of Norwich between 1890 and 1975: 1,048 Animalia, 306 Plantae, 8 Fungi, 5 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. H. Wright, Adams, W., Adams, W. (William), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) et al. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Scleroderris rubra Morgan | 1891 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
![]() | Peziza nana Massee & Morgan | 1895 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
![]() | Frullania saxicola Austin | 1896 | William C. Werner | |
![]() | Frullania eboracensis Lehm. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Porella pinnata L. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Lachnum viridulum Massee & Morgan | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
![]() | Peziza morganii Massee | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston (The no longer extant town of Preston, Ohio, was located in Hamilton County in the Miami River drainage). |
| Tapesia derelicta Morgan | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston | |
![]() | Bubo virginianus virginianus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788) | 1908 | A. H. Wright | New Concord |
![]() | Medicago sativa L. | 1911 | Coleman, J. | New Concord |
![]() | Tabanus quinquevittatus Wiedemann, 1821 | 1916 | O. |
All 1,367 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Norwich: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westland Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Westland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
21 since 2004The National Weather Service names Norwich in 21 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 10 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwich | $20,000 | A large number of trees were down along side of I-70. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwich | $20,000 | Power outages in Norwich. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwich | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down near Zane Grey Road. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwich | $10,000 | Trained spotter reported multiple trees down. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwich | $5,000 | Local 911 center reported trees down on East Pike near Zane Grey Road. |
| September 2021 | Heavy Rain | Norwich | - | A storm total of 4.10 inches of rain was reported. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Norwich | - | Broadcast media reported quarter size hail in Norwich, OH. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwich | - | The county emergency manager reported that trees were blown down in the vicinity of Hiestand Lane. |
| June 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Norwich | - | The local sherrif department reported a funnel cloud along I-70 near mile marker 160, with a picture also received via social media. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Norwich | - | A citizen reported 1.81 inches of rain. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Norwich | - | Citizens of Muskingum County reported hail. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Norwich | - | Citizens of Muskingum County reported hail. |
| August 2018 | Hail | Norwich | - | Citizens of Muskingum County reported hail. |
| July 2012 | Heavy Rain | Norwich | - | A trained spotter reported over 2 inches of rain in the last 6 hours. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Norwich | - | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | Norwich | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Norwich | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Norwich | - | no account filed |
| June 2013 | Hail | Norwich | - | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Hail | Norwich | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Norwich | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sundale | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| New Concord | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bridgeville | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Rix Mills | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Georgetown | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Bloomfield | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Smith Mill | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Spring Valley | 5.6 miles | 15 |
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 Norwich | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2454855 | 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 1056459. 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.

























