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

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.

Norwich within Muskingum County

Population over time

2 figures

Norwich 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.

YearPeople Change
2010102
202087-15 (-15%)

Then and now

1910 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Norwich, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Norwich, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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.

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.

Salt Creek Bridge, Spanning Big Salt Creek, bypassed section of Arch Hill Road (CR 82), Norwich, Muskingum County, OH
Salt Creek Bridge, Spanning Big Salt Creek, bypassed section of Arch Hill Road (CR 82), Norwich, Muskingum County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Fires nearby

29 since 2011

The 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
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
13 July 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 July 2012Natural3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
6 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
20 April 2017Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7926
20 April 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources4505
2 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
18 April 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskingum County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,367 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Scleroderris rubra MorganScleroderris rubra Morgan1891Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
Specimen of Peziza nana Massee & MorganPeziza nana Massee & Morgan1895Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
Specimen of Frullania saxicola AustinFrullania saxicola Austin1896William C. Werner
A photograph of the species Frullania eboracensis, not of this specimenFrullania eboracensis Lehm.1890W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Porella pinnata, not of this specimenPorella pinnata L.1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Porella platyphylla, not of this specimenPorella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.1891W. C. Werner
Specimen of Lachnum viridulum Massee & MorganLachnum viridulum Massee & Morgan1905Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
Specimen of Peziza morganii MasseePeziza morganii Massee1905Morgan, Andrew PricePreston (The no longer extant town of Preston, Ohio, was located in Hamilton County in the Miami River drainage).
Tapesia derelicta Morgan1905Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
A photograph of the species Bubo virginianus, not of this specimenBubo virginianus virginianus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)1908A. H. WrightNew Concord
A photograph of the species Medicago sativa, not of this specimenMedicago sativa L.1911Coleman, J.New Concord
Specimen of Tabanus quinquevittatus Wiedemann, 1821Tabanus quinquevittatus Wiedemann, 18211916O.

All 1,367 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Westland QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Westland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Muskingum County

Storms nearby

21 since 2004

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025Thunderstorm WindNorwich$20,000A large number of trees were down along side of I-70.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindNorwich$20,000Power outages in Norwich.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindNorwich$15,000Law enforcement reported trees down near Zane Grey Road.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindNorwich$10,000Trained spotter reported multiple trees down.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindNorwich$5,000Local 911 center reported trees down on East Pike near Zane Grey Road.
September 2021Heavy RainNorwich-A storm total of 4.10 inches of rain was reported.
March 2020HailNorwich-Broadcast media reported quarter size hail in Norwich, OH.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindNorwich-The county emergency manager reported that trees were blown down in the vicinity of Hiestand Lane.
June 2019Funnel CloudNorwich-The local sherrif department reported a funnel cloud along I-70 near mile marker 160, with a picture also received via social media.
July 2019Heavy RainNorwich-A citizen reported 1.81 inches of rain.
August 2018HailNorwich-Citizens of Muskingum County reported hail.
August 2018HailNorwich-Citizens of Muskingum County reported hail.
August 2018HailNorwich-Citizens of Muskingum County reported hail.
July 2012Heavy RainNorwich-A trained spotter reported over 2 inches of rain in the last 6 hours.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindNorwich-no account filed
March 2024HailNorwich-no account filed
June 2013HailNorwich-no account filed
June 2013HailNorwich-no account filed
June 2013HailNorwich-no account filed
August 2012HailNorwich-no account filed
June 2004HailNorwich-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Muskingum 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
Sundale0.5 miles15
New Concord3.1 miles14
Bridgeville4.2 miles15
Rix Mills4.8 miles14
Georgetown5.0 miles15
Bloomfield5.2 miles16
Smith Mill5.2 miles15
Spring Valley5.6 miles15

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 NorwichAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2454855The 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.