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Oregonia, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1996. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45054. It stands on Hawleys Run. The Survey maps it on the Oregonia quadrangle. It stands 692 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1914 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1914 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 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.
- 1914 USGS Morrow quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Morrow quadrangle1:62500
- 1916 USGS Morrow quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Oregonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Oregonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Oregonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Oregonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Oregonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Oregonia quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Washington township, in the words of 1882.
Wild Animals Game
It is an undisputed fact that panthers were among the wild animals that infested the forests of this district in early times. One of these was killed near Smalley's settlement in this township; another was seen by Capt, Titus, and their terrifying screams were frequently heard resounding through the forest.
In the 1882 county history
7,489 words on this townshipThe county history of 1882 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Washington Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Washington Township - 7,489 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 3,228 shownMuseums hold 3,228 specimens collected within 10 miles of Oregonia between 1844 and 1974: 3,103 Animalia, 56 Fungi, 53 Plantae, 14 Unrecorded, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Gaufin, A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798) | 1892 | H. Smith | Creek About 2 Mile NE Of South Lebanon |
 | Polyporus dryophilus Berk. | 1844 | Lea T. G. | Waynesville |
 | Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817) | 1862 | Whiteaves, Joseph F. | Little Miami Riv., Warren Co. |
 | Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1862 | Whiteaves, Joseph F. | Little Miami Riv., Warren Co. |
 | Actinonaias ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) | 1879 | Whiteaves, Joseph F. | Little Miami Riv., Warren Co. |
 | Megalonaias gigantea (Barnes, 1823) | 1879 | Whiteaves, Joseph F. | Great Miami Riv. |
 | Saponaria officinalis L. | 1881 | not recorded | Lebanon |
 | Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium | 1884 | Bennett, F.G. | Lebanon |
 | Agrostemma githago L. | 1884 | Bennerht, F.G. | Lebanon |
 | Anthemis cotula L. | 1884 | Bennett, F.G. | [Lebanon] |
 | Asclepias syriaca L. | 1884 | Berrerlt, F.G. | near Lebanon |
 | Calystegia sepium (L.) R.Br. | 1884 | not recorded | Lebanon |
All 3,228 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
11 since 2008The National Weather Service names Oregonia in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flood, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 2015 | Flood | Oregonia | 1 killed, $5,000 | A 72 year old woman drove her car into the Little Miami River from a parking area along Cold Springs Road. The woman was pulled from the car by rescuers but was later pronounced dead at the hospital. |
| March 2015 | Flood | Oregonia | 1 killed, $5,000 | A 72 year old woman drove her car into the Little Miami River from a parking area along Cold Springs Road. The woman was pulled from the car by rescuers but was later pronounced dead at the hospital. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregonia | $4,000 | Three trees were knocked down, of which one was uprooted. In addition, several large branches were knocked down. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregonia | $3,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregonia | $3,000 | Several trees were downed near Oregonia due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregonia | $1,000 | A large tree was downed along Oregonia Road between Waynesville Road and Hollingsworth Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregonia | $1,000 | Several large branches were knocked down at a property along State Route 350. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregonia | $1,000 | Large branches were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Oregonia | $1,000 | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Oregonia | - | Two to three inches of water was over roads in several spots mainly due to ditches overflowing in low lying locations. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Oregonia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathers Mills | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Genntown | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Wellman | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Dodds | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lelan (historical) | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Senior | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Utica | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Kitchener (historical) | 5.2 miles | 13 |
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 Oregonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3477982 | 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 1065213. 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.