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

Pansy, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Marion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45107. The Survey maps it on the Blanchester quadrangle.

Pansy within Clinton County

Then and now

1907 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pansy, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Pansy, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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.

In the 1915 county history

3,034 words on this township

The county history of 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Marion Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Marion Township - 3,034 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 511 shown

Museums hold 511 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pansy between 1906 and 1974: 437 Animalia, 55 Fungi, 16 Plantae, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross, Allen, A. (Avery) 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 Guepinia spathularia (Schwein.) Fr.Guepinia spathularia (Schwein.) Fr.1923Taylor, C.L.Wilmington
Specimen of Boletellus chrysenteroides (Snell) SnellBoletellus chrysenteroides (Snell) Snell1935Cooke, William BridgeCowan's Creek
Specimen of Boletus bicolor RaddiBoletus bicolor Raddi1935Cooke, William BridgeCowan's Creek
A photograph of the species Cicada sayi, not of this specimenCicada sayi Smith & Grossbeck, 19071906W. TemplinBlanchester
A photograph of the species Ditrichum pallidum, not of this specimenDitrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe1913Braun, E. Lucy
A photograph of the species Claviceps purpurea, not of this specimenClaviceps purpurea (Fr.) Tul.1919Lewis H. L.Wilmington
A photograph of the species Cladonia coniocraea, not of this specimenCladonia coniocraea (Flörke) Spreng.1923Braun, E. LucyKlock's Crossing
A photograph of the species Cladonia fimbriata, not of this specimenCladonia fimbriata (L.) Fr.1923Taylor, C.J.Wilmington
A photograph of the species Parmelia Acharius, not of this specimenParmelia Acharius, 18031924Taylor, L.Wilmington
A photograph of the species Peltigera praetextata, not of this specimenPeltigera praetextata (Flörke ex Sommerf.) Zopf1924Taylor, C.L.Wilmington
A photograph of the species Mustela frenata, not of this specimenMustela frenata Lichtenstein, 18311927Hazard, F. O.Reesville, Clinton Co., Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Acris crepitans, not of this specimenAcris crepitans Baird, 18541929Hazard, F. O.near Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio

All 511 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

14 since 2010

The National Weather Service names Pansy in 14 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 hail, 2 tornado. 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 2019HailPansy$50,000Several houses had significant siding damage from the hail as well as some minor roof damage and a few broken windows. Numerous cars were also damaged by the hail.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindPansy$35,000A roof was torn off of a house due to damaging thunderstorm winds. A few trees were also reported down due to the winds.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindPansy$20,000Substantial tree damage occurred along Rhude Road. A silo was also blown over.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindPansy$20,000A large wood framed metal barn was substantially damaged. A debris field stretched 500 to 1000 feet northeast of the barn.
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Pansy$10,000This brief tornado caused mostly tree and outbuilding damage along North State Route 133 north of Blanchester. The final damage location was noted along Rhude Road, east of State Route 133.
July 2024Tornado (EF0)Pansy$10,000The tornado began at 0040EST in southeast Warren County, Ohio, just to the south of U.S. Route 22-3, on Roachester Osceola Road. The tornado moved southeast and entered Clinton County about 2.7 miles west-southwest of Pansy. The tornado continued southeast and caused minor tree damage along its path before ending near Dudley Road, just northeast of Blanchester.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindPansy$3,000A few large trees were snapped at their base on 2nd Creek Road.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindPansy$3,000Several trees were downed across State Route 730 between Wilmington and Blanchester.
July 2013Flash FloodPansy$1,000Over a foot of water was moving over Dudley Road near Blanchester due to heavy rainfall.
June 2025FloodPansy-High water was reported at the intersection of State Route 133 and Nauvoo Road.
June 2025Flash FloodPansy-Water was rushing across Dudley Road south of Second Creek Road.
July 2016Flash FloodPansy-Several roads were reported to be impassable due to flash flooding. This included parts of State Routes 730 and 133, Riehle Road, Templin Road, Middleboro Road and Edwardsville Road.
March 2019HailPansy-no account filed
April 2016HailPansy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clinton 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
Midland3.4 miles14
Blanchester4.0 miles14
Clarksville4.3 miles13
Westboro4.8 miles14
Cuba4.9 miles11
Ogden6.4 miles13
Sligo7.0 miles13
Vandervorts Corners7.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062931. 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.