Peebles, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Meigs Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45660. The Survey maps it on the Peebles quadrangle. 1,774 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 827 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPeebles fell from 1,782 to 1,774 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 | 1,782 | |
| 2020 | 1,774 | -8 (-0%) |
Then and now
1916 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 75 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
13 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.
- 1916 USGS Peebles quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Peebles quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Peebles quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Peebles quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Peebles quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Peebles quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Peebles quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
4,078 words on this townshipCaldwell's Illustrated Historical Atlas of Adams County, Ohio. 1797-1880, published 1880 names this settlement in its chapter on Meigs Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
have acquired. - It is said that sometime about 1840, as Charles Mathcny and John C. Beasley were hunting in the forests, they came to these springs, and Mathcny, being very thirsty, drank freely of the water; after resuming his hunt, he presently found it acted strongly on his kidneys. Being afflicted with a kidney disease - he concluded the water would benefit him if used regularly awhile. lie came back and remained in the vicinity, drinking freely of it, and soon found himself completely cured.
Passage source: Caldwell's Illustrated Historical Atlas of Adams County, Ohio. 1797-1880, published 1880.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Meigs Township - it names this place 2 more 2 times.
Fires near this place
34 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Peebles between 2003 and 2020, burning about 149 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15275 |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15274 |
| 23 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 26 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8725 |
| 20 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15229 |
| 18 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15796 |
| 26 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,321 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,321 specimens collected within 10 miles of Peebles between 1866 and 1975: 542 Fungi, 448 Animalia, 297 Plantae, 34 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, A. Braun, A. J. Sharp 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Puccinia lateripes Berk. & Ravenel | 1879 | A. B. Seymour | Adams County |
![]() | Apiosporina collinsii (Schwein.) Höhn. | 1900 | W.A. Kellerman | Mineral Springs |
![]() | Puccinia smilacis Schwein. | 1900 | W.A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Asplenium ruta-muraria L. | 1866 | C. B. Dyer | |
![]() | Pleopeltis michauxiana (Weath.) Hickey & Sprunt | 1866 | C. B. Dyer | |
![]() | Stigmella platani Fuckel | 1892 | Kellerman W. A. | Mineral Springs |
![]() | Phyllachora graminis (Pers.) Fuckel | 1900 | Kern W. A. | Mineral Springs |
![]() | Acroneuria frisoni Stark & Brown, 1991 | 1925 | Clarence H. Kennedy | |
![]() | Baeomyces byssoides (L.) P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. | 1925 | Muegel, Harry R. | Mineral Springs, Oak Ridge |
![]() | Cladonia amaurocraea (Flörke) Schaer. | 1925 | Braun, E. Lucy | Mineral Springs, Oak Ridge |
![]() | Cladonia cristatella Tuck. | 1925 | Braun, E. Lucy | Mineral Springs, Oak Ridge |
| Cladonia fimbriata (L.) Fr. | 1925 | Braun, E. Lucy | Mineral Springs, Oak Ridge |
All 1,321 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Peebles: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plum Run Stone Division Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Adams Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Plum Run Stone Div Meigs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
36 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peebles in 36 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 22 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Peebles | $70,000 | A tornado touched down near the intersection of State Routes 32 and 41 just south of the town of Peebles. A steel structure barn collapsed in this location. Additional damage was noted about a mile further east near the intersection of State Route 32 and Steam Furnace Road, where an entire roof was peeled off of a home. The home sustained severe water damage from heavy rain and hail, and had a large front porch and balcony torn off. In addition, one of the chimneys collapsed when the roof was peeled off. Several trees were snapped off towards the top along the path of the tornado. This tornado was rated EF-1 with top wind speeds near 90 mph. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $15,000 | A barn was destroyed. |
| May 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Peebles | $10,000 | A tornado briefly touched down, uprooting and twisting numerous trees. A fence was also destroyed. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Peebles | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $8,000 | A barn was knocked down along Cemetery Road. An adjacent fence was damaged, and several nearby trees were downed. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $5,000 | Several trees were downed. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $5,000 | Trees were downed and the power was reported out due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $5,000 | Trees were reported down on several roads in the area due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Peebles | $5,000 | Numerous roads were flooded and closed throughout the county. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $5,000 | Trees were knocked down on State Route 73 between Pine Gap Road and Jaybird Road. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $5,000 | Trees knocked down by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $3,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $3,000 | A few trees were downed along Old State Route 32 in Peebles. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $3,000 | A few trees were downed in the Peebles area. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $3,000 | Trees were downed near Peebles and West Union due to thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $3,000 | Trees were downed. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $3,000 | Numerous large limbs knocked down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $3,000 | Trees downed. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Peebles | $3,000 | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $2,000 | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. One inch hail also occurred with this storm. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $1,000 | A tree was knocked down in Peebles. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $1,000 | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2011 | Flood | Peebles | $1,000 | Roads were closed due to heavy rainfall. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $1,000 | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $1,000 | Two trees were reported down near Crescent Avenue. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | $1,000 | Estimated winds at 60 mph, downed some large tree limbs. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peebles | - | The observer estimated the wind gust. |
| April 2002 | Flash Flood | Peebles | - | A creek went out of its banks and over roadways near State Route 41 and Hoop Ridge Rd. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Peebles | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Peebles | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Peebles | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Peebles | - | no account filed |
| March 2011 | Hail | Peebles | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Peebles | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Peebles | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marble Furnace | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bacon Flat | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Steam Furnace | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Locust Grove | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Beaver Pond | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Jacksonville | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lawshe | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Louisville | 4.3 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 Peebles | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2516748 | 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 1044358. 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.























