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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.

Peebles within Adams County

Population over time

2 figures

Peebles 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,782
20201,774-8 (-0%)

Then and now

1916 to 1991

The 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 sheet of Peebles, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Peebles, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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 county-history sources

4,078 words on this township

Caldwell'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 2003

Regional 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes1
Natural1

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
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15275
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15274
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 August 2007Natural3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
26 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8725
20 July 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15229
18 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15796
26 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 1,321 shown

Regional 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Puccinia lateripes Berk. & RavenelPuccinia lateripes Berk. & Ravenel1879A. B. SeymourAdams County
Specimen of Apiosporina collinsii (Schwein.) Höhn.Apiosporina collinsii (Schwein.) Höhn.1900W.A. KellermanMineral Springs
Specimen of Puccinia smilacis Schwein.Puccinia smilacis Schwein.1900W.A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Asplenium ruta-muraria, not of this specimenAsplenium ruta-muraria L.1866C. B. Dyer
A photograph of the species Pleopeltis michauxiana, not of this specimenPleopeltis michauxiana (Weath.) Hickey & Sprunt1866C. B. Dyer
A photograph of the species Stigmella platani, not of this specimenStigmella platani Fuckel1892Kellerman W. A.Mineral Springs
A photograph of the species Phyllachora graminis, not of this specimenPhyllachora graminis (Pers.) Fuckel1900Kern W. A.Mineral Springs
A photograph of the species Acroneuria frisoni, not of this specimenAcroneuria frisoni Stark & Brown, 19911925Clarence H. Kennedy
A photograph of the species Baeomyces byssoides, not of this specimenBaeomyces byssoides (L.) P.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.1925Muegel, Harry R.Mineral Springs, Oak Ridge
A photograph of the species Cladonia amaurocraea, not of this specimenCladonia amaurocraea (Flörke) Schaer.1925Braun, E. LucyMineral Springs, Oak Ridge
A photograph of the species Cladonia cristatella, not of this specimenCladonia cristatella Tuck.1925Braun, E. LucyMineral Springs, Oak Ridge
Cladonia fimbriata (L.) Fr.1925Braun, E. LucyMineral 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 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Plum Run Stone Division QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Adams QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Plum Run Stone Div Meigs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Adams County

Storms near this place

36 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2007Tornado (EF1)Peebles$70,000A 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 2007Thunderstorm WindPeebles$15,000A barn was destroyed.
May 2004Tornado (F1)Peebles$10,000A tornado briefly touched down, uprooting and twisting numerous trees. A fence was also destroyed.
May 2004HailPeebles$10,000no account filed
February 2008Thunderstorm WindPeebles$8,000A barn was knocked down along Cemetery Road. An adjacent fence was damaged, and several nearby trees were downed.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPeebles$5,000Several trees were downed.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindPeebles$5,000Trees were downed and the power was reported out due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindPeebles$5,000Trees were reported down on several roads in the area due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
March 2008FloodPeebles$5,000Numerous roads were flooded and closed throughout the county.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindPeebles$5,000Trees were knocked down on State Route 73 between Pine Gap Road and Jaybird Road.
September 2000Thunderstorm WindPeebles$5,000Trees knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPeebles$3,000A few trees were downed.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindPeebles$3,000A few trees were downed along Old State Route 32 in Peebles.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindPeebles$3,000A few trees were downed in the Peebles area.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindPeebles$3,000Trees were downed near Peebles and West Union due to thunderstorm winds.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindPeebles$3,000Trees and power lines were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindPeebles$3,000Trees were downed.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindPeebles$3,000Numerous large limbs knocked down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindPeebles$3,000Trees downed.
July 2007HailPeebles$3,000no account filed
March 2011Thunderstorm WindPeebles$2,000Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. One inch hail also occurred with this storm.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindPeebles$1,000A tree was knocked down in Peebles.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindPeebles$1,000Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2011FloodPeebles$1,000Roads were closed due to heavy rainfall.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindPeebles$1,000Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindPeebles$1,000Two trees were reported down near Crescent Avenue.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindPeebles$1,000Estimated winds at 60 mph, downed some large tree limbs.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindPeebles-The observer estimated the wind gust.
April 2002Flash FloodPeebles-A creek went out of its banks and over roadways near State Route 41 and Hoop Ridge Rd.
June 2014HailPeebles-no account filed
May 2012HailPeebles-no account filed
May 2011HailPeebles-no account filed
March 2011HailPeebles-no account filed
March 2011HailPeebles-no account filed
May 2011HailPeebles-no account filed
July 2003HailPeebles-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Adams 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
Marble Furnace2.1 miles13
Bacon Flat2.4 miles14
Steam Furnace3.0 miles13
Locust Grove3.1 miles13
Beaver Pond3.2 miles14
Jacksonville3.3 miles13
Lawshe3.4 miles13
Louisville4.3 miles13

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 PeeblesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2516748The 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.