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Perrysville, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44864. The Survey maps it on the Perrysville quadrangle. 729 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 988 feet above sea level.

Perrysville within Ashland County

Population over time

2 figures

Perrysville fell from 735 to 729 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
2010735
2020729-6 (-1%)

Then and now

1912 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Perrysville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Perrysville, surveyed 1912

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.

Fires nearby

16 since 2007

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Perrysville between 2007 and 2020, burning about 183 acres in total. None 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 burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
29 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8808
4 June 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8368
16 June 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 May 2015Smoking1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources1122
7 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8013
19 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15167
5 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources10065

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ashland County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 615 shown

Museums hold 615 specimens collected within 10 miles of Perrysville between 1879 and 1975: 580 Animalia, 30 Plantae, 5 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C ALLEN, A.E. Daugherty, A.M.H. 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
A photograph of the species Actitis macularius, not of this specimenActitis macularius (Linnaeus, 1766)1879Porter collection, J.B.
A photograph of the species Porzana carolina, not of this specimenPorzana carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)1879Porter, J.B.
A photograph of the species Gallinago gallinago, not of this specimenGallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)1881Porter, J.B.
A photograph of the species Rallus limicola, not of this specimenRallus limicola Vieillot, 18191881A.M.H.
A photograph of the species Nycticorax nycticorax, not of this specimenNycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758)1882not recorded
A photograph of the species Agastache scrophulariifolia, not of this specimenAgastache scrophulariifolia (Willd.) Kuntze1896not recordedLakeville
A photograph of the species Coreopsis tripteris, not of this specimenCoreopsis tripteris L.1896Wilkinson, E.Lakeville
A photograph of the species Decodon verticillatus, not of this specimenDecodon verticillatus (L.) Elliott1896Wilkinson, E.Lakeville
A photograph of the species Polygonum coccineum, not of this specimenPolygonum coccineum f. terrestre (Willd.) Stanford1896Wilkinson, E.Lakeville
A photograph of the species Pontederia cordata, not of this specimenPontederia cordata L.1896Wilkinson, E.Lakeville
A photograph of the species Danthonia spicata, not of this specimenDanthonia spicata (L.) Roem. & Schult.1897Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln MoseleyVermilion Township
A photograph of the species Agnetina flavescens, not of this specimenAgnetina flavescens (Walsh, 1862)1899R. C. OsburnLoudonville

All 615 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Perrysville: 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Lucas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lucas Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Washed Sand & Gravel Operation PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Youngs S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ashland County

Storms nearby

24 since 2004

The National Weather Service names Perrysville in 24 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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
June 2012Thunderstorm WindPerrysville$750,000An intense line of thunderstorms or Derecho moved across southern Ashland County during the afternoon of June 29th causing extensive damage. Winds were estimated to be as much as 65 mph. Over 50 percent of residents in the southern third of the county lost power during this event. Power was not completely restored for several days. Hundreds of trees were downed across the county along with many utility poles forcing the closure of some of roads and streets. Damage to homes and buildings was also extensive. Dozens of homes and buildings lost roofing or siding with many other homes damaged by fallen trees. Clean up costs were extensive. The clean up was hampered by an ongoing heat wave with afternoon temperatures in the upper 90s. Significant crop losses are also expected. Damage from this storm in southern Ashland County was comparable to the remnants of Hurricane Ike in September 2008.
July 2006Tornado (F1)Perrysville$150,000A F1 tornado moved out of Richland County and into Ashland County south of Perrysville. The tornado moved into Mohican State Forest and dissipated. The damage path was approximately four miles in length and no more than fifty yards in width. The damage path was intermittent. Little structural damage was observed along the damage path, but hundreds of tree were down.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindPerrysville$70,000Trained spotters and social media reports relayed numerous trees and large branches down with several cabins and cottages damaged at a campground northeast of Pleasant Hill Lake. Several wires and electrical lines were also downed. Another tree fell onto a house in Perrysville.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindPerrysville$25,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and some utility poles and power lines in the Perrysville area.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindPerrysville$20,000A downed tree limb punctured the roof and ceiling of a residence in Perrysville.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindPerrysville$20,000Numerous trees were reported down.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPerrysville$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees in Loudonville and Perrysville.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindPerrysville$10,000Dispatch reported thunderstorm winds brought down scattered trees down in Ashland County.
May 2012HailPerrysville$10,000Walnut sized hail was observed. Some minor damage was reported.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindPerrysville$8,000The Police reported several trees came down from thunderstorm winds just outside of Loudonville. The newspaper also reported thunderstorm winds downed a tree on State Route 95.
June 2010HailPerrysville$5,000Golf ball sized hail was observed.
April 2004HailPerrysville$3,000Penny to quarter size hail was observed.
April 2014HailPerrysville$2,000A trained weather spotter reported quarter size hail and a funnel cloud.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindPerrysville$2,000A few large limbs were reported down.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindPerrysville-Several trees downed about two-miles east of Perrysville.
August 2023HailPerrysville-Hail up to quarter-size in Perrysburg.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindPerrysville-Portion of roof blown off in Perrysville.
August 2023FloodPerrysville-Moderate flooding along the Black Fork Mohican River near Loudonville. The river rose above the 10 foot flood stage midday on August 24, 2023, cresting at 11.27 feet during the morning of August 25, 2023. Flooding of RIverside Park and a canoe livery reported.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindPerrysville-Trees downed in Perrysville.
June 2022Tornado (EF1)Perrysville-As the tornado continued moving east-southeastward, it produced additional tree damage, especially in Mohican State Park, where the tornado dissipated before reaching OH-97. Estimated peak tornadic winds were 105 mph.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindPerrysville-Several trees were blown down.
May 2009HailPerrysville-Penny size hail was observed.
June 2004HailPerrysville-Nickel size hail was observed.
August 2004HailPerrysville-Penny size hail was observed.

Every storm recorded in Ashland 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
Idlewood Cottage Area1.2 miles13
Loudonville4.4 miles13
McKay4.9 miles13
Charles Mill6.0 miles13
Widowville6.3 miles13
Yacht Point Cottage Area6.5 miles13
South Peninsula Cottage Area7.2 miles15
Mifflin Cottage Area7.7 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 PerrysvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q636090The 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 1068213. 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.