Powell, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Liberty Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43065. It stands on Tylers Run. The Survey maps it on the Powell quadrangle. 14,163 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 909 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPowell grew from 11,500 to 14,163 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 | 11,500 | |
| 2020 | 14,163 | +2,663 (+23%) |
Then and now
1901 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1901 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.
- 1901 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Powell quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Powell quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Powell quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Powell quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Powell quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Powell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Bellefontaine quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,561 shownMuseums hold 2,561 specimens collected within 10 miles of Powell between 1850 and 1975: 2,416 Animalia, 79 Plantae, 61 Fungi, 3 Unrecorded, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C Whitney, A S BRADSHAW, A. P. Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | unnamed | 1896 | F. L. Stevens | Flint. |
![]() | Dothidea Fr., 1818 | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Hypoxylon atropunctatum (Schwein.) Cooke | 1896 | A. P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1850 | Kugel, B. (Burt) | near Selma, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Podiceps auritus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1860 | Ricke, A. S. | Carlisle, Ohio, USA |
| Vernonia maxima Small | 1871 | Collector unspecified | Scioto | |
![]() | Centronyx henslowii (Audubon, 1829) | 1872 | not recorded | Licking Reservoir, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Ophioglossum vulgatum L. | 1873 | Hussey, J. | |
![]() | Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1874 | not recorded | Sugar Grove, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Branta bernicla hrota (O.F.Müller, 1776) | 1874 | not recorded | Lake Erie, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Melospiza lincolnii (Audubon, 1834) | 1874 | Wheaton, J. M. (John Maynard) | Licking Reservoir, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1874 | Jasper, T. (Theodore) | Columbus, Scioto R., Ohio, USA |
All 2,561 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Powell: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Division Quarries | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Shawnee Division Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms nearby
24 since 1998The National Weather Service names Powell in 24 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 flood, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powell | 1 hurt, $40,000 | Trees were reported down around the area due to damaging thunderstorm winds. A portion of the roof was peeled off of the Olentangy High School gym. One woman was injured when a tree fell onto her home causing severe damage to the roof. The woman was taken to a nearby hospital for possible concussion. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Powell | $65,000,000 | Hail up to the size of golf balls affected the north side of the Columbus metro area and southern Delaware county. Hail was extensive from Dublin, through Worthington and Powell, to Westerville. Trees and shrubs were stripped of their foliage and cars and homes sustained significant hail damage. The hail covered the ground in some locations up to six inches deep in Worthington in northern Franklin county and near the Polaris Mall in southern Delaware county. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powell | $20,000 | Numerous trees and large limbs up to four inches in diameter were downed near the Polaris Mall. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powell | $10,000 | Winds gusted to 70 mph downing trees and power lines. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powell | $5,000 | Several trees were downed in the Powell area. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powell | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powell | $5,000 | Large limbs were downed across the southern part of the county. |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powell | $4,000 | A few trees were downed. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Powell | $3,000 | Several roads were flooded in Scioto Township. Blues Creek rose out of its banks. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powell | $3,000 | Trees were downed. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powell | $3,000 | A thunderstorm produced strong winds knocking down a few trees and power lines. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powell | $2,000 | Two large trees were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Powell | $2,000 | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powell | $1,000 | A tree was downed in Liberty Township due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Powell | - | High water was reported near the intersection of Sawmill Parkway and Brewster Lane. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Powell | - | State Route 315 in the vicinity of State Route 750 had standing water of 6 to 8 inches on the road. |
| May 2012 | Heavy Rain | Powell | - | About 3 inches of standing water was reported on roads in the area due to heavy rain. Some water was spilling onto the roads from adjacent fields. |
| June 2011 | Heavy Rain | Powell | - | High water was reported over a road due to heavy rain. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Powell | - | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Hail | Powell | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Powell | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Hail | Powell | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Powell | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Powell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wingate Farms | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Bridlespur | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Trails End | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| North Orange | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Shawnee Hills | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Village At North Falls | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Nelson Farms | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Hidden Springs | 3.5 miles | 16 |
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 Powell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2233834 | 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 1061569. 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.
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.


























