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

Roachester, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Salem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45152. It stands on Watkins Run. The Survey maps it on the Pleasant Plain quadrangle.

Roachester within Warren County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Roachester, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Roachester, surveyed 1914

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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 3,303 shown

Museums hold 3,303 specimens collected within 10 miles of Roachester between 1878 and 1974: 3,057 Animalia, 164 Fungi, 65 Plantae, 14 Unrecorded, 3 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14529, A. Gaufin, A. J. Mix 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 Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)Cambarus bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)1892H. SmithCreek About 2 Mile NE Of South Lebanon
A photograph of the species Colinus virginianus, not of this specimenColinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758)1878Collector(s): unknownFoster Point
A photograph of the species Saponaria officinalis, not of this specimenSaponaria officinalis L.1881not recordedLebanon
A photograph of the species Achillea millefolium, not of this specimenAchillea millefolium subsp. millefolium1884Bennett, F.G.Lebanon
A photograph of the species Agrostemma githago, not of this specimenAgrostemma githago L.1884Bennerht, F.G.Lebanon
A photograph of the species Anthemis cotula, not of this specimenAnthemis cotula L.1884Bennett, F.G.[Lebanon]
A photograph of the species Asclepias syriaca, not of this specimenAsclepias syriaca L.1884Berrerlt, F.G.near Lebanon
A photograph of the species Calystegia sepium, not of this specimenCalystegia sepium (L.) R.Br.1884not recordedLebanon
A photograph of the species Campsis radicans, not of this specimenCampsis radicans (L.) Bureau1884Bennett, F.G.Near Lebanon
A photograph of the species Datura stramonium, not of this specimenDatura stramonium L.1884Bennett, F.G.Lebanon
A photograph of the species Erigeron strigosus, not of this specimenErigeron strigosus Muhl. ex Willd.1884Bennett, F.G.Lebanon
Glechoma hederacea L.1884Bennett, F.G.Lebanon

All 3,303 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Roachester: 2 producers. All of them 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
Morrow Gravel Plant No 1 Mill & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Morrow Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Warren County

Storms nearby

23 since 2008

The National Weather Service names Roachester in 23 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 5 hail, 3 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
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Roachester$500,000The tornado began in the Little Miami River Valley, within the village of Morrow where tree damage and minor structure damage was observed. Extensive tree damage occurred along the northern hillside rising up out of the valley. More sporadic tree damage was noted along the hillside rising up from the southern side of the river. Several homes along Mason Morrow Millgrove Road received structural damage. One home had a total removal of its second story while an adjacent home had partial removal of its roof. Winds at this location were estimated to be at 95 mph, or EF-1.||The tornado continued northeast along the Little Miami River, with more damage found near the intersection of Mason Morrow Millgrove Road and Woodward-Claypool Road. Widespread tree damage occurred on a large stretch of the Little Miami Bike Path. The tornado then appeared to weaken as it moved northeast, causing more minor tree damage and some minor structural damage to a residence before ending.
July 2025Flash FloodRoachester$15,000Water was flowing through Thomas Ireland Smith Farm with much of the property inundated, causing minor damage to barns, stables, and outhouses.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindRoachester$5,000A few power poles were downed along Salem Road.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRoachester$5,000A gazebo and a few trees were blown down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRoachester$4,000Morrow-Blackhawk Road was closed due to a few downed trees.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindRoachester$3,000Several trees were downed in Morrow and Salem Townships due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindRoachester$3,000Several trees were knocked down.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindRoachester$1,000A large pine tree was downed.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindRoachester$1,000A large limb was blown down due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2025Flash FloodRoachester-Multiple roads were closed due to flash flooding in Harlan Township.
July 2025Flash FloodRoachester-Water was rushing over Morrow-Woodville Road west of Gheils Carroll Road.
July 2025Flash FloodRoachester-Water was reported to be rushing out of a pond on the west side of Morrow Rossburg Road.
July 2023Flash FloodRoachester-Morrow-Woodville Road was closed west of Ghiels Carroll Road due to rushing water.
February 2022FloodRoachester-Front Street was closed due to high water.
February 2019FloodRoachester-Mason Morrow Milgrove Road was closed due to high water.
June 2019FloodRoachester-Several roads were closed due to high water, particularly near Morrow, including Front Street and Mason-Morrow Millgrove Road. Nunner Road in Hamilton Township was also closed.
March 2017Flash FloodRoachester-Front Road was closed in Morrow due to flooding along Todd Fork.
January 2016Heavy RainRoachester-A man jumped into the Little Miami River in Morrow after fleeing a house fire. He was swept away and killed (indirect fatality) as the river was running very high from earlier heavy rainfall.
April 2013HailRoachester-The hail was covering the ground.
July 2020HailRoachester-no account filed
April 2016HailRoachester-no account filed
July 2013HailRoachester-no account filed
April 2013HailRoachester-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Warren 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
San Je Village0.1 miles13
Morrow1.6 miles14
Senior2.1 miles16
Hicks2.2 miles13
Osceola2.4 miles13
Blackhawk2.8 miles13
Middleboro3.0 miles13
Rossburg3.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061613. 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.