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Temperanceville, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Somerset Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43713. The Survey maps it on the Barnesville quadrangle.

Temperanceville within Belmont County

Then and now

1905 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Temperanceville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Temperanceville, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

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

228,527 words on this township

Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903 names this settlement in its chapter on Somerset Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The present population of Temperanceville is between 150 and 200. The village school contains two rooms, under the supervision of Harmon Skinner, with Miss Armstrong as assistant. Two cigar factories are in operation that employ cjuite a number of hands.

Passage source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903.

The Boston Methodist Episcopal Church. - Before the Boston Methodist Episcopal Church was organized, a little class was formed that met weekly in the homes of the members. The members of this class were: Isaac Taylor and wife, Hugh McMullen and wife,- William McElfresh and wife and the Custer family. Perhaps the first Methodist sermon was preached in the house of Israel Taylor by Rev. Mr. Boyd in 1834.

Passage source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903.

Because of the liberality of Mr. Gallagher the church was established in 1822 and was first known as St. Dominic's Church; 32 years thereafter the little log structure was removed and a large brick building was constructed and in 1880 the congregation numbered 200.

Passage source: Centennial History of Belmont County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens., published 1903.

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 Somerset Township - it names this place 9 more 9 times.

Fires near this place

8 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Temperanceville between 2015 and 2019, burning about 14 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15276
27 March 2016Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4025
23 March 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources7467
22 March 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources723
21 March 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources488
22 December 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources9825
22 December 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources9866
15 November 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources6386

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Belmont County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 40 specimens collected within 10 miles of Temperanceville between 1887 and 1975: 31 Animalia, 4 Plantae, 3 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by David M. Dennis, Dennis, D. M., Hicks,L.E. 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 Blephilia hirsuta, not of this specimenBlephilia hirsuta (Pursh) Benth.1887Koenig, A.near Temperanceville
unnamed1905Laughlin Emma E.Barnesville
A photograph of the species Merulius incarnatus, not of this specimenMerulius incarnatus (S.Ito & S.Imai) Spirin & Zmitr.1905Laughlin Emma E.Barnesville
A photograph of the species Dryopteris goldiana, not of this specimenDryopteris goldiana (Hook. ex Goldie) A.Gray1907Laughlin, E.E.Barnesville
A photograph of the species Geastrum triplex, not of this specimenGeastrum triplex Jungh.1907Laughlin Emma E.Barnesville
A photograph of the species Stereum fasciatum, not of this specimenStereum fasciatum (Schwein.) Fr.1907Laughlin Emma E.Barnesville
A photograph of the species Botrychium dissectum, not of this specimenBotrychium dissectum Spreng.1919Laughlin, E.E.Barnesville
A photograph of the species Colinus virginianus, not of this specimenColinus virginianus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1766)1935Hicks,L.E.Jerusalem
A photograph of the species Cephalozia bicuspidata, not of this specimenCephalozia bicuspidata (L.) Dumort.1938M. A. TaylorLong Run.
A photograph of the species Sympiesis viridula, not of this specimenSympiesis viridula (Thomson, 1878)1938W.G. Bradley
A photograph of the species Nerodia sipedon, not of this specimenNerodia sipedon sipedon (Linnaeus, 1758)1959David M. Dennis0.5 mi. S Somerton
A photograph of the species Desmognathus fuscus, not of this specimenDesmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820)1960Dennis, D. M.in large valley stream, near St. Rt. 26, 4 mi. S jct. St. Rt. 148, Wayne Twp., Belmont Co., Ohio

All 40 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Temperanceville: 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bituminous, 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
Mccort QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Mccort Quarry & MillClay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, BituminousPlant

Every working recorded in Belmont County

Storms near this place

4 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Temperanceville in 4 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2011Thunderstorm WindTemperanceville$10,000Law enforcement reported a large tree down blocking State Route 379 south of Barnesville.
June 2021HailTemperanceville-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported by a trained spotter.
April 2026HailTemperanceville-no account filed
July 2003HailTemperanceville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Belmont 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
Boston2.1 miles13
Baileys Mills3.3 miles13
Somerton4.9 miles13
Barnesville6.2 miles13
Tacoma7.6 miles13
New Castle8.2 miles13
Speidel8.9 miles12
Olivett9.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049242. 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.