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

Tipp City, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Monroe Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45371. It stands on Lost Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tipp City quadrangle. 10,274 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 827 feet above sea level.

Tipp City within Miami County

Population over time

2 figures

Tipp City grew from 9,689 to 10,274 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
20109,689
202010,274+585 (+6%)

Then and now

1904 to 1986

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 Tipp City, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Tipp City, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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 1880 county history

78,966 words on this township

The county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Monroe Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Monroe Township - 78,966 words.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Tipp-Elizabeth Road Bridge, Spanning Great Miami River, Tipp City, Miami County, OH
Tipp-Elizabeth Road Bridge, Spanning Great Miami River, Tipp City, Miami County, OH
Unattributed, . Library of Congress

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 267 shown

Museums hold 267 specimens collected within 10 miles of Tipp City between 1835 and 1975: 237 Animalia, 17 Fungi, 10 Plantae, 3 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A V DEL, A. R. Gaufin, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross 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 Quercus macrocarpa Michx.Quercus macrocarpa Michx.1835Frank
Specimen of UredoUredo1897Prof. W.A. Kellerman
Specimen of Polyporus radicatus Schwein.Polyporus radicatus Schwein.1909ThomasTroy
A photograph of the species Botrypus virginianus, not of this specimenBotrypus virginianus (L.) Michx.1835Joseph C. FrankOhio, Miami [County]
A photograph of the species Carex albursina, not of this specimenCarex albursina E.Sheld.1835Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Carex emmonsii, not of this specimenCarex emmonsii var. muhlenbergii (A.Gray ex Torrey) Rettig1835Collector unspecified
A photograph of the species Gentianella quinquefolia, not of this specimenGentianella quinquefolia subsp. occidentalis (A.Gray) J.M.Gillett1835Joseph C. FrankOhio, in ditione civitatis Miami
A photograph of the species Cercosporina apii, not of this specimenCercosporina apii (Fresen.) Miura1896Skinner C. W.Troy
Marssonina panattoniana (Berl.) Magnus1896Skinner C. W.Troy
A photograph of the species Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa, not of this specimenCeratiomyxa fruticulosa var. arbuscula (Berk. & Broome) Nann.-Bremek., 19751897Thaxter, R.USA, Florida, Cocoanut Grove
A photograph of the species Mermis Dujardin, not of this specimenMermis Dujardin, 18421897F. JohnstonNew Carlisle
A photograph of the species Lanius ludovicianus, not of this specimenLanius ludovicianus Linnaeus, 17661898Collector(s): L. KumleinMilton, Ohio

All 267 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

9 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Tipp City: 6 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Tipp Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tipp Stone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Cassel Sand & Gravel, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tipp City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Tipp Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Troy PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Troy Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vandalia Gravel, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Miami County

Storms nearby

39 since 1994

The National Weather Service names Tipp City in 39 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 19 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2019Thunderstorm WindTipp City2 hurt, $100,000Numerous trees were downed on the northwest side of Tipp City. Two people received minor injuries when a tree fell onto a house on Arapaho Trail. Trees also fell on several other houses in the area. In addition, athletic fencing was damaged at Tippecanoe Middle School.
May 2014Flash FloodTipp City$1,300,000Water rescues were being performed across the county, but especially in the Troy and Tipp City areas for people being trapped in cars stranded by flash flooding. The flash flooding was caused by heavy rainfall.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindTipp City$250,000Numerous large trees were sheared or uprooted. Nineteen loaded trailers were overturned and two air conditioning units were blown off a roof at a distribution center. Eight wooden high voltage electric poles were snapped. Another semi trailer was overturned on a highway. These occurrences were due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 1999Tornado (F1)Tipp City$250,000The tornado pushed cars off of the road, peeled siding from houses, downed several trees, damaged storage buildings and destroyed several campers and RV's on a sales lot.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindTipp City$10,000Numerous trees were downed due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindTipp City$5,000A few power poles were downed.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindTipp City$5,000A few trees were downed and an outbuilding was damaged.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindTipp City$5,000A tree fell on a house.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindTipp City$5,000Structural damage occurred to a building due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindTipp City$5,000A tree fell onto a car due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindTipp City$5,000Trees were reported down in the southern portion of Miami county.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindTipp City$4,000A few power poles were downed on Main Street.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindTipp City$4,000no account filed
June 2020Thunderstorm WindTipp City$3,000Trees were knocked down in the 100 block of East Main Street.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindTipp City$3,000Trees and powerlines were knocked down.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindTipp City$3,000Several trees and large limbs were knocked down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindTipp City$3,000A few trees were blown down
June 2005Thunderstorm WindTipp City$2,000One tree and power lines were downed.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindTipp City$2,000Several large concrete barriers were blown over at a construction site on State Route 202.
July 2013Flash FloodTipp City$1,000Maintained roads were closed by high water due to heavy rainfall.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindTipp City$1,000A tree was reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindTipp City$1,000One tree and several large limbs were downed in Monroe Township.
May 2014FloodTipp City-Several city roads were under water due to heavy rainfall.
December 2013FloodTipp City-State Route 571 was closed due to high water caused by earlier heavy rainfall.
September 2011Heavy RainTipp City-High water was approaching homes due to heavy rain.
June 1998Flash FloodTipp City-Several hours of heavy rainfall caused roads to be closed, including Interstate 75 near Tipp City.
February 2023HailTipp City-no account filed
May 2019HailTipp City-no account filed
May 2014HailTipp City-no account filed
May 2014HailTipp City-no account filed
September 2011HailTipp City-no account filed
July 2011HailTipp City-no account filed
May 2010HailTipp City-no account filed
May 2010HailTipp City-no account filed
June 2002HailTipp City-no account filed
July 2001HailTipp City-no account filed
May 1998HailTipp City-no account filed
June 1996HailTipp City-no account filed
June 1994HailTipp City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Miami 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
Evanston1.7 miles14
Cowlesville1.8 miles14
Babbtown (historical)1.9 miles14
Ginghamsburg2.4 miles14
Grayson2.9 miles14
West Charleston3.2 miles14
Phoneton4.7 miles14
Premwood4.8 miles17

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 Tipp CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2233815The 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 1061692. 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.