Tippecanoe, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44699. It stands on Brushy Fork. The Survey maps it on the Tippecanoe quadrangle.
Then and now
1909 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1909 USGS Uhrichsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Uhrichsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Tippecanoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Tippecanoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Tippecanoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Tippecanoe quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Tippecanoe quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
4 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Tippecanoe between 2003 and 2015, burning about 5 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 burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 504 |
| 26 November 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2709 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 148 shownMuseums hold 148 specimens collected within 10 miles of Tippecanoe between 1891 and 1970: 95 Animalia, 45 Plantae, 8 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams J. M. R., Adams J. R. M., Buker, W.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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) | 1891 | Sterki, Victor | Dennison(2 mi above) |
![]() | Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1891 | Sterki, Victor | Dennison(3 mi above) |
![]() | Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1891 | Sterki, Victor | Dennison(2 mi above) |
![]() | Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791) | 1891 | Sterki, Victor | Dennison(2 mi above) |
![]() | Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1891 | Sterki, Victor | Dennison(2 mi above) |
![]() | Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) | 1891 | Sterki, Victor | Dennison(2 mi above) |
![]() | Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817) | 1891 | Sterki, Victor | Dennison(2 mi above) |
![]() | Carex davisii Schwein. & Torr. | 1914 | Sterki | Dennison |
![]() | Carex scoparia Schkuhr ex Willd. | 1914 | Sterki | Dennison |
| Carex squarrosa L. | 1914 | Sterki | Dennison | |
![]() | Lasmigona compressa (I.Lea, 1829) | 1920 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Philadelphia Road |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Little Stillwater Creek, within Union township, near Dennison, Union township |
All 148 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
11 since 1998The National Weather Service names Tippecanoe in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tippecanoe | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and partially tore the roof from a house. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tippecanoe | $10,000 | State Route 800 Northbound was closed due to downed trees on the roadway. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tippecanoe | $5,000 | Local law enforcement reported trees down in Tippecanoe. |
| March 2008 | Flood | Tippecanoe | $5,000 | Emergency management reported flooding on Rt 258 along Laurel Creek west of Tippecanoe. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tippecanoe | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tippecanoe | $3,000 | Trees and power lines down. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tippecanoe | $2,000 | Trees down. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tippecanoe | $2,000 | Large trees down. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Tippecanoe | - | Minor flooding reported on SR 800. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Tippecanoe | - | Creek flooding reported on SR 800. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Tippecanoe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clendening (historical) | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Freeport | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Feed Springs | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Deersville | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Smyrna | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| East Piedmont | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| East Shore Cottage Area | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Tappan | 7.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061693. 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.
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.
























