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

Twightwee, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 45140. It stands on Polk Run. The Survey maps it on the Mason quadrangle.

Twightwee within Hamilton County

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 Twightwee, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Twightwee, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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 2,538 shown

Museums hold 2,538 specimens collected within 10 miles of Twightwee between 1839 and 1973: 1,731 Fungi, 468 Animalia, 186 Plantae, 148 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 14753, A. H. W. Povah, A. R. Gaufin 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 Melanthium virginicum, not of this specimenMelanthium virginicum L.1839Joseph ClarkDuck Creek, 6 miles from Cincinatti
A photograph of the species Fomes applanatus, not of this specimenFomes applanatus (Pers.) Fr.1850James D. L.Loveland
A photograph of the species Charadrius vociferus, not of this specimenCharadrius vociferus Linnaeus, 17581875not recordedLOCNM: Glendale
A photograph of the species Contopus virens, not of this specimenContopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766)1875Porter collection, J.B.LOCNM: Madisonville
A photograph of the species Pipilo erythrophthalmus, not of this specimenPipilo erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)1875Porter collection, J.B.LOCNM: Madisonville
A photograph of the species Zonotrichia leucophrys, not of this specimenZonotrichia leucophrys (J.R.Forster, 1772)1875Porter, J.B.LOCNM: Madisonville
A photograph of the species Bombycilla cedrorum, not of this specimenBombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 18081876Porter collection, J.B.LOCNM: Glendale
A photograph of the species Leiothlypis ruficapilla, not of this specimenLeiothlypis ruficapilla (A.Wilson, 1811)1876Porter collection, J.B.LOCNM: Madisonville
Hybognathus nuchalis Agassiz, 18551899Henshall, J. A. (James A.)Little Miami River, within Hamilton Co, Hamilton County, township n/a
Trichoptera1900not recordedLockland, Miami Canal
Aleurodiscus oakesii (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Pat.1929Fulford, Margaret H.Cincinnati, Hazelwood Preserve
Anomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Huebener1929Fulford, MargaretMadisonville, Martin Road

All 2,538 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Twightwee: 2 plants, 1 past producer. 2 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
Camp Dennison PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Camp Dennison PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Michael PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Hamilton County

Storms nearby

8 since 2012

The National Weather Service names Twightwee in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 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
June 2022Thunderstorm WindTwightwee$20,000A large tree fell onto a car on Rollins Drive.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindTwightwee$2,000A dead tree fell onto a house.
June 2018Flash FloodTwightwee$1,000Rushing water pushed rocks onto South Lebanon Rd and Loveland-Madeira Rd.
May 2012Flash FloodTwightwee$1,000Water around one foot deep was flowing off a hillside onto Kemper Road near Loveland Road due to heavy rainfall.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindTwightwee$500A twelve inch diameter branch was snapped off a tree.
June 2019FloodTwightwee-High water was reported on Loveland Maderia Road near downtown Loveland.
April 2020HailTwightwee-no account filed
August 2015HailTwightwee-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
The Village of Indian Hill0.5 miles19
Symmes0.6 miles19
Miami Grove1.6 miles19
Loveland1.7 miles15
Foxhunter Lane1.9 miles19
Remington2.5 miles19
Sixteen Mile Stand2.6 miles15
Sycamore2.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056554. 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.