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

Vera Cruz, Ohio

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45118. It stands on Glady Run. The Survey maps it on the Fayetteville quadrangle.

Vera Cruz within Brown County

Then and now

1917 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Vera Cruz, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Vera Cruz, surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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 176 shown

Museums hold 176 specimens collected within 10 miles of Vera Cruz between 1915 and 1974: 114 Fungi, 46 Animalia, 14 Plantae, 2 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. B. Seymour, Arden R. Gaufin, Baur, Kay 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
Specimen of Puccinia lateripes Berk. & RavenelPuccinia lateripes Berk. & Ravenel1916A. B. Seymour
A photograph of the species Polytrichum ohioense, not of this specimenPolytrichum ohioense Renauld & Cardot1915Fulford, MargaretBlowville Flats
A photograph of the species Septoria polygonorum, not of this specimenSeptoria polygonorum Desm.1925Overholts, L. O.Greenbush
A photograph of the species Cercospora elongata, not of this specimenCercospora elongata Peck1926Overholts, L. O.Greenbush
A photograph of the species Coleosporium solidaginis, not of this specimenColeosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm.1926Overholts, L. O.Greenbush
A photograph of the species Colletotrichum lineola, not of this specimenColletotrichum lineola Corda1926Overholts, L. O.Greenbush
A photograph of the species Diplodia rosae, not of this specimenDiplodia rosae Berk. & M.A.Curtis1926Overholts, L. O.Greenbush
Gloeosporium Desm. & Mont., 18491926Overholts, L. O.Greenbush
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium globosum, not of this specimenGymnosporangium globosum (Farl.) Farl.1926Overholts, L. O.Greenbush
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae, not of this specimenGymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein.1926Overholts, L. O.Greenbush
Hypocrea citrina (Pers.) Fr.1926Overholts, L. O.Greenbush
Hypocrea sulphurea (Schwein.) Sacc.1926Overholts, L. O.Greenbush

All 176 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

14 since 2016

The National Weather Service names Vera Cruz in 14 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flood, 1 flash 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
July 2022Tornado (EF1)Vera Cruz$500,000The tornado touched down west of Woodward Road in Brown County, affecting areas of|Woodland Drive before crossing State Route 131. At this point the tornado was in its formative stages, with mainly EF-0 rated damage across State Route 131 and Black Oak Road. Within the Lake Lorelei community, the tornado strengthened and produced extensive tree damage in neighborhoods on the west side of Lake Lorelei. Many mature, tall trees were snapped or uprooted, some of which fell on homes and vehicles. Roof damage also occurred, as well as porches uplifted on a few homes. The tornado continued northeast across Lake Lorelei and began to weaken as it exited the Lake Lorelei community and crossed Vera Cruz Road. The tornado continued to produce|concentrated and significant tree damage on the east side of Vera Cruz Road north of Fayetteville-Blanchester Road, and likely lifted just west of Stark Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindVera Cruz$50,000Numerous homes were damaged around Lake Lorelei.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindVera Cruz$20,000Several large pine trees were uprotted and other trees were knocked down at a property on O'Reilly Road. Also, there was roof damage to a barn and some fencing was blown away.
April 2020Tornado (EF0)Vera Cruz$15,000The tornado originally touched down in Clermont County at 21:50 EST and caused damage near Newtonsville. At 21:56 EST, the tornado moved into Brown County and later produced tree and structural damage near Lake Lorelei, with wind speeds of about 80 MPH.
April 2020Tornado (EF0)Vera Cruz$15,000The tornado caused tree damage along its path, with some structural damage noted to a property on State Route 131.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindVera Cruz$2,000A large tree was knocked down on Lorelei Drive.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindVera Cruz$2,000A large tree was blocking the road.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindVera Cruz$1,000A tree was downed onto a road.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindVera Cruz$1,000A tree was snapped.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindVera Cruz$1,000A tree was downed on Odenwald Drive.
March 2017FloodVera Cruz-Flooding continued through early afternoon along Rote 131 just south of Fayetteville.
June 2017Flash FloodVera Cruz-Water was flowing across S.R. 131 in two places between U.S. 68 and U.S. 50. The road was impassable.
May 2016FloodVera Cruz-High water was covering US Route 50 near the Highland and Brown County line.
March 2024HailVera Cruz-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Brown 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
Chasetown1.8 miles11
Fayetteville1.9 miles11
Kirbyville3.2 miles11
Upper Fivemile3.9 miles13
Saint Martin4.7 miles11
Ferristown4.9 miles11
Fivemile4.9 miles13
Bloom Rose (historical)5.1 miles13

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 Vera CruzAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22673261The 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 1058098. 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.

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.