Wahlsburg, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Scott Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45121. It stands on Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hamersville quadrangle.
Then and now
1928 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 63 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
10 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.
- 1928 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Higginsport quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hamersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Hamersville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Maysville quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
1 since 2020The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wahlsburg between 2020 and 2020, burning about 0 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 16058 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 372 shownMuseums hold 372 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wahlsburg between 1885 and 1974: 288 Animalia, 73 Fungi, 11 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A JOHN, A. Braun, Berry M. D.? 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hirneola auricularis (Gray) Donk | 1903 | Blickle, A.H. | Brown County, Ohio |
![]() | Caloptilia speciosella (Braun, 1939) | 1929 | A. Braun | [Not Stated] |
![]() | Fomes conchatus (Pers.) Gillet | 1934 | Kaps, C. | Locust Ridge |
![]() | Valsa ludibunda Sacc. | 1885 | Rev. C. H. Demetrio | (a) Missouri, (b) Newfield, N. J. |
| Chordata | 1886 | Smithsonian Institution | ||
![]() | Equisetum hyemale L. | 1897 | Kreke, Fr. M. | Arnheim |
![]() | Panus stipticus (Bull.) Fr. | 1903 | Lyon, C. D. | Higginsport |
![]() | Uromyces phaseoli G.Winter | 1905 | Stephens J. | Mt. Orab |
![]() | Cylindrosporium padi P.Karst. | 1907 | Berry M. D.? | Georgetown |
![]() | Perenniporia robiniophila (Murrill) Ryvarden | 1909 | J. P. Tracy | |
| Secotium agaricoides (Czern.) Hollós | 1913 | Lyon C. D. | Georgetown | |
![]() | Anaptychia palmulata (Michx.) Vain. | 1923 | Braun, E. Lucy | White Oak Creek |
All 372 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wahlsburg: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown Pit Number 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Georgetown Pit Number 3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
9 since 2016The National Weather Service names Wahlsburg in 9 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Wahlsburg | $40,000 | A tobacco barn and several trees were knocked down at 9141 Day Hill Arnheim Road. The house also had siding damage. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Wahlsburg | $5,000 | Several trees were downed, including one onto a car at a home on Russellville-Arnheim Road. A barn was also damaged. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | East Wahlsburg | $3,000 | Numerous trees were downed on West Fork Road near the intersection with Wahlsburg East Road and Baker Hanselman Road. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahlsburg | $2,000 | A few trees were downed near the 4900 block of Wahlsburg East Road. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahlsburg | $250 | Several large tree branches were downed in the Wahlsburg area. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wahlsburg | $250 | Window shutters were blown off of a house. |
| July 2023 | Flood | Wahlsburg | - | High water was reported on several roads. |
| June 2017 | Flood | East Wahlsburg | - | Law enforcement was reporting lingering high water in several locations throughout Brown County. |
| July 2019 | Hail | East Wahlsburg | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunshine (historical) | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| White Oak Valley | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| West Arnheim | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| East Wahlsburg | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Whiteoak Springs (historical) | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Georgetown | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| North Feesburg (historical) | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| New Hope | 3.5 miles | 10 |
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 Wahlsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22673257 | The 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 1065443. 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.



















