Waterloo, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Symmes Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45688. It stands on Johns Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo quadrangle. It stands 646 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1906 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 96 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.
- 1906 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Athalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
170 since 1992The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Waterloo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,008 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 71 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 71 |
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | ROUND BALE |
| 25 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | BOULDER FIRE |
| 12 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | SUMMER DAY FIRE |
| 28 June 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | TOWNHOUSE |
| 27 June 2017 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8665 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 208 shownMuseums hold 208 specimens collected within 10 miles of Waterloo between 1896 and 1975: 199 Animalia, 6 Fungi, 3 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. Kennedy, C. N. Wander, C. R. Neiswander 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Aecidium clematidis DC. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Gomphus lividus Selys, 1854 | 1899 | [Not Stated] | Waterloo |
![]() | Illosporium malifoliorum J.Sheld. | 1909 | Starcher Bros. | Gallia |
![]() | Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks. | 1916 | Houser J. S. | Gallia |
![]() | Puccinia graminis Pers. | 1919 | Ricker A. J. | Aid |
![]() | Puccinia rubigo-vera var. tritici (Erikss.) Carleton | 1919 | Ricker A. J. | Aid |
![]() | Holcocephala calva (Loew, 1872) | 1926 | C. Kennedy | [not stated] |
![]() | Cremastus Gravenhorst, 1829 | 1927 | L. Stearns | [Not Stated] |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Wolfram, G. (George) | Dean Forest, Decatur Twp., Lawrence Co., Ohio |
![]() | Natrix sipedon sipedon | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Elizabeth Twp.: Dean Forest, Lawrence Co., Ohio |
![]() | Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Dean Forest, Decatur Twp., Lawrence Co., Ohio |
![]() | Peromyscus leucopus (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Dean Forest, Lawrence Co., Ohio, USA |
All 208 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Waterloo: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabia Lime Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Arabia Lime Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lawrence Clay | Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum | Occurrence | 1859 |
Storms nearby
11 since 1998The National Weather Service names Waterloo in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2008 | Flood | Waterloo | $750,000 | The rains on the 3rd set up Lawrence County for significant small stream flooding during the afternoon and night on the 4th. Pine Creek, Little Pine Creek, Symmes Creek, Canoons Creek, Johns Creek and Little Ice Creek were the main culprits. About 4 mobile homes were destroyed due to water damage, mostly along Pine Creek and County Route 27. About 10 dwelling had major damage. A few bridges and several culverts were damaged. Landslides also occurred. |
| July 2015 | Flood | Waterloo | $325,000 | The gauge on Symmes Creek at Aid crested around 22.77 feet just before dawn on the 16th. Bankfull is around 19 feet. Water flooded fields, closed roads, and surrounded a few homes around Waterloo, Arabia, Aid, and Willow Wood. Preliminary damage assessment had 1 single family house with minor flood damage when a portion of its foundation was undercut by the stream. One other single family house had water in its basement, while a mobile home had water in its crawl space. The lower hay and corn fields along the stream were damaged. ||It took until late on the 17th before water levels receded back to below bankfull. |
| June 2003 | Flash Flood | Waterloo | $15,000 | Small streams feeding into Symmes Creek around Waterloo and Arabia flooded roads, including Route 141, after localized downpours of around 3 inches. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waterloo | $1,000 | Numerous large tree branches were blown down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waterloo | $250 | A tree was blown down, which blocked both lanes of County Road 210. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waterloo | $250 | A tree was blown down and blocked both lanes of State Route 141 near Ford Street. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Waterloo | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Waterloo | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Waterloo | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Waterloo | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Waterloo | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherritts | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Arabia | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Yarico | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Greasy Ridge | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Johns Creek (historical) | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Wilgus | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Lecta | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Saundersville | 6.9 miles | 14 |
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 Waterloo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7974193 | 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 1077142. 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.

























