Webb, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1988. It stands in Mead Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43947. It stands on Stone Coal Run. The Survey maps it on the Businessburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 83 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
15 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.
- 1905 USGS Clarington quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Clarington quadrangle1:62500
- 1935 USGS Clarington quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Clarington quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Businessburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Businessburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Businessburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Businessburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Businessburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Moundsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
In the 1903 county history
4,411 words on this townshipThe county history of 1903 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Mead Township covers col. davtd lockwood, the first settlers, the mining industry, the milling industry, the population and township officials, bethel.
Read the chapter on Mead Township - 4,411 words.
Fires nearby
30 since 1992The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Webb between 1992 and 2018, burning about 40 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | BENWOOD - FALLOVA DRIVE |
| 4 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13386 |
| 2 May 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | FISHERS LN. |
| 16 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 May 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | West Virginia Division of Forestry | HIGHLAND AVE |
| 3 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | WV RT. 2 |
| 20 April 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | TURKEY VULTURE FIRE |
| 16 April 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | West Virginia Division of Forestry | WASHINGTON LANDS - ROUND BOTTOM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,311 shownMuseums hold 1,311 specimens collected within 10 miles of Webb between 1800 and 1975: 1,065 Plantae, 129 Fungi, 115 Animalia, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. D. Selby & E. L. Moseley, A. D. Selby & J. F. Hicks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Racodium E.M.Fries, 1829 | 1829 | J.R. Paddock | |
![]() | Usnea Dill. ex Adans., 1763 | 1839 | J.R. Paddock | |
![]() | Puccinia malvacearum Bertero ex Mont. | 1905 | J.L. Sheldon | Near Round Bottom |
![]() | Houstonia caerulea L. | 1800 | Guttenberg, G. | near Wheeling |
![]() | Robinia L. | 1829 | Guttenberg, G. | Wheeling |
![]() | Persicaria virginiana (L.) Gaertn. | 1835 | E. Wilkinson | Ohio |
![]() | Carex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd. | 1837 | B. Frank | Ohio |
![]() | Carex × sullivantii Boott | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | Ohio |
![]() | Homalothecium subcapillatum (Hedw.) Sull. | 1843 | D. Sullivan | |
![]() | Euphorbia maculata L. | 1844 | S. B. Mead | Ohio |
![]() | Jungermannia sullivantii Austin | 1844 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Carex gracilescens Steud. | 1847 | G. B. Ashcroft | Ohio |
All 1,311 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 Webb: 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dilles Bottom Plant and Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| John D Tonkovich and Son Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 2024The National Weather Service names Webb in 2 storm reports between 2024 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heath | 0.3 miles | 15 | |
| Wegee | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Shadyside | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Dilles Bottom | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Haven On The Ohio Park | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Avondale | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Vallonia | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Dunfee (historical) | 3.2 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1058113. 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.


























