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

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.

Webb within Belmont County

Then and now

1905 to 1988

The 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 sheet of Webb, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Webb, surveyed 1905

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.

In the 1903 county history

4,411 words on this township

The 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 1992

The 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 burning11
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 August 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryBENWOOD - FALLOVA DRIVE
4 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources13386
2 May 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryFISHERS LN.
16 May 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 May 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryHIGHLAND AVE
3 April 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryWV RT. 2
20 April 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryTURKEY VULTURE FIRE
16 April 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryWASHINGTON LANDS - ROUND BOTTOM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Belmont County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,311 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Racodium E.M.Fries, 1829Racodium E.M.Fries, 18291829J.R. Paddock
Specimen of Usnea Dill. ex Adans., 1763Usnea Dill. ex Adans., 17631839J.R. Paddock
Specimen of Puccinia malvacearum Bertero ex Mont.Puccinia malvacearum Bertero ex Mont.1905J.L. SheldonNear Round Bottom
A photograph of the species Houstonia caerulea, not of this specimenHoustonia caerulea L.1800Guttenberg, G.near Wheeling
A photograph of the species Robinia L., not of this specimenRobinia L.1829Guttenberg, G.Wheeling
A photograph of the species Persicaria virginiana, not of this specimenPersicaria virginiana (L.) Gaertn.1835E. WilkinsonOhio
A photograph of the species Carex sparganioides, not of this specimenCarex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd.1837B. FrankOhio
A photograph of the species Carex sullivantii, not of this specimenCarex × sullivantii Boott1842W. S. SullivantOhio
A photograph of the species Homalothecium subcapillatum, not of this specimenHomalothecium subcapillatum (Hedw.) Sull.1843D. Sullivan
A photograph of the species Euphorbia maculata, not of this specimenEuphorbia maculata L.1844S. B. MeadOhio
A photograph of the species Jungermannia sullivantii, not of this specimenJungermannia sullivantii Austin1844W. S. Sullivant
A photograph of the species Carex gracilescens, not of this specimenCarex gracilescens Steud.1847G. B. AshcroftOhio

All 1,311 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dilles Bottom Plant and PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
John D Tonkovich and Son PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Belmont County

Storms nearby

2 since 2024

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWebb$1,000A tree was blown down on Wegee Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWebb$1,000On Webb Heights Road, a tree was blown down.

Every storm recorded in Belmont 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
Heath0.3 miles15
Wegee0.7 miles15
Shadyside1.8 miles15
Dilles Bottom2.2 miles15
Haven On The Ohio Park2.6 miles15
Avondale2.6 miles19
Vallonia2.8 miles15
Dunfee (historical)3.2 miles15

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.