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Wellsville, Ohio

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Wellsville Village. It lies in ZIP code area 43968. It stands on McQueen Run. The Survey maps it on the Wellsville quadrangle. 3,113 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Wellsville within Columbiana County

Population over time

2 figures

Wellsville fell from 3,541 to 3,113 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,541
20203,113-428 (-12%)

Then and now

1904 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wellsville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Wellsville, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

22 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.

Fires nearby

23 since 1993

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Wellsville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning12
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1
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
10 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryMIDDLE RUN RD.
21 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15816
19 August 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryKITCHEL AVE. NEAR NEWELL
1 May 2018Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryARROYO ROAD
8 April 1993Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryCRESENT
7 April 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15128
6 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestry2507 LOCUST HILL ROAD
6 April 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryAUBURN DR/LOCUST HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbiana County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 404 shown

Museums hold 404 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wellsville between 1889 and 1975: 289 Animalia, 101 Plantae, 14 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Mac Gillivroy, Albert Peyron, Athearn, Herbert 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Sphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.SalmonSphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea (Schltdl.) E.S.Salmon1916E.K. SeymourLower campus
Specimen of Polyporus conchifer (Schwein.) Fr.Polyporus conchifer (Schwein.) Fr.1923F.O. GroverOn Campus
Specimen of Dryopteris × triploidea WherryDryopteris × triploidea Wherry1967Cusick, A.W.pinnae at right angles to rachis; rich woods in small ravine, Middle fork Valley near Lusk's Lock, Beaver Creek State Park, Section 27, Elk Run Twp.
A photograph of the species Polistes annularis, not of this specimenPolistes annularis (Linnaeus, 1763)1889A. D. Mac GillivroySalineville
A photograph of the species Polistes fuscatus, not of this specimenPolistes fuscatus (Fabricius, 1793)1889not recordedSalineville
Thoracophorus costalis (Erichson, 1840)1891not recorded
Bombus ashtoni (Cresson, 1864)1892unknownSalineville
A photograph of the species Bombus pensylvanicus, not of this specimenBombus pensylvanicus (De Geer, 1773)1892not recordedSalineville
Megachile mendica Cresson, 18781892unknownSalineville
A photograph of the species Polyporus luridus, not of this specimenPolyporus luridus Kalchbr.1895Holden Wm.Spring Grove
A photograph of the species Dumetella carolinensis, not of this specimenDumetella carolinensis (Linnaeus, 1766)1899not recordedEast Liverpool
A photograph of the species Dryopteris carthusiana, not of this specimenDryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs1900Shafer, J.A.[Glasglow], Smiths Ferry

All 404 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wellsville: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Wellsville PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Globe Number 1 MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Globe Refractories, Inc.ClayProducer
H.K. Porter Brick PlantClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Columbiana County

Storms nearby

17 since 1996

The National Weather Service names Wellsville in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 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 1997Thunderstorm WindWellsville$30,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees. A house was severely damaged by a falling tree. Route 39 was blocked by downed trees.
June 2010FloodWellsville$25,000A county official reported numerous roads closed due to flooding in Wellsville.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWellsville$10,000Trees down. Wind blew power lines down, onto car. Car caught fire!
June 2020Thunderstorm WindWellsville$5,000Trees were blown down in Wellsville.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindWellsville$5,000Emergency manager reported trees down on roads in Wellsville.
November 2017Thunderstorm WindWellsville$2,000Local law enforcement reported several trees down.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindWellsville$2,000The public reported large branches down.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindWellsville$2,000Trees blown down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWellsville$1,000Trees down.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWellsville$500The public reported trees down.
August 2013FloodWellsville-State official reported three feet of water on Anderson Street in Wellsville.
June 2013HailWellsville-no account filed
July 2012HailWellsville-no account filed
July 2012HailWellsville-no account filed
August 2004HailWellsville-no account filed
April 2001HailWellsville-no account filed
April 1996HailWellsville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Columbiana 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
Vulcan1.2 miles22
Hillcrest1.8 miles20
Walkers2.2 miles22
Spring Grove2.3 miles22
Jethro3.3 miles22
Pleasant Heights3.8 miles22
East Liverpool4.0 miles22
La Croft4.0 miles22

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 WellsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1982442The 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 1049302. 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.