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West Middletown, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Madison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45042. The Survey maps it on the Middletown quadrangle.

West Middletown within Butler County

Then and now

1908 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of West Middletown, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of West Middletown, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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 1905 county history

11,332 words on this township

The county history of 1905 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Madison Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Madison Township - 11,332 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 213 shown

Museums hold 213 specimens collected within 10 miles of West Middletown between 1879 and 1974: 115 Fungi, 84 Animalia, 14 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. C. Billups, A.R. Gaufin, H.H. Ross 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 Adiantum pedatum L.Adiantum pedatum L.1929?Hueston Woods.
A photograph of the species Coluber constrictor, not of this specimenColuber constrictor Linnaeus, 17581879not recordedHughes
A photograph of the species Diadophis punctatus, not of this specimenDiadophis punctatus arnyi Kennicott, 18591879not recordedHughes
A photograph of the species Lampropeltis triangulum, not of this specimenLampropeltis triangulum (Lacépède, 1789)1879not recordedHughes
A photograph of the species Storeria dekayi, not of this specimenStoreria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839)1879not recordedHughes
A photograph of the species Storeria occipitomaculata, not of this specimenStoreria occipitomaculata Storer, 18391879not recordedHughes
A photograph of the species Tropidoclonion lineatum, not of this specimenTropidoclonion lineatum (Hallowell, 1856)1879not recordedHughes
Liochlorophis vernalis (Harlan, 1827)1880not recordedMonroe
A photograph of the species Thamnophis sirtalis, not of this specimenThamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758)1880not recordedMonroe
A photograph of the species Physella gyrina, not of this specimenPhysella gyrina (Say, 1821)1898A. C. BillupsMiddletown
Mycosphaerellaceae1914Overholts, L. O.West Elkton
Polyporus biformis Fr.1914L.O. OverholtsWest Elkton

All 213 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

8 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of West Middletown: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Armco Inc/ Middletown, OhioIronUnknown
Mecco Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mecco, Incorporated PltSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Middletown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Middletown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Moorman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Moorman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Moorman Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant

Every working recorded in Butler County

Storms nearby

3 since 2015

The National Weather Service names West Middletown in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 3 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
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWest Middletown$10,000A tree fell onto a house on Poplar Street.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWest Middletown$4,000Numerous large trees uprooted or snapped in Madison Township.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWest Middletown$1,000A large tree, approximately 3 feet in diameter at the base, was knocked down.

Every storm recorded in Butler 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
Middletown1.2 miles12
Oakland1.5 miles12
Harlan Park1.6 miles12
Bon Veue1.7 miles16
Avalon2.1 miles12
Upper Arlington2.3 miles12
Rose Lawn2.3 miles12
North Excello2.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061745. 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.

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.