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Whipple, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Salem Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45788. It stands on Whipple Run. The Survey maps it on the Lower Salem quadrangle. It stands 646 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1903 USGS Macksburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Macksburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Lower Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lower Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Lower Salem quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Lower Salem quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
19,814 words on this townshipHistory of Washington County, Ohio, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Salem Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Joseph Palmer came to Washington, Ohio, as early as 1818. He was born. in 1815 in New Hampshire. In 1837 he married Matilda Ward, and by her had three children, the youngest being dead. His daughter married Jacob Flanders and now lives in Kansas; Milo L. lives at Whipple, married to Mary J. Flanders since 1861. Both his children, Edward W. and Dudley R., are living. Mr. Joseph Palmer was justice of the peace twenty four years. Miles L. served two years and ten months in the Seventh Ohio cavalry. Mrs. Joseph Palmer died in 1861, aged forty-five years.
Passage source: History of Washington County, Ohio, published 1881.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Fires near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Whipple between 2015 and 2016, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Other causes | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5625 |
| 16 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5405 |
| 5 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 710 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,279 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,279 specimens collected within 10 miles of Whipple between 1853 and 1975: 1,191 Animalia, 43 Fungi, 43 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. Drew, A. L. McElhose 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ustilago avenae (Pers.) Rostr. | 1923 | W.G. Stoner | Marietta |
 | Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks. | 1932 | C. May | Marietta |
 | Thelephora laciniata (Pers.) Pers. | 1932 | L.W.R.J. | Nursery, Marietta |
 | Anaxyrus americanus (Holbrook, 1836) | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta |
 | Anaxyrus fowleri (Hinckley, 1882) | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta |
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1853 | E. Andrews | Marietta, Ohio |
 | Diadophis punctatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta |
 | Graptemys geographica (Lesueur, 1817) | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta |
| Liochlorophis vernalis (Harlan, 1827) | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta | |
 | Thamnophis Fitzinger, 1843 | 1853 | not recorded | Marietta |
 | Actinonaias carinata gibba (C.T.Simpson, 1900) | 1879 | W. Holden | Ohio River, Near Marietta |
 | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Sonnini de Manoncourt & Latreille, 1801) | 1883 | Albert Hazen Wright | Marietta |
All 1,279 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Whipple: 1 past producer. None of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muskingum River Plant No 5 & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whipple in 18 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 12 flood, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Flood | Whipple | $5,000 | In the afternoon of the 19th, Duck Creek near the town of Whipple rose out of its 12 foot bankfull level, and crested at 13.26 feet that evening. The creek returned to its banks on the morning of the 20th. While out of its banks, portions of State Routes 26, 821, and 145 were flooded. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Whipple | $2,000 | Duck Creek near the town of Whipple rose above its 12 foot bankfull level late in the morning of January 3rd. The creek crested at 15.7 feet a little after midnight on the 4th then returned to its banks later that evening. While out of its banks, the creek created minor flooding issues along local roads, including State Routes 26, 821, and 145. |
| February 2020 | Flood | Whipple | $2,000 | The Duck Creek near Whipple rose out of its banks in the afternoon of the 13th, cresting around 12.6 feet later on that evening. The creek returned to its 12 foot bankfull level early on the morning of the 14th. Sections of State Routes 26, 821, and 145 began to flood with water on the roadways. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whipple | $2,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Whipple | $2,000 | A porch roof was damaged at a house along County Route 15. An unconfirmed sighting of a funnel cloud was associated with this storm in Washington County. The funnel cloud was reported in the aviation observation from the Wood County airport, several miles to the south and across the Ohio River. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Whipple | $1,000 | Duck Creek near Whipple rose out of its 12 foot bankfull level late in the night on February 3rd. The creek reached just above 15 feet on the afternoon of the 4th before returning to its banks just before dawn on the 5th. While the creek was out of its banks, portions of State Routes 26, 821, and 145 flooded. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Whipple | $1,000 | In the town of Whipple, Duck Creek rose out of its 12 foot bankfull level late on the evening of February 3rd. The creek crested at 15.39 feet the next afternoon then returned to its banks during the predawn hours of February 5th. Minor flooding occurred along State Routes 26, 821, and 145 while Duck Creek was out of its banks. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whipple | $1,000 | Trees and large branches were blown down along Route 8. |
| February 2022 | Flood | Whipple | $500 | Duck Creek near the town of Whipple rose out of its 12 foot bankfull level on the morning of February 18th. After midnight the creek crested at 14.33 feet then returned to its banks after sunrise on the 19th. With the creek out of its banks, minor flooding occurred along State Routes 26, 821, and 145. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Whipple | $500 | The stream gage located along Duck Creek in Whipple rose above its 12 foot bankfull level during the early afternoon of May 7th. The creek crested at 13.71 feet late that evening and then returned to its banks the next morning on May 8th. This resulted in flooding along sections of State Routes 26, 821, and 145. |
| March 2026 | Flood | Whipple | - | Duck Creek below Whipple rose above a bankfull level of 12 feet on the afternoon of March 5th, then continued to rise to a crest near 14.3 feet during the night. The creek then slowly receded back below bankfull level the afternoon of the 6th. While the creek was out of its banks, flooding of low sections of Route 821 below Whipple, the intersection of Kohl and Whipple Run Roads, Route 16 above Stanleyville, and fields next to the creek and around Whipple occurred. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Whipple | - | Duck Creek below Whipple exceeded a bankfull level of 12 feet on the morning of April 4th. After cresting around 15.8 feet that afternoon, the river returned to its banks the morning of the 5th. The intersection of Kohl Road and Whipple Run Road, Route 16 above Stanleyville, and fields next to the creek were flooded while the creek was out of its banks. Route 821 was also closed due to flooding between DAV Road and Palmer Street. |
| January 2024 | Flood | Whipple | - | The gage on Duck Creek below Whipple exceeded a bankfull level of 12 feet on the evening of January 9th, then crested just over 13 feet early the next morning. The creek level slowly receded on the 10th and eventually returned to its banks late in the afternoon. Backwater from the creek resulted in minor flooding at the intersection of Kohl Road and Whipple Run Road. |
| January 2024 | Flood | Whipple | - | The Duck Creek gage below Whipple exceeded its bankfull level of 12 feet on the morning of January 25th. The creek crested to 12.6 feet during the afternoon, then fell below bankfull again overnight. The intersection of Kohl Road and Whipple Run Road observed minor issues due to backwater flooding from Whipple Run while the creek was out of its banks. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Whipple | - | The Duck Creek in Whipple rose above its 12 foot bankfull level on the morning of April 29th. The creek crested at 12.94 feet later on that afternoon and returned to its banks a few hours after the sun set. While the creek was out of its banks, sections of State Routes 26, 821, and 145 that reside adjacent to the creek flooded. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Whipple | - | Duck Creek rose quickly 6 feet in the vertical and flooded roads. A rain gauge at Lower Salem reported 1.8 inches of rain in a few hours. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Whipple | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Whipple | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bonn | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Warner | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lower Salem | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Rainbow | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Stanleyville | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Buells (historical) | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Caywood | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Devola | 4.8 miles | 17 |
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 Whipple | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7993741 | 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 1047862. 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.