Widowville, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Vermillion Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44805. The Survey maps it on the Perrysville quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 82 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
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.
- 1912 USGS Perrysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Perrysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Perrysville quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Perrysville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Perrysville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Perrysville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:100000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Vermillion township, in the words of 1863.
Coulter Family
"The Coulter family are known as among the earliest settlers at Perrysville, on the Black Fork. Thomas Coulter (the father of John) was born in the State of New York, and moved from thence with his father to the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, and was living there at the time of the Wyoming massacre.
Fires nearby
8 since 2015The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Widowville between 2015 and 2020, burning about 175 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8808 |
| 20 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15814 |
| 9 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15500 |
| 20 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 171 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 484 |
| 17 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1092 |
| 27 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11609 |
| 6 November 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15943 |
| 9 January 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15379 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 599 shownMuseums hold 599 specimens collected within 10 miles of Widowville between 1846 and 1975: 575 Animalia, 17 Plantae, 7 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A C ALLEN, A.E. Daugherty, Auten 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Anthoceros crispulus (Mont.) Douin | 1923 | Mrs. Bayard R. Taylor | near Londonville |
| Mediorhynchus grandis Van Cleave, 1916 | 1846 | P. Harwood | Ashland | |
![]() | Ammodramus savannarum (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1897 | Smith, D. W. | Ashland, Ashland, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Danthonia spicata (L.) Roem. & Schult. | 1897 | Collector(s): Edwin Lincoln Moseley | Vermilion Township |
![]() | Perlinella ephyre (Newman, 1839) | 1899 | R.C. Osburn | |
![]() | Tyto alba pratincola (Bonaparte, 1838) | 1900 | Fuller, W. J. | Sullivan, Ashland, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Thamnophis sirtalis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1902 | not recorded | No Further Locality Data |
| Valsa Fr. | 1913 | Stevens N. E. | Windsor | |
![]() | Limenitis archippus Cramer, 1775 | 1923 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Thornburg Station, Valley View, Cuyahoga Co., OH |
![]() | Oecanthus latipennis Riley, 1881 | 1923 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Thornburg Station, Valley View, Cuyahoga Co., OH |
| Oecanthus nigricornis Walker, 1869 | 1923 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Thornburg Station, Valley View, Cuyahoga Co., OH | |
| Tropidia quadrata (Say, 1824) | 1923 | Pallister, J. C. (John C.) | Thornburg Station, Valley View, Cuyahoga Co., OH |
All 599 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Widowville: 3 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolin and Son Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bolin and Son Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lucas Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lucas Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Weber Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 2012The National Weather Service names Widowville in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Widowville | $150,000 | An EF0 tornado touched down in rural Ashland County near the intersection of U.S. Route 30 and State Route 511. Some hardwood trees at that location were either toppled or damage. The tornado then intensified to EF1 strength as it continued east northeast across open farmland. A farm wagon was tossed and destroyed by the tornado and a cow was thrown and sustained a broken leg. The tornado heavily damaged a home along State Route 60 about a third of a mile north of U.S. 30. The house lost about half of its roof and had a brick chimney toppled. Some windows were blown out and the house lost siding on all four sides. An adjacent car port was leveled and a large overhead door in a nearby garage was blown in. The 90 year old occupant of the house was not injured. After striking the house, the tornado weakened and eventually lifted just east of State Route 60. The damage path from this tornado was just over two miles in length. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Widowville | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree. The tree blocked a road between Hayesville and Mifflin. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Mill | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Yacht Point Cottage Area | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| South Peninsula Cottage Area | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Mifflin Cottage Area | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Mifflin | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hayesville | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| McKay | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Perrysville | 6.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061776. 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.




















