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

Williamsburg, Ohio

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Williamsburg Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45176. It stands on Todd Run. The Survey maps it on the Williamsburg quadrangle.

Williamsburg within Clermont County

Then and now

1914 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Williamsburg, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Williamsburg, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 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 1891 county history

207 words on this township

The county history of 1891 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Williamsburg Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Williamsburg Township - 207 words.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 865 shown

Museums hold 865 specimens collected within 10 miles of Williamsburg between 1866 and 1975: 646 Animalia, 171 Fungi, 37 Plantae, 11 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A JOHN, A JOHN AND R KNOTTS, A JOHN AND T RITTER 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 Apophthisis pullata Braun, 1915Apophthisis pullata Braun, 19151929A. Braun[Not Stated]
A photograph of the species Galium concinnum, not of this specimenGalium concinnum Torr. & A.Gray1866Mohr, C.Bantam
A photograph of the species Asarum canadense, not of this specimenAsarum canadense L.1877Mohr, MarieClermont County, Ohio
A photograph of the species Vireo griseus, not of this specimenVireo griseus noveboracensis (Gmelin, 1789)1879Freeman, L.Locust Corner, Clermont, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Geastrum lageniforme, not of this specimenGeastrum lageniforme Vittad.1882Carley S. T.
Chordata1886Smithsonian Institution
A photograph of the species Liobunum Agassiz, not of this specimenLiobunum Agassiz, 18461890[Not Stated][Not Stated]
A photograph of the species Mammuthus primigenius, not of this specimenMammuthus primigenius (Blumenbach, 1799) (fossil)1900not recorded
A photograph of the species Bufo fowleri, not of this specimenBufo fowleri Hinckley, 18821904Lindahl, J. (Joshua)Batavia, Clermont Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Aecidium Pers., not of this specimenAecidium Pers.1910C. C. M.Bantam
A photograph of the species Bryum caespiticium, not of this specimenBryum caespiticium Hedw.1910Braun, E. LucyHomer's Run
A photograph of the species Dicranella heteromalla, not of this specimenDicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp.1910Braun, E. LucyHomer's Run

All 865 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

25 since 1994

The National Weather Service names Williamsburg in 25 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 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
March 2023Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg$100,000The beginning of an enhanced area of wind damage occurred when a large tree fell on to a parked vehicle on Macedonia Road north of Bethel. The neighborhood of Concord Meadow Lane had numerous trees uprooted and damage to siding and roofing of a few houses. Additional similar damage was observed on Concord Hennings Mill Road to the east of Concord Meadow Lane. Further to the northeast, several trees were uprooted along State Route 133.||Widespread tree damage was noted on the south end of Santa Barbara Drive with numerous large hardwood trees uprooted and snapped, damaging some outbuildings. Similar damage was noted just to the northeast at the Williamsburg Junior Athletic Association Fields. Roofing material was blown off, outbuildings tipped over, and metal dugout awnings were destroyed. Soccer goals were pushed downfield and over a fence. A house across the street sustained damage to its siding. Wind speeds in the Santa Barbara Drive and athletic field areas were estimated to be around 90 miles per hour.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg$50,000Trees were downed.
June 2019Flash FloodWilliamsburg$20,000Flash Flooding resulted in water entering a home along Old State Route 32 in Batavia.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg$15,000Power poles were downed in Williamsburg Township due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg$15,000Trees were uprooted and there was structural damage to a roof due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg$5,000Numerous trees were knocked down throughout the county, especially in the Williamsburg area.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg$3,000Trees were knocked down along Blue Sky Park Road.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg$3,000Trees were downed.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg$3,000Trees were downed.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg$2,000A few trees knocked down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg$2,000Two trees fell on power lines due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg$2,000Two trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindWilliamsburg$1,000A tree was downed near Williamsburg High School.
July 2013Flash FloodWilliamsburg$1,000Six to twelve inches of water was flowing across Hageman Crossing Road due to heavy rainfall.
August 2016Flash FloodWilliamsburg-An estimated one to two feet of water was covering Zachary Drive in Williamsburg.
July 2013FloodWilliamsburg-Zachary Drive in Williamsburg was closed due to high water caused by heavy rainfall.
July 2001Flash FloodWilliamsburg-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused high water on roads.
May 2022HailWilliamsburg-no account filed
April 2020HailWilliamsburg-no account filed
February 2017HailWilliamsburg-no account filed
August 2011HailWilliamsburg-no account filed
September 2010HailWilliamsburg-no account filed
June 2009HailWilliamsburg-no account filed
May 2004HailWilliamsburg-no account filed
May 2003HailWilliamsburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clermont 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
Afton2.6 miles18
Concord2.7 miles18
Hennings Mill3.0 miles18
Blowville3.0 miles18
Clover3.9 miles12
Elk Lick4.5 miles19
Elk Lick (historical)4.5 miles19
East Batavia Heights5.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1061782. 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.

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.