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Williamsport, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Congress Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43338. The Survey maps it on the Shauck quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1915 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.
- 1915 USGS Shauck quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Shauck quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Shauck quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Shauck quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Shauck quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Shauck 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
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 372 shownMuseums hold 372 specimens collected within 10 miles of Williamsport between 1837 and 1975: 351 Animalia, 13 Fungi, 7 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bird, C., Breiding, G. (George), C. G. Lloyd 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 nuda (C.N.Jensen) Kellerm. & Swingle | 1890 | Kofoid | |
 | Sphacelotheca hydropiperis (Schumach.) de Bary | 1891 | Kofoid | |
 | Dispira cornuta Tiegh. | 1895 | R. Thaxter | |
 | Sagittaria latifolia Willd. | 1837 | Frank B | |
 | Sicyos angulatus P.J.Bergius | 1837 | Frank B | in civitatate Ohio |
 | Usnea florida (L.) F.H.Wigg. | 1837 | not recorded | |
 | Ascochyta Lib., 1830 | 1883 | Kellerman | |
 | Nummularia microplaca (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Cooke | 1883 | W.A. Kellerman | |
 | Septoria ribis (Lib.) Desm. | 1883 | W. A. Kellermann | |
 | Uromyces (Link) Unger, 1833 | 1883 | Kellerman | |
 | Empidonax traillii (Audubon, 1828) | 1893 | Roberts | unspecified |
 | Stereum bicolor (Pers.) Fr. | 1896 | C.G. Lloyd |
All 372 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Williamsport: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
7 since 2000The National Weather Service names Williamsport in 7 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 3 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Williamsport | $45,000 | This tornado began along Township Road 46 in Mount Gilead and damaged multiple farm buildings. The structural damage included complete loss of a roof and compromised exterior walls. A trailer was tossed approximately 30 yards. As the tornado moved southeastward, numerous trees were uprooted or snapped. When the tornado crossed Township Road 87, numerous 2x4 planks impaled the sides and roofs of structures. The tornado dissipated as it approached the intersection of Township Roads 86 and 91. Estimated peak tornadic winds were 97 mph. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williamsport | $20,000 | A thunderstorm downburst damaged a home and a barn. Several trees in the area were also toppled. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williamsport | $3,000 | Morrow County Sheriff Dispatch reported several trees downed across roads in the county. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Williamsport | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on County Road 20. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Williamsport | - | Hail up to ping pong ball-size about two-miles northwest of Williamsport. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Williamsport | - | Quarter sized hail was observed. |
| July 2000 | Hail | Williamsport | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kellker (historical) | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Hidden Lakes | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pulaskiville | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| North Woodbury | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Shauck | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| West Point | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Gilead | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Surprise (historical) | 6.4 miles | 13 |
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 Williamsport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22924322 | 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 1061784. 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.