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

Wintersville, Ohio

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Cross Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43953. The Survey maps it on the Knoxville quadrangle.

Wintersville within Jefferson County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The 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 sheet of Wintersville, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Wintersville, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

23 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.

Fires nearby

13 since 2003

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Wintersville between 2003 and 2020, burning about 31 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 burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources12885
7 April 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 April 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
2 April 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1783
1 April 2014Recreation and ceremony10 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
1 April 2014Debris and open burning6.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 557 shown

Museums hold 557 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wintersville between 1836 and 1974: 331 Animalia, 184 Plantae, 41 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Doolittle, A. W. Cusick, A.W. Cusick 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 Vitis aestivalis Michx.Vitis aestivalis Michx.1836Jewett
Specimen of Polygonum erectum L.Polygonum erectum L.1902Kellerman, W.A.Fernwood, Jefferson Co., Ohio
Specimen of Puccinia pimpinellae (F.Strauss) LinkPuccinia pimpinellae (F.Strauss) Link1902W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Carex hirsutella, not of this specimenCarex hirsutella Mack.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium acuminatum, not of this specimenDichanthelium acuminatum subsp. fasciculatum (Torr.) Freckmann & Lelong1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium latifolium, not of this specimenDichanthelium latifolium (L.) Harvill1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Dichanthelium sphaerocarpon, not of this specimenDichanthelium sphaerocarpon (Elliott) Gould1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Elymus hystrix, not of this specimenElymus hystrix L.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Fagus grandifolia, not of this specimenFagus grandifolia Ehrh.1877Guttenberg, H.G.Wellsburg
A photograph of the species Galium circaezans, not of this specimenGalium circaezans Michx.1877Guttenberg, G.near Steubenville
A photograph of the species Hypericum mutilum, not of this specimenHypericum mutilum L.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville
A photograph of the species Hypericum punctatum, not of this specimenHypericum punctatum Lam.1877Mertz, H.N.Steubenville

All 557 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wintersville: 1 plant, 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Chromium, 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
(Facility) Steubenville SmelterIron, ChromiumPlant
Wheeling-Pittsburgh/ SteubenvilleIronProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms nearby

22 since 1998

The National Weather Service names Wintersville in 22 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2022Flash FloodWintersville$50,000Two to three inches of rainfall over just over an hour caused flash flooding across much of Steubenville. Several houses were reported to be inundated with water as well as several road closures due to high water.
November 2005Thunderstorm WindWintersville$30,000Numerous trees and power lines blown down. Unconfirmed report of power company tower down. [CORRECTED TIME]
August 2010Thunderstorm WindWintersville$25,000A trained spotter reported numerous trees down in Wintersville.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWintersville$15,000Thunderstorm winds blew numerous large trees down across the Winterville and surrounding areas.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWintersville$10,000A large tree fell on a car and garage.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindWintersville$5,000Large trees down near Wintersville, Pleasant Hill, and East Springfield.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindWintersville$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWintersville$3,000Near Route 43, trees were reported to be blown down.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWintersville$3,000Trees were reported to be blown down in Overlook Hills.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWintersville$3,000Power lines reported down in the area by a trained spotter.
August 2003Flash FloodWintersville$3,000One basement flooded.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWintersville$3,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindWintersville$2,000One tree down.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWintersville$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindWintersville$1,000Thunderstorm winds blew a large tree down.
March 2020HailWintersville-Two trained spotters reported large hail; 1 reported golfball and 1 reported near tennis ball size.
August 1998HailWintersville-A spotter reported hail lasting for several minutes and up to two inches in diameter.
August 2024HailWintersville-no account filed
April 2006HailWintersville-no account filed
April 2006HailWintersville-no account filed
August 2004HailWintersville-no account filed
August 2004HailWintersville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Beechwood0.3 miles23
Winterdale0.5 miles24
Overlook Hills0.8 miles23
Canellas Park0.9 miles23
Forest View1.1 miles24
Brentwood Estates1.6 miles24
Swickards Addition1.7 miles24
Green Acres1.7 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1080508. 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.