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13 National Register listings · 1 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1898 to 1898 · the 1894 county history tells 0 stories and names 0 people.
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
| Photograph | Property | Type | Listed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Adams, G., House | building | 1984 | 84003730 |
 | Boyd School | building | 1980 | 80003103 |
 | Brightman House | building | 1974 | 74001528 |
 | Cary, G.W., House | building | 1984 | 84003734 |
 | Cary, Hiram W., House | building | 1984 | 84003736 |
 | Croco House | building | 1985 | 85001343 |
 | DeYarmon, Joseph L. House | building | 1982 | 82003599 |
 | Disciple-Christian Church | building | 1984 | 84003738 |
 | Holmes County Courthouse And Jail | building | 1974 | 74001529 |
 | Koch, John E., Jr., House | building | 1984 | 84003740 |
 | Pomerene House | building | 1980 | 80003102 |
 | United Methodist Church | building | 1984 | 84003744 |
| Wise, Peter, House | building | 1980 | 80003104 |
Holmes County holds 0 covered bridges on the National Register, more than any other property type here. Each is a listed structure with a federal nomination on file.
Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.
Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 1 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.
Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. 281 frames touch this county; the selection below spreads across the decades of flights (at most four per year), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.
The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that watched its rivers, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.
Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.
Every Sanborn volume opens with a printed index naming the town's mills, tanneries, hotels and works by proprietor. Those indexes were read off the scanned sheets by machine and then matched to each other, so a business surveyed four times appears here once, with the years it survived. 0 of these 1 were named in more than one atlas. Each carries a crop of the line it was read from: the spelling is the recogniser's and the 1880s lithographer's, and the scan behind it is the proof.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 87 of them, burning about 177 acres. 0 started naturally and 3 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2966 |
| 7 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 March 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 3725 |
| 14 November 2015 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2401 |
| 21 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 6.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 526 |
| 13 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 16014 |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 366 reports for this county, causing 0 deaths, 44 injuries and about $16,242,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 227 |
| Hail | 92 |
| Flash Flood | 29 |
| Tornado | 12 |
| Flood | 4 |
| Lightning | 1 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1991 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 31 hurt | no account filed |
| June 1981 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 5 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Nashville | 4 hurt, $75,000 | A tornado touched down just north of Nashville near a campground and then traveled east along County Roads 316 and 329 to near Holmesville. From the initial touchdown eastward, the damage path was intermittent. Four females, ages 12, 14, 17 and 50 were injured by flying debris while standing inside of an 80 by 100 foot pavilion at the campground. All four victims were transported to a local hospital and the 17 year old required surgery for arm injuries. The roof of the pavilion was partially torn off and a nearby small building was moved approximately 10 feet. A video game inside the small building was flipped over. Six inch by six inch wood posts supporting the pavilion were lifted out of the ground two feet and several trees were also blown down at the campground. Around a dozen trees were snapped just to the west of Holmesville and the roofs of two house suffered damage from fallen trees. |
| June 1980 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 1 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Holmesville and Lakev | 1 hurt, $500,000 | Numerous trees were downed, some on power lines, and some on homes which caused significant damage. A man was struck by a large falling limb and injured. |
| May 1973 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 1 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | 1 hurt, $35,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees in the central and southeast portions of the county. A 43 year old female was injured when her minivan was struck by a large tree. The woman suffered minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Millersburg | $1,500,000 | Heavy rain producing thunderstorms affected Holmes County County during the late evening hours of August 20th and early morning hours of August 21st. Rainfall totals from across the county included: 4.30 inches at Nashville; 3.74 inches at Millersburg; 3.08 inches at Holmesville and 2.40 inches at Stillwell. Runoff from this rain combined with ground already saturated from earlier rains led to significant flooding across portions of Holmes County. Widespread lowland flooding occurred across the county and many roads had to be closed because of flooding. Some of the worst flooding occurred in and around Millersburg and also near Glenmont. Killbuck Creek left it's banks in Millersburg flooding homes and business nearby. Several people had to be evacuated from their homes. In Glenmont, Black Creek went into flood and damaged some homes. Hundreds of homes elsewhere in the county suffered damage as well, mainly from basement flooding. Finally, standing water and erosion from the runoff caused damage to agricultural interests in the county. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $1,500,000 | Another round of heavy rain producing thunderstorms moved across Holmes County late on June 16th and early on the 17th. Spotters near Berlin measured two inches of rain between 11 p.m. and midnight with storm totals of four to five inches. This rain combined with ground already saturated from earlier rains led to devastating flooding in portions of Holmes County. The Walnut Creek area was among the hardest hit in the county. Rapid rises in streams and creeks damaged many roads and buildings. Over 14,000 chickens perished at a Walnut Creek Township farm after flood waters surged into a barn. Two motorists were injured when their car was swept off a flooded county road and overturned. Two bridges were washed out in Salt Creek Township. Many roads had to be closed because of washouts or flooding. Hundreds of homes and businesses sustained at least minor flood damage. Damage to roads, bridges and other public property topped $700,000. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | West Portion | $1,100,000 | Heavy thunderstorm rains fell on the northwestern corner of Holmes County during the late afternoon and early evening hours of July 10th. Rainfall rates with these storms were in excess of three inches per hour. Automated gages measured storm totals of 6.52 inches in Nashville and 3.96 inches at Stillwell. Significant flooding occurred in the northwestern portion of the county along the Mohican River. Flooding occurred as much as 300 feet away from the river, and campgrounds along Wally Road sustained significant damage. Hundreds of campers had to be evacuated, many by boat. The evacuations continued through 10 p.m. and were hampered by mudslides along Wally Road. State Route 520 was flooded near Glenmont by Black Creek. A couple homes in the town had flood waters 1 to 3 feet deep on the ground floor. Several roads were washed out and many others had to be closed because of flooding. State Route 39 and County Road 22 were both impassable west of Nashville. Dozens of campers and mobile homes were damaged by the flooding. Many other homes sustained damages from basement flooding. Crop losses are also expected to significant as standing water damaged many fields. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Big Prairie | $800,000 | Heavy rain on the evening of June 23rd brought widespread flooding to Holmes County. The torrential rain with rates estimated around 4 inches per hour between 9 and 10 PM caused streams and creeks to rise. At 1 a.m. Tuesday, the Holmes County Sheriff's Office declared a Level 3 state of emergency, restricting travel to emergencies only, because of flooding. The town of Glenmont was evacuated with 3-4 homes inundated to the first floor from the Black Creek. A trailerpark was evacuated in Millersburg due to flooding from the Killbuck Creek. There was significant losses in county infrastructure as three bridges were washed out as well as numerous state and county roads. A fire truck driven into flood waters after the road had been eroded and sustained over $50,000 in damages. There was excessive crop damage primarily to the corn which was flattened by the heavy rain. |
| June 2006 | Tornado (F2) | Mt Hope | $750,000 | During the late afternoon hours of June 22nd, a severe thunderstorm moved across eastern Holmes County and produced a tornado. This tornado touched down at 5:30 pm just west of Mt Hope and tracked east through Winesburg and then exited the county. The tornado had a damage path in Holmes County roughly six miles in length and 50 to 100 yards in width. The majority of the damage was classified as F1, but there were several areas of F2 damage evident. Along the path, numerous structures were damaged and hundreds of trees toppled or snapped. A barn was heavily damaged near where the tornado first touched down. Two houses nearby sustained siding and roof damage. A home on State Route 241 just outside of Mt. Hope was destroyed and several buildings at a factory in Mt. Hope sustained major damage. Metal roofs were torn off of these factory buildings with debris found as far as a mile away. Wooden beams from the buildings were thrown and pierced metal garage doors. Empty box trailers were overturned and one box trailer was even torn from its frame. The tornado continued east from Mt Hope and damaged several more homes on it's way to Winesburg. One house had it's second floor torn off. A second factory near Winesburg lost large sections of roof. In Winesburg, a few homes sustained roof damage. The tornado continued into Tuscarawas County and caused damage there. Later, the same parent thunderstorm produced another tornado west of Waynesburg in southeastern Stark County. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $750,000 | Thunderstorms dumped three and one half inches of rain on Millersburg and over 5 inches of rain elsewhere in Holmes County during the evening hours of the 4th and early morning hours of the 5th. Widespread flooding occurred across the county with numerous roads and bridges washed out. Hardest hit was the south side of Millersburg where flood waters up to five feet in depth washed out sections of State Route 83 and US Highway 62 and damaged many homes and businesses. Near Killbuck, State Route 520 was washed out and a bridge over State Route 60 north of town was severely damaged. State Route 514 was damaged near Nashville and Township Road 264 was also washed out. A trained spotter measured 5.5 inches of rainfall ten miles west of Millersburg. |
| September 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Farmerstown | $500,000 | An EF1 tornado touched down in rural Clark Township near the intersection of Township Road 183 and Township Road 190. The tornado then moved east for just over three miles before lifting near the intersection of Township Roads 165 and 166. Several homes and buildings were damaged along the tornado path. Most of the damage was from lost roofing or siding, but a few small outbuildings were also leveled. Dozens of trees were toppled along the damage path which was up to 75 yards in width. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millersburg | $500,000 | Thunderstorm downburst winds of 60 to 70 mph caused extensive damage on the west side of Millersburg. Hardest hit was the Holmes County Fairgrounds where a covered grandstand was toppled and destroyed. Four other buildings at the fairgrounds were damaged and a small shed was also destroyed. Nearby, a business lost a ten foot section of roof to the high winds. The damage path from the downburst was approximately one half mile in length and several hundred yards in width. Around two dozens trees were downed along this path. |
| February 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Monroe and Washington | $500,000 | Numerous trees were downed northwest of Nashville (Washington Twp) at 1520 EST along Township Road 476 where a resident claimed to have seen a tornado. The tornado could not be confirmed but just west of Nashville a roof was blown off a barn at about 1530 EST and at 1545 EST a barn was destroyed and a home damaged by thunderstorm winds ten miles southeast of Nashville (Monroe Twp). |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fryburg | $425,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms moved across northeastern Holmes County during the early morning hours of June 22nd. Several hundred trees and many utility poles were toppled in Berlin, Paint and Salt Creek Townships. Three buildings at a factory on Township Road 654 west of Winesburg were heavily damaged. A home inside of Winesburg was damaged and a barn and garage were flattened near Fryburg. Several homes and buildings in the Berlin area also sustained some damage. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashville | $300,000 | An intense line of thunderstorms or Derecho moved across Holmes County during the late afternoon of June 29th causing extensive damage. Winds were estimated to be as much as 60 mph. The worst damage was across the southern half of the county where dozens of trees and some utility poles were knocked down. Scattered power outages were reported. Some damage to homes and buildings was reported. Most of the damage was from lost roofing or siding. |
| February 2011 | Flood | Lakeville | $300,000 | Heavy rain and rapid snow melt led to widespread flooding across Holmes County. Rainfall totals across the county ranged from one to three inches on February 27th and 28th. Up to ten inches of heavy snow was on the ground at the onset of the rain. This snow rapidly melted as temperatures warmed into the 50s on the 28th. Up to an additional inch of water equivalent rainfall was released from the melted snow. Hundreds of homes in the county sustained damage, mainly from basement flooding. Many roads had to be closed because of the flooding. The Killbuck Creek crested at 18.07 feet, the eight highest height on record. South end of Millersburg and western portions of the Killbuck sustained flood damage. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Charm | $250,000 | A thunderstorm downburst with winds estimated to be as much as 75 mph caused considerable damage near Charm in eastern Holmes County. The damage started two miles northwest of Charm and continued into the town. A total of six houses and 18 other buildings were damaged by the strong winds. Two large storage buildings were leveled by the strong winds. Many trees and large limbs were also knocked down. Much of the damage to the houses was caused by fallen trees. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF1) | Berlin | $200,000 | An EF1 tornado touched down two miles northwest of Berlin around 2:40 pm EDT. The tornado then moved southeast to Walnut Creek and eventually moved into Tuscarawas County near Sugar Creek. This tornado did not appear to be in contact with the ground the entire length of the damage path. The damage path in Holmes County was nearly nine miles in length and up to 100 yards in width. Damage occurred to around a dozen homes and buildings along the damage path. Most of the damage was from lost roofing or siding. A camper trailer was blown over and a garage was also knocked off of it's foundation. Some large signs were torn off of the roof of a business located east of Berlin. The signs landed in a nearby parking lot and damaged at least eight cars. Dozens of trees and at least two utility poles were knocked down along the damage path. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeville | $200,000 | Straight line winds from a thunderstorm downburst caused considerable damage at a campground along the Ashland/Holmes county line west of Lakeville. Around sixty trees and thirty one power poles were reported down at the campground. A pontoon boat was also flipped over. The downburst continued east from the campground and moved through the Lakeville area where it downed dozens of trees and damaged several buildings. The damage path continued east to Holmesville where four apartment buildings and a business lost large sections of roof. Several hundred trees were downed in northern Holmes County from this downburst which produced winds estimated to be nearly 70 mph. Widespread power outages were reported. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Southwest Portion | $200,000 | Heavy thunderstorm rain of three to four inches in four hours caused flooding of basements, roads, small streams and low lying areas. Several roads and bridges were damaged by the high water and trees that had washed onto the roadways. Black Creek was out of its banks, flooding streets and yards in the town of Glenmont where six to eight homes were evacuated. Mudslides were reported in Richland Township just west of Glenmont. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Nashville | $150,000 | Heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area produced between two and four inches of rain in just a few hours. As a result, flash flooding occurred when Black Creek overflowed its banks. Floodwaters flowed over State Route 514 between Nashville and Danville. The flowing water over the road caused considerable erosion to the roadway. There were also reports of minor landslides in the county. Reports of flooding were mainly confined to the western part of the county. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashville | $150,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees across the county. A barn was blown off it's foundation near Nashville. A nearby house and two cars were also damaged. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $125,000 | Strong thunderstorms again moved across Holmes County during the afternoon of June 15th. One to two inches of rain fell on much of the county. This rain combined with ground already saturated from earlier rains led to widespread flooding. A factory in Walnut Creek was damaged after flood waters surged into the building. Numerous roads were either washed out or closed by flooding. Flood waters on some roads were as much as three feet deep. Many other homes and businesses sustained damage, mainly from basement flooding. |
| June 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Clark | $100,000 | An EF1 tornado with estimated peak winds of 105-mph impacted the Lake Buckhorn community and vicinity. It began just west of the intersection of Susten Drive and Geneva Drive. The tornado then moved northeastward across Mullheim Drive and W Buckhorn Drive and through the Lake Buckhorn community. Dozens of trees were snapped or uprooted in a neighborhood on the west side of Lake Buckhorn. Some of the trees had trunks estimated to be between one and two feet in diameter, and the tornado was at its widest point of 80 yards near the west shore of the lake. A pontoon boat and adjacent dock were also lifted partially by the tornado. The tornado then crossed Lake Buckhorn and weakened gradually, but dozens of additional trees were downed on the east side of the lake as the tornado crossed East Buckhorn Drive and traversed Lucerne Drive. The tornado then crossed OH Route 83 and damaged the roof of a barn before dissipating. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenmont | $100,000 | Shortly after 9:00pm EDT, a large severe thunderstorm entered the northern part of the county. Law enforcement reported numerous trees downed across the entire county. Around 9:45pm EDT, new convection developed behind the initial severe thunderstorm and caused more thunderstorm wind damage across the area. Law enforcement reported a tree downed on a residence near Lake Buckhorn. County EMA officials determined that the damage was not tornadic in nature, but from straight line winds. Nobody was injured during this event. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $100,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Holmes County and downed dozens of trees. Scattered power outages were also reported. A few homes and vehicles were damaged in the county by fallen trees. |
| July 2003 | Flash Flood | Killbuck | $100,000 | Thunderstorms dumped heavy rains on Holmes County during the evening hours causing localized flooding near Killbuck. A mudslide occurred on a hill north of town resulting in the destruction of two mobile homes. There were no injuries. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $100,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms moved east across Holmes County and caused widespread damage and scattered power outages. The Winesburg, Holmesville and Killbuck areas were especially hard hit. Dozens of trees were downed across the county. Homes were damaged in both Holmesville and Winesburg. |
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $100,000 | Flooding occurred from thunderstorm rains on top of saturated soil from two previous days of heavy rains. Roads were flooded and closed and some crops were flooded. Basements and a few buildings were flooded. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Nashville | $75,000 | Hail as large as golf balls was reported. Some vehicles were damaged. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millersburg | $75,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees and large limbs across Holmes County. Several roads had to be closed because of downed trees. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $70,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millersburg Arpt | $50,000 | Substantial tree damage at Skyview Ranch Christian Camp, about two-miles northeast of Millersburg. Numerous trees downed. Some crushed cars, damaged buildings, and blocked the only two ways into and out of camp. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millersburg | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees throughout Holmes County. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashville | $50,000 | A thunderstorm downburst caused damage at a farm northeast of Nashville along State Route 514. A barn on the property lost it's roof and several trees were downed. |
| August 2007 | Flood | Killbuck | $50,000 | Heavy rain that fell across the area over the past few days eventually ran off into the Killbuck Creek. During the morning hours of the 21st, the Killbuck Creek at Killbuck went into flood. Flood stage there is 15.0 feet. The river continued rising during the afternoon of the 21st, and crested during the overnight hours into the 22nd at around 16.2 feet. Because of the heavy runoff throughout the basin, the river remained in flood through the day on the 22nd, and then finally fell back below flood stage during the early morning hours of the 23rd. While much of the floodwaters from the Killbuck River mainly flow into farm fields nearby, some streets and homes within Killbuck were still affected by the river going above flood stage. The flash flood write up for Holmes County contains much of the estimated damage from flash flooding on the 21st. Damage estimates for this event describe damage directly associated to the river going into flood. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashville | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and large limbs in extreme northwestern Holmes County. Two buildings were leveled three miles east of Loudonville along State Route 3. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and large limbs across the county. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millersburg | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and large limbs near Millersburg and Walnut Creek. A garage was crushed by a fallen tree in Walnut Creek and a house north of Millersburg was also damaged by a fallen tree. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homlesville | $50,000 | Trees were downed, some on power lines. Winds were estimated to 70 mph. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $40,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nashville | $35,000 | Thunderstorm winds uprooted several trees south of Nashville near the intersection of County Road 52 and Township Road 280. One of the trees landed on a house causing damage. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $35,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees near Lakeville, Millersburg and Killbuck. A home in Killbuck was damaged by a tree. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Holmesville | $30,000 | A supercell thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail. Several cars and a few homes sustained damage from the large hail. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millersburg | $30,000 | Numerous trees were reported down throughout Holmes County. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $30,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were reported down throughout the county. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $30,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Big Prairie | $25,000 | Township Road 510 washed out due to flash flooding. Radar estimated 2 to 2.5 inches of rainfall in about 45 minutes, which equates to about a 75 year recurrence interval. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Killbuck | $25,000 | Several large trees downed about three-miles NNW of Killbuck. One damaged a deck and another crushed a car. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glenmont | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed many trees. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed over two dozen trees and large limbs across the county. |
| June 1981 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Berlin | $20,000 | Trees uprooted and metal roof blown-off building in Berlin. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Killbuck | $20,000 | A trained weather spotter reported severe thunderstorm winds brought down part of a tree in Killbuck with numerous trees and power lines down across the Millersburg area. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Central Portion | $20,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were reported down. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Berlin | $15,000 | Heavy rainfall moved into Holmes County between 700 and 800 pm on the evening of the 26th. A line of thunderstorms over Wayne County moved south into Holmes County where there was a cell merger. This cause a brief period of storm back building and training over north central Holmes County. During this period the rainfall rates were estimated around 5 inches per hour. The storm motions were from north to south, paralleling the extent of the Killbuck Creek river basin starting in the headwaters. This confined the majority of the runoff to that single basin. The result was flash flooding in several areas across Holmes County. One home in Monroe and Prairie Township was flooded on County Road 320 from Paint Creek. Prairie Township Fire Department rescued people from a car in high water. One unofficial rainfall report of 3.00 came from Berlin in eastern Holmes County. An official reading in Holmesville of 2.72 was measured between 7 pm and 8 pm. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 21 workings inside this county. 6 still produce and 15 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Clay | 9 |
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 8 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 1 |
| Limestone, General | 1 |
| Flagstone | 1 |
| Stone | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Hill Plant & Quarry | Stone | Plant | ||
| Holmes 241 Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Holmes County Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Quarry Number 31 | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Brothers Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Close Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Close Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fair Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Feikert Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Feikert Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holmesville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jones S & G Holmesville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| 241 Limestone Plant & Quarry | Clay | Producer | ||
| Clark Clay Company | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Clark Clay Company Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Domer Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Domer Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Fisher Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Holmes 241 Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Holmes 241 Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Troyer Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Museum specimens collected inside this county and catalogued with a date and a place: 446 of them, by kingdom 389 animalia, 48 plantae, 9 fungi. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV), Ohio State University - Amphibian Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), CM, WFVZ, Ohio State University Acarology Laboratory, Columbus, OH (OSAL) among others, and each settlement page carries the specimens collected near it.
The oldest of them. A specimen proves something was collected on that day; its absence proves nothing.
| Photograph | Year | Species | Kingdom | Where | Collector | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1890 | Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766) | Animalia | Millesburg | Collector(s): unknown | MVZ MVZ:Egg:5863 |
 | 1893 | Arachnion album Schwein. | Fungi | not stated | A. P. Morgan | NY 123783 |
 | 1895 | Uromyces asclepiadis Cooke | Fungi | Killbuck | W.A. Kellerman | WIS WIS-F-0060750 |
 | 1896 | Agastache scrophulariifolia (Willd.) Kuntze | Plantae | Lakeville | not recorded | CM CM142779 |
 | 1896 | Coreopsis tripteris L. | Plantae | Lakeville | Wilkinson, E. | CM CM210751 |
 | 1896 | Decodon verticillatus (L.) Elliott | Plantae | Lakeville | Wilkinson, E. | CM CM178876 |
 | 1896 | Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M.Kato | Plantae | Fryburg | Wetzstein, A. | MU 000117238 |
 | 1896 | Polygonum coccineum f. terrestre (Willd.) Stanford | Plantae | Lakeville | Wilkinson, E. | CM CM435311 |
Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the watercourse or landform it stands on and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 1 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.
Hardy township · 44654 · On Sapps Run · Millersburg quadrangle
17 sheets, 1915 to 1994
Fire insurance: 7 atlases
Richland township · 44628 · Brinkhaven quadrangle
12 sheets, 1913 to 1966
No longer a settlement
Mechanic township · 44654 · In Troyer Hollow · New Bedford quadrangle
14 sheets, 1913 to 1994
Mechanic township · 44654 · On Sand Run Hill · Millersburg quadrangle
17 sheets, 1915 to 1994
No longer a settlement
Prairie township · 44633 · On Salt Creek · Holmesville quadrangle
18 sheets, 1915 to 1994
Prairie township · 44633 · On Martins Creek · Millersburg quadrangle
17 sheets, 1915 to 1994
No longer a settlement
Washington township · 44638 · On Crab Run · Loudonville quadrangle
13 sheets, 1912 to 1994
Mechanic township · 44654 · On Bucks Run · Killbuck quadrangle
17 sheets, 1913 to 1994
No longer a settlement
Knox township · 44842 · On Lake Fork Mohican River · Greer quadrangle
13 sheets, 1912 to 1994
No longer a settlement
Knox township · 44842 · On Lake Fork Mohican River · Greer quadrangle
13 sheets, 1912 to 1994
17 topographic sheets and 7 fire insurance atlases, 1887 to 1935
The complete index, with nothing left out. Each of these is a separate record with its own page: a federal survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word.
The vanished settlements of Holmes County, the places these records name that are no longer on the map.
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