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

Andis, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Lawrence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45645. It stands on Myrtle Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Kitts Hill quadrangle.

Andis within Lawrence County

Then and now

1898 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Andis, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Andis, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

128 since 1992

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Andis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,027 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 30 were 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 burning66
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 September 2007Debris and open burning11 acresWayne National ForestGRAPE FIRE
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 September 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources2204
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestCOW PILE FIRE
6 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWayne National ForestSHARPS CREEK ROAD
30 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources11367

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 715 shown

Museums hold 715 specimens collected within 10 miles of Andis between 1840 and 1972: 574 Animalia, 79 Fungi, 60 Plantae, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Avery W. B., Bartholomew E., Bartholomew Elam 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 Microsphaera alni (DC.) G.WinterMicrosphaera alni (DC.) G.Winter1892W.A. KellermanSymmes Creek
Specimen of Aecidium clematidis DC.Aecidium clematidis DC.1896F.L. Stevens
A photograph of the species Polanisia dodecandra, not of this specimenPolanisia dodecandra (L.) DC.1840Short, C.W.along Ohio River
A photograph of the species Bryoandersonia illecebra, not of this specimenBryoandersonia illecebra (Hedw.) H.Rob.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Campylophyllum hispidulum, not of this specimenCampylophyllum hispidulum (Brid.) Hedenäs1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Coleosporium vernoniae, not of this specimenColeosporium vernoniae Berk. & Curt.1892Carver Wm.Ironton
A photograph of the species Dicranella heteromalla, not of this specimenDicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Ditrichum pallidum, not of this specimenDitrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe1892W. C. WernerIronton
A photograph of the species Fissidens adianthoides, not of this specimenFissidens adianthoides Hedw.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Frullania asagrayana, not of this specimenFrullania asagrayana Mont.1892W. C. WernerIronton.
A photograph of the species Hedwigia ciliata, not of this specimenHedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv.1892W. C. WernerIronton
Leucobryum albidum (Brid. ex P.Beauv.) Lindb.1892W. C. Werner

All 715 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 Andis: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Brammer Const Co Pit No 1ClayUnknown
Brammer Const Co Pit No 2ClayProducer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms nearby

3 since 2009

The National Weather Service names Andis in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
June 2017Flash FloodAndis$10,000A culvert was washed out on State Route 217 just west of Dick's Creek Road. A small tributary to Dick's Creek runs under the road at this location.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindAndis$5,000Several trees were uprooted around a house along Deering-Bald Knob Road. A section of its outdoor porch ceiling was damaged.
June 2009HailAndis-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Bald Knob1.6 miles13
Rock Camp2.0 miles13
Linnville2.4 miles15
Manker (historical)2.7 miles13
Kitts Hill3.0 miles13
Willow Wood3.0 miles15
Aid3.5 miles15
Essex3.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1075263. 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.