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.
Then and now
1898 to 2002The 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 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.
- 1898 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kitts Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Kitts Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Kitts Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Kitts Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Kitts Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
128 since 1992The 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 burning | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Wayne National Forest | GRAPE FIRE |
| 23 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2204 |
| 17 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | COW PILE FIRE |
| 6 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | SHARPS CREEK ROAD |
| 30 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11367 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 715 shownMuseums 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Microsphaera alni (DC.) G.Winter | 1892 | W.A. Kellerman | Symmes Creek |
![]() | Aecidium clematidis DC. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC. | 1840 | Short, C.W. | along Ohio River |
![]() | Bryoandersonia illecebra (Hedw.) H.Rob. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Campylophyllum hispidulum (Brid.) Hedenäs | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Coleosporium vernoniae Berk. & Curt. | 1892 | Carver Wm. | Ironton |
![]() | Dicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Ditrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Ironton |
![]() | Fissidens adianthoides Hedw. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Frullania asagrayana Mont. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Ironton. |
![]() | Hedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Ironton |
| Leucobryum albidum (Brid. ex P.Beauv.) Lindb. | 1892 | W. C. Werner |
All 715 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brammer Const Co Pit No 1 | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Brammer Const Co Pit No 2 | Clay | Producer |
Storms nearby
3 since 2009The 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Andis | $10,000 | A 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Andis | $5,000 | Several trees were uprooted around a house along Deering-Bald Knob Road. A section of its outdoor porch ceiling was damaged. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Andis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Rock Camp | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Linnville | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Manker (historical) | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Kitts Hill | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Willow Wood | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Aid | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Essex | 3.7 miles | 23 |
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.























