Carlisle, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Stock Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43724. It stands on Elk Fork. The Survey maps it on the Stafford quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 99 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
14 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.
- 1903 USGS Macksburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Macksburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Stafford quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Stafford quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Stafford quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Stafford quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Stafford quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
7 since 2015The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Carlisle between 2015 and 2020, burning about 9 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 burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15254 |
| 15 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15331 |
| 16 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15812 |
| 16 May 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8245 |
| 27 February 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14981 |
| 18 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7068 |
| 14 November 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2465 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 92 shownMuseums hold 92 specimens collected within 10 miles of Carlisle between 1860 and 1974: 74 Animalia, 12 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adams, W., Adler, K. K., Adler, K. K. & Dennis, D. M. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Plethodon glutinosus (Green, 1818) | 1860 | unknown | state route 77, 2 m ENE of Summerfield along Sunfish Creek |
![]() | Trillium sessile L. | 1884 | None | Macksburg |
![]() | Colletotrichum trifolii Bain | 1911 | Scarberry J. J. | MACKSBURG |
![]() | Erysiphe polygoni DC. | 1912 | E. Bartholomew | Caldwell |
![]() | Populus tremuloides Michx. | 1922 | Davis, H.A. | Marion |
![]() | Bufo americanus Holbrook, 1836 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio |
![]() | Bufo fowleri Hinckley, 1882 | 1929 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Seneca Twp., Noble Co., Ohio |
![]() | Carpiodes cyprinus hinei Trautman, 1956 | 1929 | MB Trautman & ass't. | Seneca Fork, trib. of Wills Creek, extreme northern Marion Twp. |
![]() | Luxilus cornutus (Mitchill, 1817) | 1929 | MB Trautman | Trib. of the Seneca Fork of Wills Creek, northern Marion Twp. |
![]() | Notropis deliciosus (Girard, 1856) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Foster, R. (Robert) | Duck Creek, within Ex west Jefferson township, near Harriettsville, Jefferson township |
![]() | Notropis umbratilis (Girard, 1856) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Duck Creek, within Ex west Jefferson township, near Harriettsville, Jefferson township |
![]() | Noturus miurus Jordan, 1877 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Seneca Fork Wills Creek, within Marion township, near Batesville, Marion township |
All 92 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
4 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Carlisle: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christman Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Christman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Zergers Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Zergers Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 2003The National Weather Service names Carlisle in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2003: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | - | Routes 724 and 513, plus County Rd 6, closed by flooding. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Carlisle | - | Roads flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Union | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Fulda | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Cliffyville (historical) | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Rado (historical) | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Summerfield | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Steamtown | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Middleburg | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Flag | 5.1 miles | 14 |
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 Carlisle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22033633 | 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 1075525. 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.

























