Ellis, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Muskingum Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43701. It stands on Jackson Island. The Survey maps it on the Adamsville quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 86 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
15 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.
- 1908 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Adamsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Adamsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Adamsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Adamsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Adamsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Adamsville quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Muskingum township, in the words of 1882.
Sabbath School In Early Times
Archibald McCann was very devoted to the welfare of the young people of his neighborhood, and on Sabbath gave his whole time to teaching ; opening school in the morning, and continuing all day - in studying the Bible. Mr. McCann was drowned in the canal at Zanesville, on the night of March 2gth, 1839. The drawbridge had been left open, and, the night being dark, he did not discover it, and, walking off, fell into the water.
Fires nearby
24 since 2015The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Ellis between 2015 and 2020, burning about 15 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 | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15756 |
| 10 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15751 |
| 9 April 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15147 |
| 17 April 2020 | Other causes | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15675 |
| 3 March 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 3546 |
| 29 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7667 |
| 27 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7569 |
| 24 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7506 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 887 shownMuseums hold 887 specimens collected within 10 miles of Ellis between 1866 and 1975: 668 Animalia, 194 Plantae, 19 Fungi, 4 Unrecorded, 2 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Spreitzer, A.E. Miller, Adams, W. (William), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) et al. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Scleroderris rubra Morgan | 1891 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
![]() | Peziza nana Massee & Morgan | 1895 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
![]() | Frullania saxicola Austin | 1896 | William C. Werner | |
![]() | Arabis hesperidoides (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray | 1866 | Day, D.F. | Dresden |
![]() | Poa cuspidata Nutt. | 1873 | W. M. Canby | Zanesville. |
![]() | Frullania eboracensis Lehm. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Porella pinnata L. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Lampsilis ovata (Say, 1817) | 1893 | Smith, Herbert H | Adams Mills, Barrs Mills |
![]() | Ortmanniana ligamentina (Lamarck, 1819) | 1893 | Smith, Herbert H | Adams Mills |
![]() | Plasmopara cubensis (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Humphrey | 1898 | Selby, A.D. | Trinway |
![]() | Lachnum viridulum Massee & Morgan | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
All 887 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
8 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Ellis: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Baker Sand Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Muskingum R. Gravel Plant No 3 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Muskingum R. Gravel Plant No 4 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plant Number 3 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Plant Number 4 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Seville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Seville Road Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
3 since 1999The National Weather Service names Ellis in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellis | $8,000 | Law enforcement reported numerous trees and a few power lines down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellis | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Ellis | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tremleys (historical) | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Rock Cut | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Gilbert | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Drake | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Stringtown | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Terrace Shores | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Deadmans (historical) | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Maddens (historical) | 2.7 miles | 15 |
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 Ellis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22133730 | 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 1062751. 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.


























