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Ellisonville, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Elizabeth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45638. It lies in Irish Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Ironton quadrangle.

Ellisonville 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 Ellisonville, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Ellisonville, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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

418 since 1992

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 418 fires within 5 miles of Ellisonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,920 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 102 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 burning171
Arson/incendiarism102
Missing data/not specified/undetermined70
Equipment and vehicle use31
Recreation and ceremony15
Other causes12
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestFALSE ALARM 09/09
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestSR 93
7 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution11 acresWayne National ForestWIND FIRE
5 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestBAILEY
4 September 2007Debris and open burning11 acresWayne National ForestGRAPE FIRE
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
28 September 2007Smoking1.0 acresWayne National ForestPEDRO #2 FIRE
28 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use16 acresWayne National ForestSAND HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 446 shown

Museums hold 446 specimens collected within 10 miles of Ellisonville between 1890 and 1972: 326 Animalia, 66 Fungi, 53 Plantae, 1 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 Aecidium clematidis DC.Aecidium clematidis DC.1896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Phyllosticta Pers., 1818Phyllosticta Pers., 18181896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 1902Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 19021899[Not Stated]Hanging Rock
A photograph of the species Coleosporium solidaginis, not of this specimenColeosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm.1890SchneckHanging Rock
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

All 446 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

9 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Ellisonville: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pedro Mine & MillClay, Coal, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Brohard PitClayProducer
Maquette Cement QuarryClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Pedro MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Pedro PlantClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Pinkston Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Pinkston Clay MineClayPast Producer
Superior Plant & Quarry CementClayProducer
Superior Shale Quarry-Bear RunClayProducer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms nearby

4 since 2011

The National Weather Service names Ellisonville in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindEllisonville$75,000Roofs to houses were damaged along with several trees blown down.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindEllisonville$5,000Multiple trees were blown down along Country Road 61 in Lawrence Township, State Route 93 in Decatur Township, and Township Road 208 between the city of Ironton and Kitts Hill Township.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindEllisonville$500A tree was observed down near Ellisonville, covering half of State Route 93.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEllisonville$250A downed tree blocked County Road 29 close to the beach at Lake Vesuvius.

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
Vesuvius Furnace0.9 miles17
Vesuvius (historical)1.2 miles17
Etna1.4 miles17
Royersville1.7 miles17
Pedro2.1 miles13
La Grange2.8 miles17
Lisman2.8 miles13
New Castle2.9 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122561121The 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 1075805. 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.