Esto, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Butler Township. The Survey maps it on the Walhonding quadrangle.
Then and now
1913 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 53 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
12 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.
- 1913 USGS Brinkhaven quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Brinkhaven quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Brinkhaven quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Walhonding quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Walhonding quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Walhonding quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Walhonding quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
In the 1862 county history
9,843 words on this townshipThe county history of 1862 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Butler Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Butler Township - 9,843 words.
Fires nearby
19 since 2005The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Esto between 2005 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5565 |
| 13 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 August 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15815 |
| 20 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8566 |
| 25 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15200 |
| 5 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 April 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 117 shownMuseums hold 117 specimens collected within 10 miles of Esto between 1890 and 1974: 90 Animalia, 18 Plantae, 9 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. Stein, R. Johnson & J. Jenkinson, Collector unknown, Collector unspecified 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Puccinia galii (Pers.) Schwein. | 1896 | F. L. Stevens | Hayden Falls |
![]() | Lampetra aepyptera (Abbott, 1860) | 1890 | Parker, J. B. | Big Jelloway Creek, within in Knox County OH no other locality info coordinates approximate |
![]() | Aesculus hippocastanum L. | 1892 | Collector unspecified | |
![]() | Cornus florida L. | 1892 | Collector unknown | |
![]() | Cypripedium parviflorum var. makasin (Farw.) Sheviak | 1892 | M. C. Ferguson | Gambier |
![]() | Erythronium americanum Ker Gawl. | 1892 | M. Warner | Gambier |
![]() | Oxalis violacea L. | 1892 | Collector unspecified | |
![]() | Polytrichum commune Hedw. | 1892 | not recorded | Gambier |
| Rumex acetosella L. | 1892 | Collector unspecified | ||
| Rumex obtusifolius L. | 1892 | M. C. Ferguson | ||
![]() | Puccinia eatoniae Arthur | 1897 | W. A. Kellerman | Brinkhaven. |
![]() | Cottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 1850 | 1898 | Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll), Williamson, E. B. & Parker, J. B. | Big Jelloway Creek, Big Jelloway Creek, Knox County, township n/a |
All 117 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 Esto: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Flagstone, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Hill Brinkhaven Pit | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Briar Hill Martinsburg Pit | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Millwood Sand Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Millwood Sand Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Royal (historical) | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Zuck | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hollisters (historical) | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Artanna | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Bladensburg | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Pipesville | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Umbria (historical) | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Millwood | 5.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1062754. 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.





















