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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Hollis, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Harrison Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45658. The Survey maps it on the Mercerville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hollis within Gallia County

Then and now

1906 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hollis (historical), surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Hollis (historical), surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

38 since 2006

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Hollis (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 356 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 September 2007Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 September 2007Debris and open burning3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWayne National Forest790
6 April 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources4206
6 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallia County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 186 shown

Museums hold 186 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hollis (historical) between 1888 and 1969: 166 Animalia, 12 Plantae, 5 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Babcocks D. O., Bartley, F., C. Gilbert & J. Henshall 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
A photograph of the species Macrhybopsis storeriana, not of this specimenMacrhybopsis storeriana (Kirtland, 1845)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallRaccoon Island, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Moxostoma carinatum, not of this specimenMoxostoma carinatum (Cope, 1870)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallNear Gallipolis, Racoon Island, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Notropis atherinoides, not of this specimenNotropis atherinoides Rafinesque, 18181888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallRaccoon Island, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Notropis blennius, not of this specimenNotropis blennius (Girard, 1856)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallRaccoon Island, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Notropis stramineus, not of this specimenNotropis stramineus (Cope, 1865)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallRaccoon Island, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Percina copelandi, not of this specimenPercina copelandi (Jordan, 1877)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallRaccoon Island, Ohio River
A photograph of the species Gomphus lividus, not of this specimenGomphus lividus Selys, 18541899[Not Stated]Waterloo
unnamed1900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
Animalia1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Arthromacra aenea, not of this specimenArthromacra aenea1900not recordedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Chrysotus Meigen, not of this specimenChrysotus Meigen, 18241900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States
A photograph of the species Chrysotus distinctus, not of this specimenChrysotus distinctus Van Duzee, 19241900none specifiedVinton, Gallia Co., OH, Gallia, Ohio, United States

All 186 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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
Moody (historical)1.5 miles14
Hilton (historical)2.2 miles14
Boggs (historical)2.9 miles14
Ruby (historical)2.9 miles14
Angel2.9 miles14
Sand Fork3.5 miles14
Leaper3.9 miles14
Thivener4.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067560. 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.