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

Hollisters, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Butler Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43028. It stands on Brush Run. The Survey maps it on the Brinkhaven quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hollisters within Knox County

Then and now

1913 to 1966

The 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 sheet of Hollisters (historical), surveyed 1966
Topographic sheet of Hollisters (historical), surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

In the 1862 county history

9,843 words on this township

The 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

34 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Hollisters (historical) between 2004 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3

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
21 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15815
5 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8446
20 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources8566
11 July 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources8508
27 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15200
9 April 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
5 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15582

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Knox County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 239 shown

Museums hold 239 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hollisters (historical) between 1890 and 1971: 207 Animalia, 19 Plantae, 13 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C F WALKER, C. Stein, R. Johnson & J. Jenkinson, Collector unknown 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 Puccinia galii (Pers.) Schwein.Puccinia galii (Pers.) Schwein.1896F. L. StevensHayden Falls
Specimen of Taphrina deformans (Berk.) Tul.Taphrina deformans (Berk.) Tul.1897F.L. Stevens
A photograph of the species Lampetra aepyptera, not of this specimenLampetra aepyptera (Abbott, 1860)1890Parker, J. B.Big Jelloway Creek, within in Knox County OH no other locality info coordinates approximate
A photograph of the species Aesculus hippocastanum, not of this specimenAesculus hippocastanum L.1892Collector unspecified
A photograph of the species Cornus florida, not of this specimenCornus florida L.1892Collector unknown
A photograph of the species Cypripedium parviflorum, not of this specimenCypripedium parviflorum var. makasin (Farw.) Sheviak1892M. C. FergusonGambier
A photograph of the species Erythronium americanum, not of this specimenErythronium americanum Ker Gawl.1892M. WarnerGambier
A photograph of the species Oxalis violacea, not of this specimenOxalis violacea L.1892Collector unspecified
A photograph of the species Polytrichum commune, not of this specimenPolytrichum commune Hedw.1892not recordedGambier
Rumex acetosella L.1892Collector unspecified
Rumex obtusifolius L.1892M. C. Ferguson
A photograph of the species Puccinia eatoniae, not of this specimenPuccinia eatoniae Arthur1897W. A. KellermanBrinkhaven.

All 239 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

4 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hollisters (historical): 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Briar Hill Brinkhaven PitFlagstoneProducer
Briar Hill Martinsburg PitFlagstoneProducer
Millwood Sand QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Millwood Sand QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Knox 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
Zuck0.7 miles12
Millwood1.9 miles12
Oak Hill2.2 miles12
Umbria (historical)3.3 miles12
Esto3.5 miles12
Pipesville4.0 miles12
Buckeye City4.2 miles12
Danville4.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1070382. 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.