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

Holly, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bucks Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43824. The Survey maps it on the Baltic quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Holly within Tuscarawas County

Then and now

1911 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Holly (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Holly (historical), surveyed 1911

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

8 since 2005

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Holly (historical) between 2005 and 2018, burning about 7 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 burning6
Other causes1
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 April 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
10 April 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
22 March 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources486
28 February 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 February 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources11145
27 February 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 December 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 November 2018Other causes1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources13125

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tuscarawas County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 42 shown

Museums hold 42 specimens collected within 10 miles of Holly (historical) between 1925 and 1967: 39 Animalia, 2 Fungi, 1 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Borror, D.J., C. F. Zuercher, Cusick, A.W. 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 Cambarus bartonii bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)Cambarus bartonii bartonii (Fabricius, 1798)1960HoltNewcomerstown, 3.5 Mile NW Of junction Highway 21 & 258 on 21
Specimen of Botrychium dissectum Spreng.Botrychium dissectum Spreng.1967Cusick, A.W.Cemetary on steep slope above Evans Creek; St. Rt. 751 & Twp. Rt. 252, Sect. 19, Adams Twp.
A photograph of the species Parascalops breweri, not of this specimenParascalops breweri (Bachman, 1842)1925not recordedSugarcreek
A photograph of the species Tamias striatus, not of this specimenTamias striatus fisheri A.H.Howell, 19251927C. F. ZuercherSugar Creek
A photograph of the species Marmota monax, not of this specimenMarmota monax (Linnaeus, 1758)1931ZUERCHER, C FSUGARCREEK
A photograph of the species Didelphis virginiana, not of this specimenDidelphis virginiana Kerr, 17921932FRYKLUNDSUGARCREEK
A photograph of the species Mephitis mephitis, not of this specimenMephitis mephitis nigra (Peale & Palisot de Beauvois, 1796)1932ZUERCHER, C FSUGARCREEK
A photograph of the species Argia tibialis, not of this specimenArgia tibialis (Rambur, 1842)1937Borror, D.J.Newcomerstown
A photograph of the species Sciurus niger, not of this specimenSciurus niger rufiventer É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 18031937ZUERCHER, C FSUGARCREEK
A photograph of the species Bovistella radicata, not of this specimenBovistella radicata (Durieu & Mont.) Pat.1942H. N. MoldenkeRogersville
Daedalea quercina (L. ex Fr.)1942H. N. MoldenkeRogersville
Brachystomella Ågren, 19031959H.H. Ross

All 42 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Holly (historical): 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron. 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
George Meuhlhooffer ProspectIronOccurrence
Domer PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Domer PitClayPast Producer
Fisher PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Troyer PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tuscarawas 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
Fiat2.7 miles14
Baltic4.2 miles14
Baltic Park Place4.2 miles14
Ragersville6.0 miles14
Stone Creek6.8 miles15
Wolf7.4 miles14
Coalport7.9 miles14
Creekside Crossing8.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067241. 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.