Huston, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Prairie Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44633. It stands on Martins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Millersburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1915 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 79 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
17 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.
- 1915 USGS Millersburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Millersburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Millersburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Millersburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Millersburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Millersburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Millersburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Millersburg quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
15 since 2004The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Huston (historical) between 2004 and 2020, burning about 17 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 burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12567 |
| 10 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | TR 128 |
| 9 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15477 |
| 13 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14986 |
| 12 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 February 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12566 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 220 shownMuseums hold 220 specimens collected within 10 miles of Huston (historical) between 1890 and 1974: 181 Animalia, 36 Plantae, 3 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. P. Morgan, C. Triplehorn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Uromyces asclepiadis Cooke | 1895 | W.A. Kellerman | Killbuck |
![]() | Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M.Kato | 1896 | Wetzstein, A. | Fryburg |
![]() | Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. | 1914 | Drushel, J.A. | |
![]() | Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1890 | Collector(s): unknown | Millesburg |
![]() | Arachnion album Schwein. | 1893 | A. P. Morgan | |
![]() | Schizophyllum commune Fr. | 1901 | A. D. Selby | Millersburg |
![]() | Hyla versicolor LeConte, 1825 | 1907 | not recorded | No Further Locality Data |
![]() | Lithobates clamitans (Latreille, 1801) | 1907 | not recorded | No Further Locality Data |
![]() | Storeria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839) | 1907 | not recorded | No Further Locality Data |
![]() | Amblema plicata (Say, 1817) | 1909 | Sterki, Victor | Killbuck |
![]() | Cyclonaias pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831) | 1909 | Sterki, Victor | Killbuck |
![]() | Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1909 | Sterki, Victor | Killbuck |
All 220 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Huston (historical): 5 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes 241 Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| 241 Limestone Plant & Quarry | Clay | Producer | ||
| Holmes 241 Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Holmes 241 Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Brothers Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fair Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Feikert Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Feikert Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holmesville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jones S & G Holmesville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holmesville | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Martinsville | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Millersburg | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Benton | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Hard | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Fryburg | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Paint Valley | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Welcome | 7.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067409. 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.




























