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

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.

Huston within Holmes County

Then and now

1915 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Huston (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Huston (historical), surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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

15 since 2004

The 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 burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
9 May 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources12567
10 May 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
16 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
11 April 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural ResourcesTR 128
9 March 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15477
13 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources14986
12 March 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 February 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources12566

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 220 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Uromyces asclepiadis CookeUromyces asclepiadis Cooke1895W.A. KellermanKillbuck
Specimen of Deparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M.KatoDeparia acrostichoides (Sw.) M.Kato1896Wetzstein, A.Fryburg
Specimen of Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.1914Drushel, J.A.
A photograph of the species Ectopistes migratorius, not of this specimenEctopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766)1890Collector(s): unknownMillesburg
A photograph of the species Arachnion album, not of this specimenArachnion album Schwein.1893A. P. Morgan
A photograph of the species Schizophyllum commune, not of this specimenSchizophyllum commune Fr.1901A. D. SelbyMillersburg
A photograph of the species Hyla versicolor, not of this specimenHyla versicolor LeConte, 18251907not recordedNo Further Locality Data
A photograph of the species Lithobates clamitans, not of this specimenLithobates clamitans (Latreille, 1801)1907not recordedNo Further Locality Data
A photograph of the species Storeria dekayi, not of this specimenStoreria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839)1907not recordedNo Further Locality Data
A photograph of the species Amblema plicata, not of this specimenAmblema plicata (Say, 1817)1909Sterki, VictorKillbuck
A photograph of the species Cyclonaias pustulosa, not of this specimenCyclonaias pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831)1909Sterki, VictorKillbuck
A photograph of the species Fusconaia flava, not of this specimenFusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820)1909Sterki, VictorKillbuck

All 220 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 within 5 miles

The 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Holmes 241 Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
241 Limestone Plant & QuarryClayProducer
Holmes 241 Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Holmes 241 Clay PitClayPast Producer
Brothers Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fair PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Feikert Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Feikert Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holmesville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Jones S & G Holmesville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Holmes 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
Holmesville1.5 miles18
Martinsville2.7 miles16
Millersburg3.7 miles17
Benton3.8 miles16
Hard4.4 miles18
Fryburg4.9 miles16
Paint Valley4.9 miles12
Welcome7.0 miles12

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.