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

Killbuck, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Killbuck Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44637. It stands on Black Creek. The Survey maps it on the Killbuck quadrangle. 810 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 804 feet above sea level.

Killbuck within Holmes County

Population over time

2 figures

Killbuck fell from 817 to 810 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

Year	People	Change
2010	817
2020	810	-7 (-1%)

Then and now

1913 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Killbuck, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Killbuck, surveyed 1913

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

29 since 2004

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Killbuck between 2004 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Recreation and ceremony	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Smoking	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
8 April 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	7934
27 April 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
22 April 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
1 April 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
1 April 2014	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named
9 March 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	7291
7 March 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	3607
5 March 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Ohio Department of Natural Resources	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 164 shown

Museums hold 164 specimens collected within 10 miles of Killbuck between 1890 and 1974: 131 Animalia, 31 Plantae, 2 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, C. Triplehorn, C.F. Zuercher 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Uromyces asclepiadis Cooke	1895	W.A. Kellerman	Killbuck
Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.	1914	Drushel, J.A.
Quercus rubra L.	1916	Drushel, J.A.
Ectopistes migratorius (Linnaeus, 1766)	1890	Collector(s): unknown	Millesburg
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
Lampsilis cardium Rafinesque, 1820	1909	Sterki, Victor	Killbuck

All 164 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

2 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Killbuck: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Flagstone, Stone. 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
	Briar Hill Plant & Quarry	Stone	Plant
	Huninger Quarry	Flagstone	Producer

Every working recorded in Holmes County

Storms nearby

24 since 1994

The National Weather Service names Killbuck in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 2003	Flash Flood	Killbuck	$100,000	Thunderstorms dumped heavy rains on Holmes County during the evening hours causing localized flooding near Killbuck. A mudslide occurred on a hill north of town resulting in the destruction of two mobile homes. There were no injuries.
August 2007	Flood	Killbuck	$50,000	Heavy rain that fell across the area over the past few days eventually ran off into the Killbuck Creek. During the morning hours of the 21st, the Killbuck Creek at Killbuck went into flood. Flood stage there is 15.0 feet. The river continued rising during the afternoon of the 21st, and crested during the overnight hours into the 22nd at around 16.2 feet. Because of the heavy runoff throughout the basin, the river remained in flood through the day on the 22nd, and then finally fell back below flood stage during the early morning hours of the 23rd. While much of the floodwaters from the Killbuck River mainly flow into farm fields nearby, some streets and homes within Killbuck were still affected by the river going above flood stage. The flash flood write up for Holmes County contains much of the estimated damage from flash flooding on the 21st. Damage estimates for this event describe damage directly associated to the river going into flood.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Killbuck	$25,000	Several large trees downed about three-miles NNW of Killbuck. One damaged a deck and another crushed a car.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Killbuck	$20,000	A trained weather spotter reported severe thunderstorm winds brought down part of a tree in Killbuck with numerous trees and power lines down across the Millersburg area.
June 2005	Flash Flood	Killbuck	$10,000	Thunderstorms dumped locally heavy rain on portions of Holmes County. Automated rain gages measured 1.18 inches in Stillwell and 1.23 inches of rain at Millersburg during a three hour period. Some flooding was reported along State Route 60 near Killbuck.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Killbuck	$10,000	Several trees downed from thunderstorm winds.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Killbuck	$8,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Killbuck	$8,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Killbuck	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Killbuck	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Killbuck and Stillwell.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Killbuck	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Killbuck	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed two trees near Killbuck.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Killbuck	$5,000	no account filed
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Killbuck	$3,000	Two trees were reported down.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Killbuck	$3,000	Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Killbuck and Stillwell.
March 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Killbuck	$3,000	Trees and power lines were downed.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Killbuck	$2,500	The public reported several tree limbs down from strong thunderstorm winds.
November 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Killbuck	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree that blocked State Route 60.
April 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Killbuck	-	Tree downed in Killbuck.
May 2021	Flood	Killbuck	-	Minor flooding on the Killbuck Creek which crested at 16.6 feet, inundated multiple roads in the Killbuck area. Water Street, County roads 88, 621 and 53, County Road 200 between state Route 241 and U.S. Route 62 were flooded.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Killbuck	-	Thunderstorm winds downed a tree.
June 2010	Hail	Killbuck	-	Penny sized hail was observed.
June 2009	Hail	Killbuck	-	Penny size hail was reported.
June 2000	Flash Flood	Killbuck	-	Thunderstorms dumped two to three inches of rain on western Holmes County. Water was reported over many roads near Killbuck. Flood waters in Black Creek threatened to wash out a bridge on State Route 520 just west of Killbuck.

Every storm 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Welcome	4.0 miles	12
Mount Union (historical)	5.2 miles	17
Grade (historical)	5.2 miles	17
Millersburg	5.4 miles	17
Fort Fizzle	5.7 miles	10
Glenmont	6.2 miles	12
Stillwell	6.3 miles	10
Paint Valley	6.4 miles	12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Killbuck	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q390200	The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064935. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.