Kitts Hill, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Lawrence Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45645. It stands on Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kitts Hill quadrangle. It stands 958 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1898 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 104 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
13 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.
- 1898 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kitts Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Kitts Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Kitts Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1972 USGS Kitts Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Kitts Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
207 since 1992The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Kitts Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,377 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 47 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 burning | 101 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Other causes | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Wayne National Forest | GRAPE FIRE |
| 28 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Wayne National Forest | SAND HILL |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | KIMBLE RIDGE-#2 |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | IRONTON #1 FIRE |
| 17 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | COW PILE FIRE |
| 6 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | SHARPS CREEK ROAD |
| 30 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | CABIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 556 shownMuseums hold 556 specimens collected within 10 miles of Kitts Hill between 1840 and 1972: 429 Animalia, 70 Fungi, 56 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Avery W. B., Bartholomew E., Bartholomew Elam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Aecidium clematidis DC. | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Phyllosticta Pers., 1818 | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 1902 | 1899 | [Not Stated] | Hanging Rock |
![]() | Polanisia dodecandra (L.) DC. | 1840 | Short, C.W. | along Ohio River |
![]() | Coleosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm. | 1890 | Schneck | Hanging Rock |
![]() | Bryoandersonia illecebra (Hedw.) H.Rob. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Campylophyllum hispidulum (Brid.) Hedenäs | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Coleosporium vernoniae Berk. & Curt. | 1892 | Carver Wm. | Ironton |
![]() | Dicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Ditrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Ironton |
![]() | Fissidens adianthoides Hedw. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Frullania asagrayana Mont. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Ironton. |
All 556 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kitts Hill: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brammer Const Co Pit No 1 | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Brammer Const Co Pit No 2 | Clay | Producer |
Storms nearby
11 since 1997The National Weather Service names Kitts Hill in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Kitts Hill | $20,000 | Rains of 2 to 3 inches fell over the small basin of Paddle Creek. Water washed over roads and residential yards. One resident's car was washed down the creek. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kitts Hill | $5,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| October 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kitts Hill | $5,000 | no account filed |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kitts Hill | $3,000 | In Kitts Hill, numerous trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kitts Hill | $2,000 | Several trees were knocked down. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kitts Hill | $1,000 | Trees were knocked down along Route 141. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kitts Hill | $250 | One tree was blown down at Kitts Hill. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Kitts Hill | - | Deputy reported half dollar size hail near Kitts Hill. |
| June 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Kitts Hill | - | A funnel cloud was spotted moving east. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Kitts Hill | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Kitts Hill | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Camp | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Andis | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hecla | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bald Knob | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Five Forks | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Manker (historical) | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Deering | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Vesuvius Furnace | 4.1 miles | 17 |
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 Kitts Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6418489 | 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 1076190. 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.
























