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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.

Kitts Hill within Lawrence County

Then and now

1898 to 2002

The 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 sheet of Kitts Hill, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Kitts Hill, surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

207 since 1992

The 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 burning101
Arson/incendiarism47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony8
Other causes6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
4 September 2007Debris and open burning11 acresWayne National ForestGRAPE FIRE
28 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use16 acresWayne National ForestSAND HILL
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWayne National ForestKIMBLE RIDGE-#2
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestIRONTON #1 FIRE
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestCOW PILE FIRE
6 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWayne National ForestSHARPS CREEK ROAD
30 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
29 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestCABIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 556 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Aecidium clematidis DC.Aecidium clematidis DC.1896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Phyllosticta Pers., 1818Phyllosticta Pers., 18181896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 1902Meigeniella hinei Coquillett, 19021899[Not Stated]Hanging Rock
A photograph of the species Polanisia dodecandra, not of this specimenPolanisia dodecandra (L.) DC.1840Short, C.W.along Ohio River
A photograph of the species Coleosporium solidaginis, not of this specimenColeosporium solidaginis (Schwein.) Thüm.1890SchneckHanging Rock
A photograph of the species Bryoandersonia illecebra, not of this specimenBryoandersonia illecebra (Hedw.) H.Rob.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Campylophyllum hispidulum, not of this specimenCampylophyllum hispidulum (Brid.) Hedenäs1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Coleosporium vernoniae, not of this specimenColeosporium vernoniae Berk. & Curt.1892Carver Wm.Ironton
A photograph of the species Dicranella heteromalla, not of this specimenDicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Ditrichum pallidum, not of this specimenDitrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe1892W. C. WernerIronton
A photograph of the species Fissidens adianthoides, not of this specimenFissidens adianthoides Hedw.1892W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Frullania asagrayana, not of this specimenFrullania asagrayana Mont.1892W. C. WernerIronton.

All 556 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brammer Const Co Pit No 1ClayUnknown
Brammer Const Co Pit No 2ClayProducer

Every working recorded in Lawrence County

Storms nearby

11 since 1997

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1997Flash FloodKitts Hill$20,000Rains 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 2015Thunderstorm WindKitts Hill$5,000Trees were blown down.
October 1999Thunderstorm WindKitts Hill$5,000no account filed
September 2024Thunderstorm WindKitts Hill$3,000In Kitts Hill, numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindKitts Hill$2,000Several trees were knocked down.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindKitts Hill$1,000Trees were knocked down along Route 141.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindKitts Hill$250One tree was blown down at Kitts Hill.
February 2017HailKitts Hill-Deputy reported half dollar size hail near Kitts Hill.
June 2015Funnel CloudKitts Hill-A funnel cloud was spotted moving east.
April 2025HailKitts Hill-no account filed
April 2025HailKitts Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lawrence 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
Rock Camp2.7 miles13
Andis3.0 miles13
Hecla3.4 miles17
Bald Knob3.5 miles13
Five Forks3.8 miles13
Manker (historical)3.9 miles13
Deering4.0 miles13
Vesuvius Furnace4.1 miles17

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 HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6418489The 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.