Lisman, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Elizabeth Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45659. It stands on Ellisonville Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pedro quadrangle.
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 Pedro quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Pedro quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Pedro quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Pedro quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Pedro quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
383 since 1992The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 383 fires within 5 miles of Lisman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,043 acres in total. None started naturally. 122 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 122 |
| Debris and open burning | 116 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 79 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Other causes | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | FALSE ALARM 09/09 |
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | GREEN GRASS |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | SR 93 |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | BAILEY |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | PEDRO #2 FIRE |
| 28 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Wayne National Forest | SAND HILL |
| 26 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | ST. MARY'S CHURCH #1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 336 shownMuseums hold 336 specimens collected within 10 miles of Lisman between 1890 and 1974: 267 Animalia, 41 Plantae, 27 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Avery W. B., Bartley, F., Boepple 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 |
![]() | 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. |
![]() | Hedwigia ciliata (Hedw.) P.Beauv. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Ironton |
All 336 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
9 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Lisman: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Mine & Mill | Clay, Coal, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Brohard Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Maquette Cement Quarry | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pedro Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pedro Plant | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pinkston Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pinkston Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Superior Plant & Quarry Cement | Clay | Producer | ||
| Superior Shale Quarry-Bear Run | Clay | Producer |
Storms nearby
6 since 2009The National Weather Service names Lisman in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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 2009 | Heavy Rain | Lisman | $10,000 | Rain amounts of 1.5 to 2 inches fell in an hour, causing poor drainage areas to overflow and block several roads. Urban street flooding was also common for a brief time, when storm drains could not handle the runoff. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lisman | $2,000 | Trees were blown down along Route 522. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lisman | $250 | A tree was blown down, blocking both lanes of State Route 522 in Lisman. |
| February 2025 | Flash Flood | Lisman | - | Route 93 north of Pedro was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2025 | Flood | Lisman | - | Portions of Route 93 were closed due to flooding. A car became stuck in high water at the intersection of Route 93 and Township Road 294. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Lisman | - | Route 93 was closed due to flooding around Mile Marker 10 near the city of Lisman. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Furnace | 0.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lawrence | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pedro | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Lawco | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Etna | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Royersville | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Bartles | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Grove | 2.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076255. 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.
























