Stillwell, Ohio
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Richland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44637. The Survey maps it on the Spring Mountain quadrangle. It stands 2,917 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1913 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 53 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
10 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.
- 1913 USGS Brinkhaven quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Brinkhaven quadrangle1:62500
- 1915 USGS Brinkhaven quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Spring Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Spring Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
Fires nearby
8 since 2011The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Stillwell between 2011 and 2018, burning about 37 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2968 |
| 18 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2966 |
| 10 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 9948 |
| 9 March 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7291 |
| 4 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13985 |
| 18 March 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2965 |
| 12 March 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 3725 |
| 13 November 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 195 shownMuseums hold 195 specimens collected within 10 miles of Stillwell between 1895 and 1974: 185 Animalia, 6 Plantae, 4 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C F WALKER, C.F. Zuercher, Crunkilton, R. (Ron) & Crunkilton, L. (Lila) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Uromyces asclepiadis Cooke | 1895 | W.A. Kellerman | Killbuck |
![]() | Taphrina deformans (Berk.) Tul. | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Adiantum pedatum L. | 1933 | McCalmont, C. | Millersburg. |
![]() | Puccinia eatoniae Arthur | 1897 | W. A. Kellerman | Brinkhaven. |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Lampsilis radiata (Gmelin, 1791) | 1909 | Sterki, Victor | Killbuck |
![]() | Lasmigona costata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1909 | Sterki, Victor | Killbuck |
![]() | Ligumia recta (Lamarck, 1819) | 1909 | Sterki, Victor | Killbuck |
![]() | Ptychobranchus fasciolaris (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1909 | Sterki, Victor | Killbuck |
All 195 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Stillwell: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huninger Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Glenmont Quarry No. 24 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Holmes County Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
4 since 1999The National Weather Service names Stillwell in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stillwell | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stillwell | $5,000 | Many trees downed in and around Stillwell. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stillwell | - | Several small trees downed in southwestern Holmes County, just east of Brinkhaven. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Stillwell | - | Penny to quarter sized hail was observed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Fizzle | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Baddow Pass (historical) | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Glenmont | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Killbuck | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Welcome | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Nashville | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Paint Valley | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| New Wheeling (historical) | 10.0 miles | 13 |
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 Stillwell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q104708114 | 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 1065386. 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.





















