Devola, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Muskingum Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45750. It stands on Devol Run. The Survey maps it on the Marietta quadrangle. 2,639 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 682 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresDevola fell from 2,771 to 2,639 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,771 | |
| 2010 | 2,652 | -119 (-4%) |
| 2020 | 2,639 | -13 (-0%) |
Then and now
1904 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 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.
- 1904 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:62500
- 1927 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:62500
- 1927 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:62500
- 1927 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
- 1969 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Parkersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Muskingum township, in the words of 1902.
Other Mills
of various kinds have been erected from time to time. In 1807, Captain Devol erected a very large frame flouring mill near where the present mill now stands. Its large under shot wheel is said to have been more than forty feet in diameter, it being the largest mill wheel ever seen in the west. The mill did a fair business, but with the lapse of years was allowed to fall into decay.
In the 1902 county history
19,776 words on this townshipThe county history of 1902 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Muskingum Township covers the township in embryo, boundaries defined in 1861 by legislative act, part of union annexed, the muskingum''s influence on physical features, wolves troublesome, piscatorial amusements.
Read the chapter on Muskingum Township - 19,776 words.
Fires nearby
5 since 2015The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Devola between 2015 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Other causes | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5625 |
| 19 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15839 |
| 5 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 710 |
| 27 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15105 |
| 18 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12106 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,319 shownMuseums hold 1,319 specimens collected within 10 miles of Devola between 1853 and 1975: 1,224 Animalia, 50 Fungi, 43 Plantae, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. Drew, A. L. McElhose 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ustilago avenae (Pers.) Rostr. | 1923 | W.G. Stoner | Marietta |
![]() | Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks. | 1932 | C. May | Marietta |
![]() | Thelephora laciniata (Pers.) Pers. | 1932 | L.W.R.J. | Nursery, Marietta |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1853 | E. Andrews | Marietta, Ohio |
![]() | Actinonaias carinata gibba (C.T.Simpson, 1900) | 1879 | W. Holden | Ohio River, Near Marietta |
![]() | Necturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1886 | Georg Baur | Marietta |
![]() | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Beverly, Ohio, Muskingum River. |
![]() | Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Beverly, Ohio, Muskingum River. |
![]() | Notropis whipplei (Girard, 1856) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Beverly, Ohio |
![]() | Percopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Beverly, Ohio, Muskingum River. |
![]() | Pimephales vigilax (Baird & Girard, 1853) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Beverly, Ohio, Muskingum River. |
![]() | Icteria virens (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | Shufeldt, R. | Marietta |
All 1,319 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Devola: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Chromium, Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Marietta Smelter | Manganese, Chromium | Plant | ||
| Union Carbide/ Marietta, Ohio | Iron, Manganese | Producer | ||
| Muskingum River Plant No 5 & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Number 3 Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Union Slag No. 2 Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms nearby
6 since 2000The National Weather Service names Devola in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Devola | $60,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down, damaging at least 4 homes and 2 vehicles, in the Lower Muskingum River Valley communities of Devola, Oak Grove, and Marietta. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Devola | $250 | A tree and nearby large tree limbs were blown down onto a road in the town of Devola. |
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Devola | - | Two 12 inch diameter sycamore trees snapped. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Devola | - | Trees were blown down. |
| October 2016 | Hail | Devola | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Devola | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alden | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Rainbow | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Oak Grove | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Unionville | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Muskingum Terrace | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Rathbone | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Riverdale | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Rathbone Heights | 2.9 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 Devola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2482625 | 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 1085460. 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.




























