Eden Park, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Clay Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45662. It lies in Hinkley Hollow. The Survey maps it on the New Boston quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 70 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
12 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.
- 1911 USGS Sciotoville quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Sciotoville quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Sciotoville quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Sciotoville quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
In the 1903 county history
5,589 words on this townshipThe county history of 1903 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Clay Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Clay Township - 5,589 words.
Fires nearby
94 since 1997The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Eden Park between 1997 and 2020, burning about 2,317 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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 | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | PORTSMOUTH |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | ROSEMOUNT |
| 1 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15795 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,071 shownMuseums hold 1,071 specimens collected within 10 miles of Eden Park between 1884 and 1975: 988 Animalia, 46 Plantae, 31 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A.P. Morgan, A.P. Morgan; L.V. Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) | 1884 | H. Mores | Scioto River |
![]() | Bovistella Morgan | 1885 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Cylindrocladium scoparium Morgan | 1893 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Campeloma Rafinesque, 1819 | 1885 | Ch. R. Orcutt | Scioto River |
![]() | Harpographium fasciculatum (Sacc.) Sacc. | 1887 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Puccinia recondita Roberge ex Desm. | 1889 | Craig M. | Franklin Co. "hayden's Falls" on Scioto River |
![]() | Lycogala epidendrum (L.) Fr., 1829 | 1896 | not recorded | Scioto River |
| unnamed | 1897 | Morgan | Preston | |
![]() | Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807) | 1897 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio |
![]() | Peronospora polygoni Halst. | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1897 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Sturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1897 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA |
All 1,071 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 Eden Park: 3 producers, 1 plant, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclops Corp/ New Boston, Ohio | Iron | Producer | ||
| Frankfort Mtls. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Own Crews Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Portsmouth Works | Clay | Plant | ||
| South Shore Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
Storms nearby
5 since 2008The National Weather Service names Eden Park in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Eden Park | $25,000 | Several vehicles were stranded in high water on High Street. Water was also approaching the lower floors of nearby homes. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eden Park | $20,000 | Numerous trees and one street sign were knocked down from Portsmouth to Wheelersburg. An old brick structure in downtown Portsmouth was demolished. Several automobiles in Portsmouth were damaged due to falling trees. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Eden Park | $10,000 | High water was up to car windows at the intersection of Shawnee Road and 25th Street. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Eden Park | $3,000 | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Eden Park | $1,000 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Moreland | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Twin Valley | 1.2 miles | 12 | |
| New Boston | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| East Portsmouth (historical) | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Rosemount | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Vera Junction | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Sciotoville | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Rubyville | 3.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056268. 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.






















