Monday Creek Junction, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Falls Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43766. The Survey maps it on the Gore quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1907 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 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.
- 1907 USGS Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Logan quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Gore quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Gore quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Gore quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Gore quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Gore quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
63 since 2005The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Monday Creek Junction between 2005 and 2020, burning about 113 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | DUKES OF HAZZARD |
| 21 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | STUMP |
| 20 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15832 |
| 19 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1921 |
| 13 August 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | STONE CHURCH FIRE |
| 3 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15831 |
| 13 June 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | CUNNINGHAM |
| 4 May 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1123 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 306 shownMuseums hold 306 specimens collected within 10 miles of Monday Creek Junction between 1894 and 1973: 254 Animalia, 31 Plantae, 15 Fungi, 6 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Brodo, Irwin M., Buker, W.E., Carter, B. (Bruce) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Stamnaria americana Massee & Morgan | 1894 | W. A. Kellerman | Logan |
![]() | Bombus affinis Cresson, 1863 | 1909 | not recorded | |
![]() | Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 | 1916 | not recorded | |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township |
![]() | Lampetra aepyptera (Abbott, 1860) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township |
![]() | Pimephales notatus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River, within Falls township, near Logan, Falls township |
![]() | Rhinichthys atratulus meleagris Agassiz, 1854 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Hocking River tributary, adjacent SR 664, near Logan OH, Falls township |
![]() | Desmognathus fuscus (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1929 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | near Buchtel, Athens Co., Ohio |
![]() | Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818) | 1929 | Hicks, L. E. (Lawrence E.) & Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | near Buchtel, Athens Co., Ohio |
All 306 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 12 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Monday Creek Junction: 6 producers, 6 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Clay, Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greendale Minerals Lease | Clay, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| Maxville Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Maxville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Maxville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Own Crews Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Columbus Clay Plant | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Columbus Clay Plant | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| General Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Kishler Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kishler Clay Pit | Clay | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oreville | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Gore | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Old Gore | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Greendale | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Lost Run (historical) | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Kachelmacher (historical) | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Maysville | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Winona (historical) | 3.4 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122564905 | 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 1076416. 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.

























