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Moore Junction, Ohio

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Warren Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45750. The Survey maps it on the Marietta quadrangle.

Moore Junction within Washington County

Then and now

1904 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Moore Junction, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Moore Junction, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 sheets

Matched 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.

In the 1902 county history

15,752 words on this township

The 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 Warren Township covers topography, quality of sandstone, boundaries, incorporation and.

Read the chapter on Warren Township - 15,752 words.

Fires nearby

36 since 1994

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Moore Junction between 1994 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning17
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryTOWN
23 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWest Virginia Division of Forestry60TH & RT 14
12 August 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryBURNT HILL RD.
28 July 1999Naturalunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestrySLATE CREEK ROAD
30 June 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryNORTH HILLS
8 April 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryHOGLAND ROAD
29 April 2001Debris and open burning2.0 acresWest Virginia Division of ForestryDRY RUN RD.
21 April 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreWest Virginia Division of ForestryDRY RUN RD.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,199 shown

Museums hold 1,199 specimens collected within 10 miles of Moore Junction between 1853 and 1974: 974 Animalia, 182 Fungi, 38 Plantae, 4 Chromista, 1 Unrecorded. 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Uromyces hedysari-paniculati (Schwein.) Farl.Uromyces hedysari-paniculati (Schwein.) Farl.1922E. Bartholomew
Specimen of Ustilago avenae (Pers.) Rostr.Ustilago avenae (Pers.) Rostr.1923W.G. StonerMarietta
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1853E. AndrewsMarietta, Ohio
A photograph of the species Inula helenium, not of this specimenInula helenium L.1877Guttenberg, G.Parkersburg
A photograph of the species Sonchus asper, not of this specimenSonchus asper (L.) Hill1877Guttenberg, G.Parkersburg
A photograph of the species Amaranthus spinosus, not of this specimenAmaranthus spinosus L.1878Guttenberg, G.Parkersburg
A photograph of the species Clinopodium vulgare, not of this specimenClinopodium vulgare L.1878Guttenberg, G.*Parkersburg
A photograph of the species Scutellaria nervosa, not of this specimenScutellaria nervosa Pursh1878Guttenberg, G.Parkersburg
A photograph of the species Actinonaias carinata, not of this specimenActinonaias carinata gibba (C.T.Simpson, 1900)1879W. HoldenOhio River, Near Marietta
A photograph of the species Necturus maculosus, not of this specimenNecturus maculosus (Rafinesque, 1818)1886Georg BaurMarietta
A photograph of the species Rorippa palustris, not of this specimenRorippa palustris var. fernaldiana (Butters & Abbe) Stuckey1891C. F. MillspaughParkersburg.
A photograph of the species Icteria virens, not of this specimenIcteria virens (Linnaeus, 1758)1893Shufeldt, R.Marietta

All 1,199 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Moore Junction: 5 producers, 2 plants. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Chromium, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Marietta SmelterManganese, ChromiumPlant
Stone Co PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Union Carbide/ Marietta, OhioIron, ManganeseProducer
Briggs Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Harley E Calvin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Merrill Brothers GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Trout Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Washington County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Pinehurst1.9 miles17
Riverview2.0 miles19
Springdale2.2 miles17
Friendly Acres2.6 miles17
West Marietta2.8 miles17
Harmar2.9 miles17
Fairview Heights2.9 miles17
Western Hills2.9 miles17

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 Moore JunctionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22133364The 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 1076426. 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.