Morningview, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Colerain Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43935. It stands on Scotch Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Dillonvale quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1905 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.
- 1905 USGS St. Clairsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS St. Clairsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Dillonvale quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Dillonvale quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Dillonvale quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Dillonvale quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Dillonvale quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Pittsburgh West quadrangle1:100000
In the 1903 county history
5,147 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 Colerain Township covers the first settlements, organization of the township, township officers, schools, the towns: farmington, colerain, pleasant grove, maynard and barton, the settlement of friends.
Read the chapter on Colerain Township - 5,147 words.
Fires nearby
19 since 2001The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Morningview between 2001 and 2020, burning about 77 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15159 |
| 12 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12065 |
| 27 March 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7949 |
| 20 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12045 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,218 shownMuseums hold 1,218 specimens collected within 10 miles of Morningview between 1800 and 1975: 1,036 Plantae, 117 Fungi, 63 Animalia, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Selby, A. D. Selby & E. L. Moseley, A. D. Selby & J. F. Hicks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Racodium E.M.Fries, 1829 | 1829 | J.R. Paddock | |
![]() | Usnea Dill. ex Adans., 1763 | 1839 | J.R. Paddock | |
![]() | Dysodia oculatana Clemens, 1860 | 1975 | not recorded | |
![]() | Houstonia caerulea L. | 1800 | Guttenberg, G. | near Wheeling |
![]() | Robinia L. | 1829 | Guttenberg, G. | Wheeling |
![]() | Persicaria virginiana (L.) Gaertn. | 1835 | E. Wilkinson | Ohio |
![]() | Carex sparganioides Muhl. ex Willd. | 1837 | B. Frank | Ohio |
![]() | Carex × sullivantii Boott | 1842 | W. S. Sullivant | Ohio |
![]() | Homalothecium subcapillatum (Hedw.) Sull. | 1843 | D. Sullivan | |
![]() | Euphorbia maculata L. | 1844 | S. B. Mead | Ohio |
![]() | Jungermannia sullivantii Austin | 1844 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Carex gracilescens Steud. | 1847 | G. B. Ashcroft | Ohio |
All 1,218 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 Morningview: 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Iron, Bituminous, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayers Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Ayers Limestone Quarry,Inc. | Bituminous, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wheeling-Pgh/ Martins Ferry, Ohio | Iron | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colerain | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Farmington | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Sunset Heights | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Barton | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Crescent | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Glenndale (historical) | 4.3 miles | 27 | |
| Lansing | 4.4 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065057. 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.




























