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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Moulton, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Decatur Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45659. It lies in Greenville Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Pedro quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Moulton within Lawrence County

Then and now

1898 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Moulton (historical), surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Moulton (historical), surveyed 1898

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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.

Fires nearby

242 since 1992

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 242 fires within 5 miles of Moulton (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,940 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 97 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
Arson/incendiarism97
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Debris and open burning57
Equipment and vehicle use11
Other causes6
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestSR 93
6 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresWayne National ForestPORK CHOP FIRE
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWayne National ForestSLAB FORK
19 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestPOPLAR FLATS
18 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreWayne National ForestBUCKHORN #1
30 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWayne National ForestTRASH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 221 shown

Museums hold 221 specimens collected within 10 miles of Moulton (historical) between 1896 and 1975: 211 Animalia, 6 Plantae, 4 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. Kennedy, C. N. Wander, C. R. Neiswander 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 Aecidium clematidis DC.Aecidium clematidis DC.1896F.L. Stevens
Specimen of Phyllosticta Pers., 1818Phyllosticta Pers., 18181896F.L. Stevens
A photograph of the species Planesticus Bonaparte, not of this specimenPlanesticus Bonaparte, 18541898not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Sayornis phoebe, not of this specimenSayornis phoebe (Latham, 1790)1898Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)South Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Sphyrapicus varius, not of this specimenSphyrapicus varius (Linnaeus, 1766)1898not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Baeolophus bicolor, not of this specimenBaeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766)1899not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Buteo jamaicensis, not of this specimenButeo jamaicensis borealis (Gmelin, 1788)1899not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Cyanocitta cristata, not of this specimenCyanocitta cristata cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)1899Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick)South Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Dendroica castanea, not of this specimenDendroica castanea (A.Wilson, 1810)1899not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Gomphus lividus, not of this specimenGomphus lividus Selys, 18541899[Not Stated]Waterloo
A photograph of the species Sitta canadensis, not of this specimenSitta canadensis Linnaeus, 17661899not recordedSouth Webster, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Illosporium malifoliorum, not of this specimenIllosporium malifoliorum J.Sheld.1909Starcher Bros.Gallia

All 221 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

6 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Moulton (historical): 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chaney No 1 Clay MineClay, CoalProducer
Bondclay MineClayPast Producer
Maquette Cement QuarryClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Pinkston Clay MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Pinkston Clay MineClayPast Producer
Superior Plant & Quarry CementClayProducer

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Vernon0.8 miles13
Buckhorn Furnace1.8 miles13
Buckhorn2.0 miles13
Olive Furnace3.0 miles10
Center Station3.3 miles13
Dean (historical)3.6 miles13
Bartles4.2 miles13
Johns Creek (historical)4.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1050566. 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.