Moxahala Park, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Newton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43701. It stands on Thompson Run. The Survey maps it on the Zanesville West quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1910 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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.
- 1910 USGS Zanesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Zanesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Zanesville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Zanesville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Zanesville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Zanesville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Zanesville West quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
21 since 2012The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Moxahala Park between 2012 and 2019, burning about 38 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2969 |
| 12 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2971 |
| 27 May 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1641 |
| 9 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 703 shownMuseums hold 703 specimens collected within 10 miles of Moxahala Park between 1873 and 1973: 641 Animalia, 37 Plantae, 15 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 4 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.E. Miller, Adams, W. M., Adams, William 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Scleroderris rubra Morgan | 1891 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
![]() | Peziza nana Massee & Morgan | 1895 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
![]() | Frullania saxicola Austin | 1896 | William C. Werner | |
![]() | Poa cuspidata Nutt. | 1873 | W. M. Canby | Zanesville. |
![]() | Frullania eboracensis Lehm. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Porella pinnata L. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Fissidens adianthoides Hedw. | 1892 | W. C. Werner | Fultonham |
![]() | Lycogala exiguum Morgan, 1893 | 1893 | Morgan A.P. | Preston |
![]() | Lachnum viridulum Massee & Morgan | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
![]() | Peziza morganii Massee | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston (The no longer extant town of Preston, Ohio, was located in Hamilton County in the Miami River drainage). |
| Tapesia derelicta Morgan | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
All 703 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
9 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Moxahala Park: 6 producers, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Plant Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Johnathan Mine | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Jonathan Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Salt Creek Materials Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sidwell Brothers Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sidwell Brothers Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hammer Number 2 Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hammer Number 2 Clay Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Jonathan Mine | Clay | Producer |
Storms nearby
4 since 2012The National Weather Service names Moxahala Park in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 2 flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moxahala Park | 1 hurt | A tree fell on a camper at Up the Creek Campground. Minor injuries reported. |
| January 2012 | Flood | Moxahala Park | $25,000 | Law enforcement reported flooding at Coopermill and Wortman Roads southeast of Zanesville. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Moxahala Park | - | Nickel to quarter size hail reported just off state route 22. Time estimated based on radar. |
| July 2017 | Flood | Moxahala Park | - | Broadcast media reported flooded roadways south of Zanesville, OH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Hills | 0.1 miles | 13 | |
| Elizabeth | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Avondale | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lewis (historical) | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Darlington | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Maysville | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Zanesville Terrace | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Roberts (historical) | 1.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1988897. 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.























