Moxahala, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43764. The Survey maps it on the New Lexington quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1911 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.
- 1911 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS New Lexington quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
2,407 words on this township1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883 names this settlement in its chapter on Pleasant Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The township is well watered by small spring streams,nearly all of which rise within its borders, the largest being a branch of Jonathan's creek, which cuts a complete triangle from the northwest corner, by heading at or near the central western border and flows east and northeast, passing out alittle east of the north central border. Although the stream is small, on account of its narrow valley it at times considerably overflows its banks, and in 1882 completely flooded Moxahala.
Passage source: 1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883.
The streams flow from the northern part of the township, into the Muskingum river, while those of the southern half flow into the Hocking river. The dividing ridge passes just south of Moxahala over the tunnel, and eastward in a zigzag line upon which Oakfield and Porterville are situated.
Passage source: 1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883.
The township is rich in mineral products. being underlaid with what is commonly known as the four feet vein of coal. [ron ore is tound in many places in good paying quantities, and south of Moxahala a vein has been used from, that is seven feet in thickness. This is known as the pot ore. Black band is more frequent but has been worked less than the pot ore. Black band usually appears at from eight inches to eighteen inches thick, and yields about forty per cent iron. Pot ore generally yields about fortyfive or fifty per cent iron. Pot ore is so uncertain in its amonnt in one place, that it is seldom worked with profit, and with little dependence. Black band lies in strata and is worked with dependence and success. The coal now being mined is of a_superior quality, and all obtained from drifts. South of Moxahala, if the coal is mined it must be by shafts, one or two of which are being sunk at this time, 1882. There is one small shipping bank at North Ferrara.
Passage source: 1883 History Perry County, Ohio, published 1883.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Pleasant Township - it names this place 5 more 5 times.
Fires near this place
23 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Moxahala between 2013 and 2020, burning about 47 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wayne National Forest | TRUCK FIRE |
| 6 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 April 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15590 |
| 26 April 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Wayne National Forest | CONGO |
| 21 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1021 |
| 16 April 2019 | Other causes | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15170 |
| 12 April 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11230 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 234 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 234 specimens collected within 10 miles of Moxahala between 1890 and 1975: 187 Animalia, 23 Fungi, 17 Plantae, 5 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Bergstrom, J., Buchanan, J., Coker W. C. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Pucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) Arthur | 1891 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd. | 1910 | W. A. Kellerman | |
![]() | Phaeoceros carolinianus (Michx.) Prosk. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | Rendville. |
![]() | Anomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Huebener | 1891 | W. C. Werner | Rendville |
![]() | Anthoceros punctatus L. | 1891 | not recorded | Rendville |
![]() | Ascocoryne cylichnium (Tul.) Korf | 1891 | W. A. Kellerman | |
| Brachythecium acuminatum (Hedw.) Austin | 1891 | W. C. Werner | ||
![]() | Callicladium haldanianum (Grev.) H.A.Crum | 1891 | W. C. Werner | Rendville |
![]() | Frullania eboracensis Gottsche | 1891 | W. C. Werner | Rendville |
![]() | Holwaya gigantea (Peck) E.J.Durand | 1891 | W. A. Kellerman | [Specific locality illegible.] |
![]() | Hypnum jutlandicum Holmen & E.Warncke | 1891 | W. C. Werner | Rendville |
| Panellus stipticus (Bull.) P.Karst. | 1891 | W. A. Kellerman | Rendville |
All 234 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this place
2 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moxahala in 2 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moxahala | $3,000 | Over 500 customers in and around the area of Moxahala were without power due to downed trees and power lines. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Moxahala | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakfield | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Oconorville (historical) | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Whipstown | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Claybank (historical) | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Moores Junction | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Congo | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Rendville | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Greeleyville | 4.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076473. 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.
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.























