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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.

Moxahala within Perry County

Then and now

1911 to 2002

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Moxahala, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Moxahala, surveyed 1911

Compare 1911 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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 county-history sources

2,407 words on this township

1883 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 2013

Regional 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWayne National ForestTRUCK FIRE
6 April 2013Debris and open burning1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
3 April 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15590
26 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.5 acresWayne National ForestCONGO
21 April 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources1021
16 April 2019Other causes1.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15170
12 April 2018Arson/incendiarism11 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources11230

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Perry County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 234 shown

Regional 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Pucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) ArthurPucciniastrum hydrangeae (Magnus) Arthur1891W. A. Kellerman
Specimen of Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd.Uromyces junci-effusi P.Syd. & Syd.1910W. A. Kellerman
A photograph of the species Phaeoceros carolinianus, not of this specimenPhaeoceros carolinianus (Michx.) Prosk.1890W. C. WernerRendville.
A photograph of the species Anomodon attenuatus, not of this specimenAnomodon attenuatus (Hedw.) Huebener1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Anthoceros punctatus, not of this specimenAnthoceros punctatus L.1891not recordedRendville
A photograph of the species Ascocoryne cylichnium, not of this specimenAscocoryne cylichnium (Tul.) Korf1891W. A. Kellerman
Brachythecium acuminatum (Hedw.) Austin1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Callicladium haldanianum, not of this specimenCallicladium haldanianum (Grev.) H.A.Crum1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Frullania eboracensis, not of this specimenFrullania eboracensis Gottsche1891W. C. WernerRendville
A photograph of the species Holwaya gigantea, not of this specimenHolwaya gigantea (Peck) E.J.Durand1891W. A. Kellerman[Specific locality illegible.]
A photograph of the species Hypnum jutlandicum, not of this specimenHypnum jutlandicum Holmen & E.Warncke1891W. C. WernerRendville
Panellus stipticus (Bull.) P.Karst.1891W. A. KellermanRendville

All 234 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this place

2 since 2024

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025Thunderstorm WindMoxahala$3,000Over 500 customers in and around the area of Moxahala were without power due to downed trees and power lines.
March 2024HailMoxahala-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Perry 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
Oakfield1.1 miles15
Oconorville (historical)1.2 miles14
Whipstown2.0 miles14
Claybank (historical)2.7 miles14
Moores Junction3.0 miles15
Congo3.4 miles14
Rendville3.8 miles14
Greeleyville4.3 miles14

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.