Neelysville, Ohio
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Meigsville Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43756. It stands on Little Fourmile Run. The Survey maps it on the McConnelsville quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


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 Mc Connelsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Mc Connelsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Mc Connelsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Mc Connelsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Mc Connelsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Mc Connelsville quadrangle1:24000
In the 1880 county history
77 words on this townshipThe county history of 1880 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Meigsville Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Meigsville Township - 77 words.
Fires nearby
10 since 2012The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Neelysville between 2012 and 2018, burning about 29 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5588 |
| 23 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5587 |
| 31 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 701 |
| 22 March 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 702 |
| 15 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11306 |
| 14 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 6226 |
| 14 November 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 2978 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 590 shownMuseums hold 590 specimens collected within 10 miles of Neelysville between 1887 and 1974: 494 Animalia, 86 Plantae, 9 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, Adler, K. K., Albaugh, D. W. (Douglas W.) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Quadrula pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831) | 1962 | D. Stansbery | Muskingum River, Waterford, Below Dam At Beverly |
![]() | Asclepias tuberosa L. | 1963 | William G. Gambill Jr.; L. Mingrowe; M. Johnson | Wolf Creek Wildlife Area |
![]() | Peziza soleniiformis Ellis & Everh. | 1887 | Morgan | |
![]() | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Beverly, Ohio, Muskingum River. |
![]() | Crystallaria cincotta Welsh & Wood, 2008 | 1888 | Gilbert, C. & Henshall, J. A. (James A.) | Muskingum River, dst Beverly dam RM 24.8, 0.6 miles west of Beverly OH, Waterford township |
![]() | Hypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Beverly, Ohio, Muskingum River. |
![]() | Notropis whipplei (Girard, 1856) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Beverly, Ohio |
![]() | Percopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Beverly, Ohio, Muskingum River. |
![]() | Pimephales vigilax (Baird & Girard, 1853) | 1888 | C. Gilbert & J. Henshall | Beverly, Ohio, Muskingum River. |
![]() | Chondestes grammacus grammacus (Say, 1822) | 1903 | not recorded | McConnelsville |
![]() | Ammodramus savannarum pratensis (Vieillot, 1818) | 1904 | not recorded | Meigs Creek |
![]() | Merulius incarnatus Schwein. | 1906 | Collector unspecified | McConnellsville |
All 590 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
7 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Neelysville: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan County Hwy Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| D-K Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| D-K Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Industrial Stone Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Industrial Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Joe Lucas Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| O. V. Crane No. 1 & Ohio | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
2 since 1998The National Weather Service names Neelysville in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neelysville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Neelysville | $2,000 | In the town of Neelysville, several trees were blown down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovell | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Unionville | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Hooksburg | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Mill Grove | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| McConnelsville | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Meigs | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Malta | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hackney | 5.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065098. 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.
























