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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.

Neelysville within Morgan County

Then and now

1910 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Neelysville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Neelysville, surveyed 1910

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.

In the 1880 county history

77 words on this township

The 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 2012

The 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/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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
24 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5588
23 September 2016Smokingunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources5587
31 March 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources701
22 March 2015Equipment and vehicle use20 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources702
15 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources11306
14 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
21 November 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources6226
14 November 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources2978

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 590 shown

Museums 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Quadrula pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831)Quadrula pustulosa (I.Lea, 1831)1962D. StansberyMuskingum River, Waterford, Below Dam At Beverly
Specimen of Asclepias tuberosa L.Asclepias tuberosa L.1963William G. Gambill Jr.; L. Mingrowe; M. JohnsonWolf Creek Wildlife Area
A photograph of the species Peziza soleniiformis, not of this specimenPeziza soleniiformis Ellis & Everh.1887Morgan
A photograph of the species Ammocrypta pellucida, not of this specimenAmmocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio, Muskingum River.
A photograph of the species Crystallaria cincotta, not of this specimenCrystallaria cincotta Welsh & Wood, 20081888Gilbert, C. & Henshall, J. A. (James A.)Muskingum River, dst Beverly dam RM 24.8, 0.6 miles west of Beverly OH, Waterford township
A photograph of the species Hypentelium nigricans, not of this specimenHypentelium nigricans (Lesueur, 1817)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio, Muskingum River.
A photograph of the species Notropis whipplei, not of this specimenNotropis whipplei (Girard, 1856)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio
A photograph of the species Percopsis omiscomaycus, not of this specimenPercopsis omiscomaycus (Walbaum, 1792)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio, Muskingum River.
A photograph of the species Pimephales vigilax, not of this specimenPimephales vigilax (Baird & Girard, 1853)1888C. Gilbert & J. HenshallBeverly, Ohio, Muskingum River.
A photograph of the species Chondestes grammacus, not of this specimenChondestes grammacus grammacus (Say, 1822)1903not recordedMcConnelsville
A photograph of the species Ammodramus savannarum, not of this specimenAmmodramus savannarum pratensis (Vieillot, 1818)1904not recordedMeigs Creek
A photograph of the species Merulius incarnatus, not of this specimenMerulius incarnatus Schwein.1906Collector unspecifiedMcConnellsville

All 590 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

7 within 5 miles

The 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Morgan County Hwy Dept.StoneProducer
D-K PitLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
D-K PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Industrial Stone QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Industrial Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Joe Lucas DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
O. V. Crane No. 1 & OhioSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms nearby

2 since 1998

The 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1998Thunderstorm WindNeelysville$5,000no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindNeelysville$2,000In the town of Neelysville, several trees were blown down.

Every storm recorded in Morgan 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
Lovell2.6 miles12
Unionville2.8 miles14
Hooksburg3.0 miles12
Mill Grove3.9 miles14
McConnelsville4.3 miles13
Meigs4.4 miles13
Malta4.7 miles13
Hackney5.3 miles14

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.