New Moorefield, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Moorefield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45502. It stands on East Fork Buck Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Moorefield quadrangle.
Then and now
1907 to 1986The same ground, surveyed 79 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
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.
- 1907 USGS South Charleston quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS South Charleston quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Moorefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Moorefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Moorefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Moorefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Moorefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Springfield quadrangle1:100000
In the county-history sources
85,358 words on this townshipThe county-history sources names this settlement in its chapter on Moorefield Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
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 Moorefield Township - it names this place 8 more 8 times.
Fires near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of New Moorefield between 2002 and 2002, burning about 16 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 October 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 736 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 736 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Moorefield between 1840 and 1974: 481 Animalia, 210 Plantae, 44 Fungi, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 73.7; J.H., A. Barron, A. N. Leeds 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell | 1878 | Beardslee, H.C. | near Springfield |
![]() | Urocystis colchici (Schltdl.) Rabenh. | 1916 | W.G. Stover; E.C. Leonard | near Springfield |
![]() | Ustilago heufleri Fuckel | 1917 | E.R. Leonard | |
![]() | Caulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx. | 1840 | Williams, M.G. | Springfield |
![]() | Staphylea trifolia L. | 1840 | Williams, M.G. | Springfield |
![]() | Funaria hygrometrica Hedw. | 1846 | not recorded | Springfield |
![]() | Bryhnia graminicolor (Brid.) Grout | 1870 | J. W. Eckfeldt | near Springfield |
![]() | Bryum pseudotriquetrum var. bimum (Schreb.) Lilj. | 1870 | J. W. Eckfeldt | Springfield |
![]() | Hygroamblystegium tenax subsp. orthocladon (P.Beauv.) Wijk & Margad. | 1870 | J. W. Eckfeldt | Springfield |
![]() | Schwetschkeopsis denticulata (Sull.) Broth. | 1870 | J. W. Eckfeldt | Springfield |
![]() | Amblystegium serpens var. angustifolium H.Lindb. ex Limpr. | 1871 | H. J. Biddlecome | Springfield |
![]() | Asterella tenella (L.) P.Beauv. | 1871 | Hannah J. Biddlecome | Springfield |
All 736 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of New Moorefield: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Line Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| County Line Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Roberts Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Roberts Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant |
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Moorefield in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2011: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Moorefield | $4,000 | Thunderstorm winds tore down several power lines. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Moorefield | $3,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Moorefield | $2,000 | One tree and numerous large limbs were knocked down. |
| May 2011 | Hail | New Moorefield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plateau Acres | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Mumper Estates | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| The Knolls | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Villa | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Northridge | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Glencoe Estates | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Kingsgate Commons | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Oakwood Village | 3.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1065127. 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.

























