New Moscow, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Virginia Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43812. The Survey maps it on the Conesville quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 86 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.
- 1908 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Conesville quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
16 since 2013The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of New Moscow between 2013 and 2020, burning about 225 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 | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8306 |
| 16 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8625 |
| 6 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15157 |
| 18 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4745 |
| 13 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11685 |
| 12 April 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13066 |
| 1 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 922 shownMuseums hold 922 specimens collected within 10 miles of New Moscow between 1846 and 1974: 749 Animalia, 107 Plantae, 62 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. Spreitzer, Albaugh, W. F. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Medicago lupulina L. | 1942 | Harold N. Moldenke | near coshocton |
![]() | Cercospora barbareae (Sacc.) Chupp | 1943 | Lawrence J. King; L.O. Overholts | Watershed 130 |
![]() | Tortula obtusifolia (Schwägr.) Mathieu | 1846 | W. S. Sullivant | |
![]() | Colinus virginianus virginianus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1892 | No Person (Birds) | Coshocton Co |
![]() | Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1892 | No Person (Birds) | Coshocton Co |
![]() | Empidonax virescens (Vieillot, 1818) | 1898 | Williamson, E. B. | Cavallo, Coshocton, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Alasmidonta marginata Say, 1818 | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
![]() | Cyprogenia stegaria (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
![]() | Eurynia dilatata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
![]() | Fusconaia flava (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
![]() | Hemistena lata (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
![]() | Lampsilis fasciola Rafinesque, 1820 | 1903 | Sterki, Victor | Coshocton |
All 922 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of New Moscow: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowerston Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms nearby
4 since 1999The National Weather Service names New Moscow in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Moscow | $5,000 | Sheriffs office reported numerous trees down but was too busy to give exact location. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Moscow | $5,000 | Several trees and power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2014 | Flood | New Moscow | $1,000 | A trained spotter reported flooding on County Road 6 due to Mill Fork Creek out of its banks. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Moscow | - | A local resident reported trees uprooted. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasantville (historical) | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Willowbrook (historical) | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Tyrone | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Wakatomika | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Conesville | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Franklin | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Tyndall | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cooperdale | 5.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1063411. 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.

























