North Moreland, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Portsmouth City. It lies in ZIP code area 45662. It lies in Pleasant Valley. The Survey maps it on the New Boston quadrangle.
Then and now
1911 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 70 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
12 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.
- 1911 USGS Sciotoville quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Sciotoville quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Sciotoville quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Sciotoville quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
Fires nearby
111 since 1997The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of North Moreland between 1997 and 2020, burning about 3,008 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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 burning | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | PORTSMOUTH |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | ROSEMOUNT |
| 1 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 8 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,092 shownMuseums hold 1,092 specimens collected within 10 miles of North Moreland between 1884 and 1975: 1,009 Animalia, 46 Plantae, 31 Fungi, 3 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A.P. Morgan, A.P. Morgan; L.V. Morgan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Pyganodon grandis (Say, 1829) | 1884 | H. Mores | Scioto River |
![]() | Bovistella Morgan | 1885 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Cylindrocladium scoparium Morgan | 1893 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Campeloma Rafinesque, 1819 | 1885 | Ch. R. Orcutt | Scioto River |
![]() | Harpographium fasciculatum (Sacc.) Sacc. | 1887 | A.P. Morgan | Preston |
![]() | Puccinia recondita Roberge ex Desm. | 1889 | Craig M. | Franklin Co. "hayden's Falls" on Scioto River |
![]() | Lycogala epidendrum (L.) Fr., 1829 | 1896 | not recorded | Scioto River |
| unnamed | 1897 | Morgan | Preston | |
![]() | Ambystoma opacum (Gravenhorst, 1807) | 1897 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Portsmouth, Scioto Co., Ohio |
![]() | Peronospora polygoni Halst. | 1897 | F.L. Stevens | |
![]() | Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1897 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Sturnella magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1897 | Henninger, W. F. (Walther Frederick) | South Webster, Scioto, Ohio, USA |
All 1,092 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
6 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of North Moreland: 3 producers, 2 prospects, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclops Corp/ New Boston, Ohio | Iron | Producer | ||
| Frankfort Mtls. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Own Crews Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Portsmouth Works | Clay | Plant | ||
| River Creek Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect | ||
| South Shore Clay Bed | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Boston | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Eden Park | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| East Portsmouth (historical) | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Twin Valley | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Sciotoville | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rosemount | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Vera Junction | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Highland Bend | 3.5 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122551608 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1043963. 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.






















