Ozark, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Sunsbury Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43716. The Survey maps it on the Woodsfield quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1905 against another survey:
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.
- 1905 USGS Woodsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Woodsfield quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Woodsfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Woodsfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Woodsfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Woodsfield quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Woodsfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
12 since 2014The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Ozark between 2014 and 2020, burning about 20 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5545 |
| 15 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15329 |
| 9 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15819 |
| 3 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12585 |
| 26 April 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4846 |
| 22 April 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4607 |
| 17 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 4814 |
| 30 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 779 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 379 shownMuseums hold 379 specimens collected within 10 miles of Ozark between 1860 and 1975: 368 Animalia, 6 Plantae, 4 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Adler, K. K., Adler, K. K. & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.), Adler, K. K. & Wood, T. (Tilley) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pat. | 1924 | L.L. Lehman | |
![]() | Marmota monax monax (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1929 | Herbert R. Mooney | Woodsfield |
![]() | Irpex fuscescens (Schwein.) Schwein. | 1931 | F. O. Grover | S of Oak point, woods |
![]() | Terrapene carolina carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1860 | David M. Dennis | 3 mi. N Graysville |
| unnamed (fossil) | 1914 | Collector Unknown | Woodfield Quad; Sec 23, Malaga Twp; (Chert From 130ft Above Washington Coal; Girty Loc 3301, See Memo To Henbest) | |
![]() | Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817) | 1921 | Ortmann, Arnold E | Woodsfield, Little Muskingum River, Cranenest Fork |
![]() | Colletotrichum cereale Manns | 1922 | Thompson W. H. | Woodsfield |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Little Muskingum River tributary, within central Wayne township, near Graysville, Wayne township |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Sunfish Creek, within east Adams township, near Clarington, Adams township |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Sunfish Creek, within east Adams township, near Clarington, Adams township |
![]() | Etheostoma zonale (Cope, 1868) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Sunfish Creek, within east Adams township, near Clarington, Adams township |
![]() | Hybopsis micropogon (Cope, 1865) | 1929 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) & Walker, W. H. (W. Harrington) | Sunfish Creek, within east Adams township, near Clarington, Adams township |
All 379 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
2 since 2013The National Weather Service names Ozark in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2019: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozark | $1,000 | Law enforcement reported trees down on Ozark Eddy Bridge Road. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ozark | - | Local police reported a tree down on Ozark-Eddy Bridge Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerusalem | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wilson | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Beallsville | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Hope Ridge (historical) | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Coats | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Malaga | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Miltonsburg | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Kerr | 4.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1076586. 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.
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.
























