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Pennsville, Ohio

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Penn Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43787. It stands on Dry Run. The Survey maps it on the Stockport quadrangle.

Pennsville 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 Pennsville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Pennsville, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

96 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 Penn Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Penn Township - 96 words.

Fires nearby

12 since 2012

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Pennsville between 2012 and 2019, burning about 14 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
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
21 March 2014Debris and open burning4.5 acresOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
15 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources14246
15 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources11485
15 March 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources11306
14 March 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15108
14 March 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
23 February 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7169
23 February 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources7168

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morgan County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 530 shown

Museums hold 530 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pennsville between 1887 and 1974: 454 Animalia, 67 Plantae, 8 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A.D. Huryn, Adler, K. K. 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 Cercis canadensis L.Cercis canadensis L.1961William G. Gambill Jr.; Robert Gray; Charles O. Wingo Jr.Route 37, 3 miles east of Portersville.
Specimen of Gleditsia triacanthos L.Gleditsia triacanthos L.1961William G. Gambill Jr.Route 37, 3 miles east of Portersville.
Specimen of Medicago lupulina L.Medicago lupulina L.1961William G. Gambill Jr.; Robert Gray; Charles O. Wingo Jr.Route 37, 3 miles east of Portersville.
A photograph of the species Peziza soleniiformis, not of this specimenPeziza soleniiformis Ellis & Everh.1887Morgan
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
A photograph of the species Sturnella magna, not of this specimenSturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758)1911B.R. BalesRinggold
A photograph of the species Puccinia graminis, not of this specimenPuccinia graminis Pers.1919Ricker A. J.MCCONNELSVILLE
A photograph of the species Ambystoma Tschudi, not of this specimenAmbystoma Tschudi, 18381927Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard)E. Br. of Sunday Cr., 10 mi NE of Glouster, Athens Co., Ohio
Atrichopogon fusinervis (Malloch, 1915)1927F. N.McConnelsville
A photograph of the species Atrichopogon levis, not of this specimenAtrichopogon levis (Coquillett, 1901)1927not recordedMcConnelsville

All 530 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

3 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pennsville: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Joe Lucas DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Number 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Morgan County

Storms nearby

7 since 2001

The National Weather Service names Pennsville in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020Thunderstorm WindPennsville$2,000Two trees were downed near Pennsville, one onto State Route 266 and the other onto Roy Gins Road.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindPennsville$2,000Multiple trees were blown down along County Roads 39, 40 and 53.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindPennsville$2,000Fallen trees blocked County Route 39.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindPennsville$1,500Multiple downed trees and power lines in the community of Pennsville resulted in over 260 homes to be without power.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindPennsville$1,000Two trees were blown down on local roads between Stockport and McConnelsville.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindPennsville$1,000Large branches were blown down across Route 377 and Williams Penn Road.
June 2006HailPennsville-no account filed

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
Lovell2.9 miles12
Westland2.9 miles13
Todds3.5 miles12
Stockport3.8 miles12
Hooksburg3.8 miles12
Chaneyville (historical)4.6 miles13
Rosseau4.8 miles13
McConnelsville5.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049073. 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.