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.
Then and now
1910 to 1994The 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 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.
- 1910 USGS Mc Connelsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Stockport quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Stockport quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Stockport quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Stockport quadrangle1:24000
In the 1880 county history
96 words on this townshipThe 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 2012The 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 burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 14246 |
| 15 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11485 |
| 15 March 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 11306 |
| 14 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15108 |
| 14 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7169 |
| 23 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 7168 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 530 shownMuseums 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Cercis canadensis L. | 1961 | William G. Gambill Jr.; Robert Gray; Charles O. Wingo Jr. | Route 37, 3 miles east of Portersville. |
![]() | Gleditsia triacanthos L. | 1961 | William G. Gambill Jr. | Route 37, 3 miles east of Portersville. |
![]() | Medicago lupulina L. | 1961 | William G. Gambill Jr.; Robert Gray; Charles O. Wingo Jr. | Route 37, 3 miles east of Portersville. |
![]() | Peziza soleniiformis Ellis & Everh. | 1887 | Morgan | |
![]() | Chondestes grammacus grammacus (Say, 1822) | 1903 | not recorded | McConnelsville |
![]() | Ammodramus savannarum pratensis (Vieillot, 1818) | 1904 | not recorded | Meigs Creek |
![]() | Merulius incarnatus Schwein. | 1906 | Collector unspecified | McConnellsville |
![]() | Sturnella magna magna (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1911 | B.R. Bales | Ringgold |
![]() | Puccinia graminis Pers. | 1919 | Ricker A. J. | MCCONNELSVILLE |
![]() | Ambystoma Tschudi, 1838 | 1927 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | E. Br. of Sunday Cr., 10 mi NE of Glouster, Athens Co., Ohio |
| Atrichopogon fusinervis (Malloch, 1915) | 1927 | F. N. | McConnelsville | |
![]() | Atrichopogon levis (Coquillett, 1901) | 1927 | not recorded | McConnelsville |
All 530 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
3 within 5 milesThe 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan County Hwy Dept. | Stone | Producer | ||
| Joe Lucas Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Number 2 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
7 since 2001The 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennsville | $2,000 | Two trees were downed near Pennsville, one onto State Route 266 and the other onto Roy Gins Road. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennsville | $2,000 | Multiple trees were blown down along County Roads 39, 40 and 53. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennsville | $2,000 | Fallen trees blocked County Route 39. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennsville | $1,500 | Multiple downed trees and power lines in the community of Pennsville resulted in over 260 homes to be without power. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennsville | $1,000 | Two trees were blown down on local roads between Stockport and McConnelsville. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennsville | $1,000 | Large branches were blown down across Route 377 and Williams Penn Road. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Pennsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovell | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Westland | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Todds | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Stockport | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hooksburg | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Chaneyville (historical) | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Rosseau | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| McConnelsville | 5.1 miles | 13 |
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.






















