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Powellsville, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Green Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45629. It stands on Poplar Fork Pine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wheelersburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1926 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1926 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 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.
- 1926 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500
- 1926 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500
- 1930 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500
- 1930 USGS Greenup quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wheelersburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Wheelersburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Wheelersburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Wheelersburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Ironton quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Wheelersburg quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
7,694 words on this townshipA History of Scioto County, Ohio,, published 1903 names this settlement in its chapter on Green Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
This hamlet is situated on the eastern edge of the township, midway of the boundary between French Grant lots 85 and 86.- Poplar Fork, a small branch of Pine Creek, flows through its edge. Pine Creek is only a mile away. It was laid out by William Powell, John and Washington Irwin and was named for Powell. The business of the town was in its early days conducted by the sons of Powell: William. Peter and Jacob. They conducted a tannery, a shoe shop and a store. The first survey for town plat was made July 31, 1846, and recorded July 15, 1848. This survey was made for Powell' and his associates, and the plat consisted of 21 inlots.
Passage source: A History of Scioto County, Ohio,, published 1903.
The German Lutheran Church has the largest membership and it is made up from the German population on Pine Creek. The church is about half a mile west of the town and was built in 1875. The congregation has a very large Sabbath School and a day school is conducted two days in the week by the minister, August Busse, in the German language.
Passage source: A History of Scioto County, Ohio,, published 1903.
The Powellsville Free-Will Baptists hold their meetings and Sabbath school in an old school house in the center of the village. This church was organized August 16, 1841, and a church was built, but since destroyed. William Lane was the last minister.
Passage source: A History of Scioto County, Ohio,, published 1903.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Green Township - it names this place 5 more 5 times.
Fires near this place
132 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Powellsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,158 acres in total. 1 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 | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | GREEN GRASS |
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 5485 |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 8765 |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 21 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 13285 |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Wayne National Forest | PINE CR. 650/522 |
| 30 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15823 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 115 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 115 specimens collected within 10 miles of Powellsville between 1890 and 1974: 88 Animalia, 18 Fungi, 9 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Braun, E. Lucy, C. Stein, Cavender, T. M. (Ted M.) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Phyllosticta Pers., 1818 | 1896 | F.L. Stevens | |
 | Helmitheros vermivorum (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1890 | Edwin H. Eames | Culvertown |
 | Alternaria Nees | 1919 | Ricker A. J. | Wheelersburg |
 | Puccinia graminis Pers. | 1919 | Riker A. J. | Wheelersburg |
 | Puccinia rubigo-vera var. tritici (Erikss.) Carleton | 1919 | Riker A. J. | Wheelersburg |
 | Acris crepitans Baird, 1854 | 1928 | Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | pond, near Pedro, Lawrence Co., Ohio |
 | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Pine Creek, within Elizabeth township, near Bartles, Elizabeth township |
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Pine Creek, within Elizabeth township, near Bartles, Elizabeth township |
 | Chrosomus erythrogaster (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Pine Creek, within Elizabeth township, near Bartles, Elizabeth township |
 | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Pine Creek, within Elizabeth township, near Bartles, Elizabeth township |
 | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Pine Creek, within Elizabeth township, near Bartles, Elizabeth township |
 | Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, 1819 | 1928 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Walker, C. F. (Charles F.) | Pine Creek, within Elizabeth township, near Bartles, Elizabeth township |
All 115 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Powellsville: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blair Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cunningham Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Franklin Furnace Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Franklin Furnace Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Powellsville in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior Furnace | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Franklin Furnace | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Highland Park | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Sand Hill | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bondclay | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Ohio Furnace | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Allentown | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Garden City | 4.7 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Powellsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q23698496 | 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 1076685. 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.