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West Zanesville, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Zanesville City. It lies in ZIP code area 43701. It stands on Timber Run. The Survey maps it on the Zanesville West quadrangle.

West Zanesville within Muskingum County

Then and now

1910 to 1992

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of West Zanesville, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of West Zanesville, surveyed 1910

Compare 1910 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Zanesville city, in the words of 1882.

1882, Zanesville City

Hazlett Post, No. 81

was so named in honor of Captain John C. Hazlett, of 2d O. V. I., and his cousin, Harry Hazlett, of the 5th U.S. Artillery, both of whom were killed during the Civil war; the post was organized June 1, 1881, with the following officers: C. C. Goddard, post commander; M. V. B. Kennedy, senior vice commander; Wilson C.

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Fires nearby

58 since 2012

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of West Zanesville between 2012 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning33
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
30 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15277
30 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources15278
28 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15264
1 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15236
6 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources15772
2 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources12325
2 July 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreOhio Department of Natural Resources12945
19 June 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresOhio Department of Natural Resources12326

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muskingum County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 846 shown

Museums hold 846 specimens collected within 10 miles of West Zanesville between 1873 and 1975: 733 Animalia, 88 Plantae, 15 Fungi, 5 Protozoa, 4 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A.E. Miller, Adams, W. (William), Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) et al., Adams, W. 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Scleroderris rubra MorganScleroderris rubra Morgan1891Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
Specimen of Peziza nana Massee & MorganPeziza nana Massee & Morgan1895Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
Specimen of Frullania saxicola AustinFrullania saxicola Austin1896William C. Werner
A photograph of the species Poa cuspidata, not of this specimenPoa cuspidata Nutt.1873W. M. CanbyZanesville.
A photograph of the species Frullania eboracensis, not of this specimenFrullania eboracensis Lehm.1890W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Porella pinnata, not of this specimenPorella pinnata L.1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Porella platyphylla, not of this specimenPorella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff.1891W. C. Werner
A photograph of the species Fissidens adianthoides, not of this specimenFissidens adianthoides Hedw.1892W. C. WernerFultonham
A photograph of the species Lycogala exiguum, not of this specimenLycogala exiguum Morgan, 18931893Morgan A.P.Preston
Specimen of Lachnum viridulum Massee & MorganLachnum viridulum Massee & Morgan1905Morgan, Andrew PricePreston
Specimen of Peziza morganii MasseePeziza morganii Massee1905Morgan, Andrew PricePreston (The no longer extant town of Preston, Ohio, was located in Hamilton County in the Miami River drainage).
Tapesia derelicta Morgan1905Morgan, Andrew PricePreston

All 846 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

8 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of West Zanesville: 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Armco Inc/ Zanesville, OhioIronProducer
Baker Sand Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Granite Plant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Muskingum R. Gravel Plant No 3 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plant Number 3 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Plant Number 4 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Salt Creek Materials Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Seville Road Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Muskingum 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
Zanesville0.5 miles13
Terrace0.8 miles13
Licking View1.0 miles13
Mill Run1.2 miles15
Brighton1.2 miles13
Avalon Heights1.7 miles13
Tile1.7 miles15
Putnam1.7 miles13

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 Q122566175The 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 1069077. 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.