Willow Lakes, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Falls Township. It lies in ZIP code area 43701. The Survey maps it on the Zanesville East 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
15 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 Philo quadrangle1:62500
- 1910 USGS Philo quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Zanesville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Zanesville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Zanesville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Zanesville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Zanesville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Senecaville Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Clarksburg quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Zanesville East quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Falls township, in the words of 1882.
Sabbath School In Early Times
Archibald McCann was very devoted to the welfare of the young people of his neighborhood, and on Sabbath gave his whole time to teaching ; opening school in the morning, and continuing all day - in studying the Bible. Mr. McCann was drowned in the canal at Zanesville, on the night of March 29th, 1839. "^^^ drawbridge had been left open, and, the night being dark, he did not discover it, and, walking off, fell into the water.
Fires nearby
50 since 2014The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Willow Lakes between 2014 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15277 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15278 |
| 28 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15264 |
| 6 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15772 |
| 2 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12945 |
| 16 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15749 |
| 10 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15753 |
| 10 June 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15750 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 856 shownMuseums hold 856 specimens collected within 10 miles of Willow Lakes between 1866 and 1975: 690 Animalia, 141 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Scleroderris rubra Morgan | 1891 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
![]() | Peziza nana Massee & Morgan | 1895 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
![]() | Frullania saxicola Austin | 1896 | William C. Werner | |
![]() | Arabis hesperidoides (Torr. & A.Gray) A.Gray | 1866 | Day, D.F. | Dresden |
![]() | Poa cuspidata Nutt. | 1873 | W. M. Canby | Zanesville. |
![]() | Frullania eboracensis Lehm. | 1890 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Porella pinnata L. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Porella platyphylla (L.) Pfeiff. | 1891 | W. C. Werner | |
![]() | Lycogala exiguum Morgan, 1893 | 1893 | Morgan A.P. | Preston |
![]() | Lachnum viridulum Massee & Morgan | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
![]() | Peziza morganii Massee | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston (The no longer extant town of Preston, Ohio, was located in Hamilton County in the Miami River drainage). |
| Tapesia derelicta Morgan | 1905 | Morgan, Andrew Price | Preston |
All 856 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 11 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Willow Lakes: 6 producers, 4 past producers, 1 plant. 7 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armco Inc/ Zanesville, Ohio | Iron | Producer | ||
| Baker Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Baker Sand Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Granite Plant Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Muskingum R. Gravel Plant No 3 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Muskingum R. Gravel Plant No 4 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Plant Number 3 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Plant Number 4 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Salt Creek Materials Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Seville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Zanesville | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Homestead Hills | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Laurel Ridge | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Harding Heights | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Riverview | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Tile | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Avalon Heights | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Northwood | 1.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2771119. 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.

























