BlockFrom the record
One of 7 National Register listings published here for Vinton County · listed in 2021 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Moonville Tunnel
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1904.
The listing
- Address. Hope-Moonville Rd., 2 mi. southwest of Lake Hope State Park, Zaleski
- When was it listed? March 2021
- Category. structure
- National Register reference number. 100006291 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1904 to 1980The ground this property stands on, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
22 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Moonville Tunnel between 2012 and 2020, burning about 204 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 May 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12125 |
| 9 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15141 |
| 21 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15691 |
| 21 April 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Maps showing this location
9 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1904 USGS Zaleski quadrangle1:62500 - 2 printings
- 1907 USGS Zaleski quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Mineral quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Wellston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Mineral quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
2 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Hope Furnace | 2.0 miles | 1973 |
 | Masonic Lodge #472 | 4.2 miles | 2000 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006291 in Record Group 79. |
| Vinton County | All 7 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.