Editing Ashville, Ohio (section)

==Geography==
Ashville is located in the [[Scioto River]] Valley and has an elevation of 715 feet (218 m) above sea level.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geographic Names Information System |url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/2398001 |access-date=April 18, 2022 |website=edits.nationalmap.gov}}</ref> The village is located in the [[till plain]]-area of Western Ohio and borders the [[Appalachian Plateau]]. The area is generally viewed to be a fertile region with gently rolling hills created by [[moraine]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ohio's Geological Regions |url=http://touringohio.com/history/ohio-5-regions.html |access-date=April 18, 2022 |website=touringohio.com}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|2.51|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 25, 2012 |access-date=January 6, 2013 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

=== Glacial activity ===
The area on which present-day Ashville sits was effected by three [[Glacier|glacial]] periods. Those periods were [[Pre-Illinoian]] Glaciation, [[Illinoian (stage)|Illinoian]] Glaciation, and [[Wisconsin glaciation]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Division of Geological Survey |title=The Ice Age in Ohio |url=https://ohiodnr.gov/discover-and-learn/safety-conservation/about-ODNR/geologic-survey/glacial-geology/ice-age-in-ohio |access-date=April 18, 2022 |website=Ohio Department of Natural Resources}}</ref>

* Pre-Illinoian Glaciation - The first impact of glaciers in Ashville occurred about 780,000 years ago during the [[Pleistocene|Pleistocene epoch]]. The glacier, which stopped right at Ashville's location, dammed the pre-glacial [[Teays River]] just south of the village, which created [[Lake Tight]]. The former Teays River would go on to become a significant [[aquifer]] for the area.
* Illinoian Glaciation  - Approximately 190,000 to 130,000 years ago, a glacier once again covered the area. Much of the effects of this glacier were covered by the subsequent Wisconsin glaciation that started 100,000 years later.
* Wisconsin Glaciation - The last ice to be in the area began 35,000 years ago and ended approximately 12,000 years ago. The [[Laurentide Ice Sheet]] stretched into Ohio with the Lake Huron lobe being the most prominent major lobe. The Scioto minor lobe, which helped create the Scioto River, stretched over the area and created the modern day terrain.

=== Rivers, creeks, and brooks ===
The Village is part of the Walnut Creek watershed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walnut Creek Watershed |url=http://balancedgrowthplanning.morpc.org/WalnutCreek.aspx |access-date=April 18, 2022 |website=balancedgrowthplanning.morpc.org}}</ref>  Walnut Creek is a tributary of the Scioto River that forms the southern border of Ashville and runs into the river approximately 2.5 miles southwest of the village. The Walnut Creek is intersected by the Little Walnut Creek approximately .25 miles southeast of the village and by Mud Run, a brook that runs through the western fringes of the village, 1.7 miles southwest.