Noble County is located in the Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau. The Seneca Fork of Wills Creek valley was dammed to create the Senacaville Lake reservoir (see Rivers of Noble County). Much of the county was strip mined and has been mostly reclaimed.

Places to visit

• Appalachian Hills Wildlife Area is a 54,525-acre open for public access located in portions of Muskingum, Morgan and Noble counties. The terrain, dissected by numerous small streams, is rolling to rugged. Much of the land that has been subjected to various forms of mining and is in various stages of restoration. It consists of 68 percent forestland, 27 percent grassland/open land and 5 percent wetlands and ponds. As a result of surface mining, the area is dotted with hundreds of artificial ponds and small lakes. 36 odonate species have been observed, but it has not received much observation attention, and additional species likely remain to be found. Much of the area lacks cell coverage, and there are no facilities.

• Wolf Run State Park is a 1,338-acre facility with a 220-acre lake

• Senecaville Lake 23 species have been observed around the lake (which also lies partly in Guernsey County)

County Observation Activity

This graph shows the total number of odonata observations for the county in brown, with the average for all Ohio counties in blue. The season is divided into 10 or 11 day segments by Month – basically early-month, mid-month, and late-month.