[2] The main village site is located on the relatively flat top of a hill roughly about 1,240 feet (380 m) above sea level.

This vantage point, plus the presence of four springs which flow downstream into a feeder creek of the Ohio River, made this site ideal for settlement.

Brokaw informed the team that the site was directly above a large coal seam and had already given permission for the strip mining of the area.

However, the mining activity was delayed indefinitely as the site was eventually placed on the Register by the National Park Service.

The entire hilltop was cleared around the start of the 20th century as evidenced by the bordering Locust and cherry trees in the fence lines and has been used as pasture and cultivation land.