114 topographic sheets and 105 fire insurance atlases across 5 places.
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338 National Register listings, of which 3 are National Historic Landmarks · 30 businesses named in the fire insurance atlases from 1886 to 1902 · the 1870 county history tells 2 stories and names 19 people · people the book names include John W. Allen (Cleveland City, 1870) · Col. Ezra Eddy (Mayfield Village, 1870) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
A captivity, a drowning, a famine, a man scalped clearing his lot in 1789. These are passages from History of Cuyahoga County Ohio, written while people who remembered the events were still alive, and each one opens the section it comes from.
Dr. J. M. Turner, who came about 1828 and lived a little south of the village, was the first physician and was in practice about five years. Dr. Charles Goodrich came about 1830, but fell a victim to the cholera in 1832; Dr. J. P. Robinson was in practice from January, 1882, till his removal to Cleveland in 1865.
The first graveyard laid out by white settlers in Rockport occupied the site of the Cliff House. Here, it.is said, were buried the bodies of a number of sailors drowned off the "point" in 1812. Henry Alger was buried there as was also Daniel Miner, two of the pioneers, but their bodies were afterward removed elsewhere.
Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
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Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
Cuyahoga County holds 0 covered bridges on the National Register, more than any other property type here. Each is a listed structure with a federal nomination on file.
Sampled issues, machine-read from the Library of Congress scan and published page by page, so every headline and column is searchable text.
Cleveland [Ohio], 1865 to 1865. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.
Cleveland, Ohio, 1854 to 1885. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.
Cleveland, Ohio, 1883 to 1892. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.
Cleveland, Ohio, 1853 to 18??. Machine-read from the Library of Congress scan.
Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.
Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 263 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.
Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. 1,350 frames touch this county; the selection below spreads across the decades of flights (at most four per year), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.
The "who lived here, by year" answer: pre-1929 public-domain directory volumes naming the county's people, machine-read and searchable as text.
The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that watched its rivers, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.
Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.
Every Sanborn volume opens with a printed index naming the town's mills, tanneries, hotels and works by proprietor. Those indexes were read off the scanned sheets by machine and then matched to each other, so a business surveyed four times appears here once, with the years it survived. 11 of these 30 were named in more than one atlas. Each carries a crop of the line it was read from: the spelling is the recogniser's and the 1880s lithographer's, and the scan behind it is the proof.
Church
1893 to 1899, named in 2 atlases
Read elsewhere as Congregational Church.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 3 of them, burning about 8 acres. 1 started naturally and 1 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.3 acres | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | STONE |
| 18 March 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | HILLSIDE ROAD |
| 21 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | VANACHEK |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 1,054 reports for this county, causing 26 deaths, 544 injuries and about $216,609,800 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 597 |
| Hail | 297 |
| Flash Flood | 97 |
| Tornado | 21 |
| Flood | 17 |
| Waterspout | 12 |
| Lightning | 11 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 |
| Winter Weather | 1 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1953 | Tornado (F4) | not stated | 6 killed, 300 hurt | no account filed |
| August 1962 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 4 killed, 20 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| September 1990 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 3 killed, 3 hurt | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bay Vlg | 3 killed, $2,000 | A 46 year old woman and two men, ages 30 and 32 were killed when a large branch broke off of a tree and fell 60 feet landing on the picnic table they were sitting at. Although no adverse weather was occurring at the time of the accident, strong thunderstorms producing winds of around 45 mph moved through the area about an hour earlier. It is believed that these storms weakened the branch and ultimately caused it to fall. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | 2 killed, $75,000 | During a sailboat race on Lake Erie, two people who were not wearing life preservers, were swept overboard by high waves and drowned. A total of four boats capsized and twelve people were swept overboard. |
| April 1965 | Tornado (F4) | not stated | 1 killed, 100 hurt, $25,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 1983 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 1 killed, 25 hurt, $25,000,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | E Portion | 1 killed, $5,000,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakewood | 1 killed, $10,000 | A 14 year old boy was killed when struck by an electric wire that was downed when a tree was downed on two utility poles and part of a garage roof. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garfield Heights and | 1 killed, $5,000 | A 27-year-old off duty Cleveland Heights policeman was killed by lightning as he was walking to the house to avoid the approaching storm. Trees were downed, some on power lines. Coshocton County Coshocton,15,1713EST,,,0,0,3,0,Thunderstorm Winds |
| July 1999 | Lightning | Warrensville Hgts | 1 killed | A 36 year old male construction worker was found laying dead face up in a puddle of water. Witnesses claim the man was struck by lightning while working outdoors. |
| August 1996 | Lightning | Cleveland | 1 killed | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Winter Weather | Countywide | 61 hurt | no account filed |
| September 1966 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 20 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cleveland | 3 hurt, $5,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts of 35 to 40 mph blew down two large tents on the west side of Cleveland. Three people inside were injured when the tents collapsed. One person was hospitalized. A peak wind gust of 36 mph was measured at nearby Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. |
| July 1996 | Lightning | Cleveland | 3 hurt | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Lightning | Garfield Heights | 2 hurt, $15,000 | no account filed |
| September 1994 | Hail | E Portion | 1 hurt, $5,000,000 | ,,,,,,,,Lightning Large hail, driven by strong winds, occurred at a number of locations including Bedford and Oakwood where hail covered the ground like snow and stripped foilage from trees. Numerous homes and businesses reported damage to siding, roofs, windows, and vehicles. A Metroparks ranger at Brookside Park was injured when lightning struck a nearby light pole, then jumped to the tree which he was standing under striking him. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Royalton | 1 hurt, $500,000 | A thunderstorm downburst with winds estimated at 80 mph caused considerable damage along York Road between Albion Road and State Route 82 . The damage path from the downburst was oriented from west to east and was a half mile wide and approximately one mile long. Several hundred trees were downed and many homes damaged. A few cars were also damaged by fallen trees. A man was hit by a falling tree. He was taken to a local hospital and treated for a large cut on his forehead. |
| July 1970 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 1 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Lightning | Brooklyn | 1 hurt | A girl of unknown age was struck by lightning while playing on a ball field. The girl was taken to a hospital and treated for burns. |
| August 1992 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| July 1992 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | East Portion | $35,000,000 | Thunderstorms dumped torrential rainfall on much of Cuyahoga County during the late afternoon and early evening hours of June 22nd. With the ground already saturated from heavy rains the previous 24 hours, flash flooding quickly developed. The eastern and southern portions of the county were especially hard hit with significant damage reported in Brecksville, Broadview Heights, Parma, North Royalton and Solon. Spotters in Solon measured 5.0 inches of rain between 3:30 and 7:30 pm. A spotter in Parma reported a 24 rainfall total of 6 inches. Other storm totals included: 5.20 inches in Solon; 4.55 inches in Oakwood; 4.39 inches in Brecksville; 3.43 inches in North Royalton and 3.02 inches in Broadview Heights. Two to three feet of water was reported on many streets effectively turning them into rivers. Dozens of motorists had to be rescued from their vehicles. In Indepedence, 21 passengers had to be rescued from a scenic railway train after the railroad's tracks became flooded. In Brecksville, Chippewa Creek turned into a raging torrent and caused extensive damage in the city. A lumberyard near the creek saw much of it's inventory washed away and around 450 homes in thre area were damaged with 50 sustaining major damage . Also in Brecksville, a car was washed off of a road and deposited on it's side several hundred yards away. As much as two to three feet of water was reported on the ground floors of homes in Independence. In Parma, a sink hole 10 feet wide and 13 feet deep developed on State Road (State Route 94). The City of Parma spent over $1 million for emergency response, street repairs, materials and personnel. Around 200 homes, most of them east of State Road were damaged in the city. Several hundred homes and six school buildings were damaged by flooding in North Royalton. The damage was even more widespread in Broadview Heights and Solon. In Broadview Heights, around 1800 homes were affected by flooding with over 200 sustaining major damage. Most of this damage was north of State Route 82. Another 2000 homes were damaged in Solon. Numerous roads and culverts in these areas were washed out. At the peak of the flooding, nearly two dozen streets were impassable in Solon alone. In Walton Hills, flood waters were reported flowing over guard rails lining streets. Flooding in Cuyahoga County during this event was unprecedented. Nearly 4,000 homes, 475 businesses and 21 public buildings in the county were damaged by flooding. Damage to public infrastructure alone was in the millions. See the accompanying flood write up for information on the record flooding that occurred along the Cuyahoga River. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Parma | $25,000,000 | During the early afternoon of July 5 thunderstorms with torrential rain fell across portions of Cuyahoga County. Radar estimates put storm total rain amounts between 2.5 and 3 inches in the City of Parma. However the public reported a measurement near Ridge and Pleasant Valley Road of 4.12 inches. Another nearby rain gage supports this estimate with a measurement of 2.6 inches during the storm. Rainfall rates averaged 2 inches an hour during this event, peaking around 256 PM with rates estimated 4 to 6 inches an hour for approximately 15 minutes dropping over an inch of rain. A storm spotter in North Royalton reported 2 inches in 30 minutes around 230 PM. Flooding started to effect low lying and poor drainage areas around 230 PM, but the increase in intensity near the top of the hour resulted in rapid flash flooding. By 315 PM some water was inundating homes in North Royalton, mainly in basements. In Parma, the majority of heavy rainfall was in the southwest corner of the City, South of Pleasant Valley Road. The flooding was mostly concentrated along Big Creek headwaters with extensive damage to homes and businesses. At least two homes on Stormes Drive foundations gave way and are no longer inhabitable. Other homes were inundated in their first floor by 2 to 3 feet of water on Stormes Drive. Its estimated that in Parma alone, more than 1000 homes and businesses were flooded, primarily in the area located south of Ridgewood Drive to Sprague Road, as well as between State Road and West 130th Street, several of which had never experienced flooding before. A nursing home near Pleasant Valley Road and Ridge Road sustained over 6 million dollars in damages with nearly 100 residents displaced and 17 cars in the parking lot totaled. Parking lot and garage of University Hospital flooded and resulted in several cars damaged or destroyed. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Westlake | $13,000,000 | Between 800 and 1000 pm on the evening of May 12th rainfall observations in Olmsted Falls show 2.5-4.44 inches of rain. The rainfall rates were measured at 2.52 inches per hour. A dozen water rescues were conducted however no significant injuries were reported. In all nearly 1,000 homes were inundated in the towns of Olmsted Falls, North Olmsted, and Westlake. The City Hall in Olmsted Falls sustained significant flood damage to their basement. At the Great Northern Mall in North Olmsted 15 cars were submerged and a department store sustained significant damage. Dozens of roads and intersections were closed due to flooding with several feet of water. The major thruway Interstate 480 was closed around 1019 PM. Lewis Road in Olmsted Falls was damaged due to embankment failures. |
| June 2006 | Flood | Countywide | $12,000,000 | Runoff from the heavy rains on June 22nd caused rapid rises in all of the streams and rivers in Cuyahoga County. The Cuyahoga River at Independence established a new record high level by cresting at 23.21 feet during the early morning hours of June 23rd. Flood stage at Independence is 16 feet. Extensive flooding occurred along the river in both Valley View and Independence. Hundreds of people had to evacuated from their homes in these locations. Significant damage was done to homes and business along the river with damage along Canal Road especially bad. Considerable damage was also reported along the small streams and creeks in county. Numerous roads, bridges and culverts were damaged by this flooding. Around 4,000 homes, 475 business and 21 public buildings were damaged by flooding n Cuyahoga County on June 22nd and 23rd. This amount of damage was unprecedented in the county. |
| November 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Solon | $6,800,000 | An F1 tornado crossed into Cuyahoga County from Summit County to the south of Glenwillow. The tornado traveled northeast for about four miles and dissipated to the east of Solon. The tornado caused some home damage in Glenwillow and tore the roof off of a business. After moving across a few open fields the tornado crossed into Solon along Pettibone Road. Several homes were damaged on Selworthy and Hollycock Lanes in the Liberty Hill subdivision just north of Pettibone. As the tornado continued northeast it damaged several more homes in the Hunt Club subdivision near the intersection of SOM Center and Arthur Roads. Next hit was the Solon Middle School on SOM Center Road just north of Arthur Road. The school sustained over $2 million in roof and structural damages. As the tornado continued northeast it caused damage in the Ayleshire subdivision along Aurora Road. More home damage occured along Liberty Street near the railroad tracks and on Windy Hill Lane. The tornado finally dissipated on the eastern edge of Solon near Bainbridge Road after damaging around 100 homes in the county. Most of the home damage was minor, but dozens of cars were damaged or destroyed and hundreds of trees and power poles downed. The damage path was generally 50 to 100 yards in width. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bay Vlg | $6,500,000 | A thunderstorm downburst with peak winds estimated to be as much as 75 mph did extensive damage in Cleveland's western suburbs. Hundreds, if not thousands of trees were toppled in Bay Village, Rocky River and Lakewood. The damage was most concentrated near the Lake Erie shoreline. Lakewood was the hardest hit of the communities with hundreds of trees down in the northwest corner of the city alone. At least 15 intersections in the city had to be closed because of downed trees and power lines. Fallen trees damaged more than a 130 homes in Lakewood alone. Damage in Lakewood topped $4 million. Additional homes and buildings were damaged in Rocky River and the eastern portion of Bay Village. Dozens of automobiles were also damaged by the downburst. According to estimates, as many 200,000 people may have lost power during this event. It took over two days for power to be restored to all areas. |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $5,200,000 | Thunderstorms dumped heavy rains on Cuyahoga County for third time in less than 24 hours during the early morning hours of May 22nd. Areas already saturated from earlier rains saw another one to two inches of rain fall in just a couple hours. The Rocky River quickly rose during the early morning hours causing significant damage. Two very rapid rises in the river occurred. The first one was around 2:45 a.m. and was described by witnesses as a "wall of water" moving down the basin. The second jump in water levels occurred around daybreak. Six marinas along the river were heavily damaged. Piers and docks at the marinas were swept away as were over 100 boats. Around 35 of the boats were found tangled and smashed along a bridge abutment near the mouth of the river. Big Creek also went into flood during the early morning hours causing Brookpark Road to be closed. Widespread urban and lowland flooding occurred elsewhere in the county. Many roads and streets had to be closed because of flood waters up to three feet deep. A spotter in North Royalton measured 1.36 inches of rain during the early morning storm. Damage to roads and other public property from the flash flood events of May 21st and 22nd and from the subsequent flooding along the Cuyahoga River totaled approximately $3.6 million. 1095 homes in the county sustained flood damage during these events. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Westlake | $3,500,000 | Flash flooding across the western suburbs of Cleveland, including Bay Village, North Olmsted, Fairview Park, Rocky River and Lakewood. Notable road closures due to flooding include I-90 East near McKinley Avenue and West 117th Avenue between Berea Road and Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, West 130th Street and Bellaire Road and West 150th Street north of Brookpark Road in Cleveland. Great Northern Avenue north of Brookpark Road was flooded with several feet of standing water in North Olmsted. Extensive basement flooding reported, including between 1 to 2 dozen basements in Bay Village and 175 basements in Fairview Park. |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Cleveland | $2,500,000 | During the afternoon hours of the 2nd, a severe thunderstorms moved over downtown Cleveland. This thunderstorm remained nearly stationary over the downtown area for around an hour, and dropped as much as four and a half inches of rain. Several rainfall reports of 3.0 to 4.5 inches were received from downtown Cleveland. This rain fell in less than 90 minutes. Local streets and highways throughout the downtown area quickly filled with water. Many roads, including Interstate 90 were impassable by flood waters as much as four feet deep. Many vehicles became stranded in the flood waters. Once the rain ended, the high water receded quickly. This was a very local event in Cuyahoga County as the southern part of the county remained mainly dry. In fact, Cleveland Hopkins Airport did not receive any rainfall from this thunderstorm. |
| April 1977 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 1951 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Flash Flood | Berea | $2,200,000 | Heavy rain and thunderstorms moved across Cuyahoga County during the morning hours of the 7th. The first reports of flash flooding occurred in Berea and then quickly expanded into Brookpark. Several roads, including State Route 237 through Berea, were closed. As the heavy rain continued, major streets across Cleveland became flooded. In downtown Cleveland, flash flooding occurred along streets just north of Superior Avenue, especially near the intersection with Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. In this area, seventeen people had to be rescused from their vehicles, and a total of thirty five rescues were performed on other streets throughout downtown Cleveland. Approximately thirty eight residences and two businesses sustained major flood damage. Rainfall reports across Cuyahoga County from this event ranged from 1.74 inches in North Royalton to 3.74 inches in Westlake. The majority of the rain fell in a four hour time period between 7 am and 11 am. |
| August 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Brook Park | $2,000,000 | This tornado had peak intensity of EF1, estimated peak winds of 104 mph, and travelled generally east-southeastward through southern portions of suburban Cleveland. The tornado began near Sylvia Drive in Brook Park, where scattered tree limbs were downed. Metal roofing was torn off a portion of the Brook Park Recreation Center. Extensive damage to trees was noted along the majority of the path with downed limbs, some twisted, and other trees snapped off at the trunk. Numerous trees landed on homes, cars, and downed power lines. A garage with metal siding collapsed near Carol Drive and Middlebrook Boulevard in Brook Park, where damage was also sustained to a neighbor's garage and most of the covered patio was destroyed. Numerous power poles were leaning or downed along West 130th Street. Tornado-related damage continued through Parma Heights and Parma where numerous power poles were leaning or downed in yards and onto homes along West Ridgewood Drive across from the Shoppes at Parma. The path of tree damage continued through Seven Hills, especially along Chestnut Road, with intermittent damage noted through Independence and east of the Cuyahoga River. Extensive tree damage was noted in Valley View along Stone Road, where several large trees were uprooted and some fell onto homes. Strips of siding were torn off many homes in this area and lofted. Some trees fell to the north and northwest along this portion of the tornado's path. The tornado continued into Bedford where another neighborhood experienced significant damage south of Turney Road. Trees were downed onto several homes and at least a portion of a roof was ripped off with damage to a chimney. A new shed that was secured strongly was destroyed. Splattering of debris was noted on homes. Several homes had areas with siding removed and thrown. The tornado continued through Bedford Reservation with damage noted on Union Street and into the Bedford Cemetery. Damage became intermittent before the tornado ended just east of I-480 and south of Solon Road. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Beachwood | $2,000,000 | An isolated thunderstorm developed on an afternoon lake breeze on August 10th. This storm, though small in structure and spatial coverage, had a high rainfall rates. The rain started around 5 pm and ended around 7 pm. The storm peaked around 6 pm where 0.94 or rain was recorded in 10 minutes (rainfall rate of 6.36/hr) in a real-time rain gauge in Beachwood just west of Pepper Pike. The storm total rainfall in Beachwood was 3.26, with an unofficial reading of 4.5 in Pepper Pike. The storm resulted in widespread road closures, flooded basements, yards, garages, and minor flooding on first floors. Over 200 homes and businesses experienced water damage, primarily from backed up storm drainage into basements. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | West Portion | $1,800,000 | Severe thunderstorms tracked over western portions of Cuyahoga Ccounty during the afternoon hours of the 20th. By late afternoon, a second band of thunderstorms developed and tracked over the same area. Heavy rain was associated with both rounds of storms. Flash flooding quickly developed as the rain overwhelmed the storm sewers. In North Olmsted, there were reports of water up to the first floor windows of several homes. Water quickly rose to at least 3 feet in depth in the Great Northern Shopping Mall parking lot submerging dozens of cars and causing others to stall. Floodwaters also flowed into the lower level of the shopping mall. Water along the Rocky River rose quickly at the Rocky River Reservation. A small bridge over the river became impassable with several inches of water flowing over it. A tunnel used for the transit system near Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport was also flooded. There were numerous reports of basement flooding. Several streets and highways from downtown Cleveland westward saw substantial flooding. Flood waters three to four feet deep were reported in many areas. Several vehicles were trapped or submerged in the flood waters. Officially for the day, Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport received 3.55 inches of rainfall. Report from other locations in western Cuyahoga County included 5.50 inches in Parma and 4.10 inches measured in North Olmsted. |
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Strongsville Arpt | $1,250,000 | A thunderstorm downburst produced wind gusts of at least 85 mph and caused extensive damage across the southern end of Cuyahoga County. The damage path began along the county line west of Strongsville and continued east across Strongsville, North Royalton, Broadview Heights, Brecksville and Chagrin Falls. The damage was most concentrated south of State Route 82. Hundreds if not thousands of trees were downed or snapped. Many of the trees landed on homes or parked vehicles. Many other homes lost roofing or siding. Many utility poles were also snapped and widespread power outages occurred. At the peak of the storm over 35,000 customers were without power in Cuyahoga County. The outages were most widespread in Strongsville with over 6,000 impacted. Many school districts had to close on November 6th because of lack of power and blocked roads. It took around three days for power to be fully restored. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Bedford | $1,000,000 | Multiple reports of hail up to golf ball-size to slightly larger than hen egg-size in Bedford. For example, received a picture of a 2.25 diameter hailstone, measured with a ruler, in Bedford. Also, wind-driven severe hail damaged some of the siding and a window of a house in the town. According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Bedford's mayor estimated the severe hailstorm caused $1 million in damage to city hall and the surrounding city government complex alone. |
| June 2015 | Flood | (Cgf)Cuyahoga Co Arp | $1,000,000 | In Beachwood a rain gauge recorded 2.6 inches of, most of which fell during two bursts, at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. June 27. Over a hundred homes in the area reported flooding in their basements and many roads were closed. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $1,000,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Cuyahoga County and caused widespread damage and power outages. A spotter in Garfield Heights measured an 81 mph wind gust. Hundreds of trees were downed across the county. Many homes and vehicles were damaged by fallen trees and flying debris. The roof of a building at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport was torn off and thrown several hundred yards. Up to 400,000 people in the county were without power just after the storm passed. Power was not completely restored to all areas until early on May 24th. |
| October 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $1,000,000 | Thunderstorm winds in excess of 60 mph did considerable damage across the western half of the county. In Brooklyn, thunderstorm winds damaged four buildings. Two of the buildings suffered extensive structural damage and had exterior walls blown down and roofs completely torn off. The remaining two suffered less severe damage, but still lost large sections of roofing. Cars in a nearby parking lot were damaged by blocks and other debris from the damaged buildings. Dozens of trees were reported down in Brooklyn, Berea, Lakewood and Bay Village. |
| June 2015 | Flood | Eagle Cliff | $800,000 | A swath of heavy rain fell from northeast Lorain County, extending across northern Cuyahoga County. Precipitation estimates of 1.5 to locally up to 3 inches fell between 6 an 9 pm with numerous reports of flooding from the media and via social media. This resulted in numerous road closures, including I-90 in the Lakewood and Rocky River area. A concrete abutment collapsed along Mastick Road in Fairview Park causing the road to be closed. Flooded roads were also reported in Bay Village, Fairview Park, Shaker Heights, Chagrin Falls, and Pepper Pike. The flooding extended into Lorain County and other reports noted in was hard to get around on the east side of the City of Lorain. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | North Olmsted | $750,000 | Extensive flash flooding in North Olmsted, Brooklyn, Brook Park, Parma, and Parma Heights. Widespread basement flooding and road closures. Several underpasses under I-480 inundated with flood waters. A structure collapse was reported in North Olmsted due to the weight of water on the roof. Flooded roadways include Brookpark Road, West Ridgewood Drive, Pleasant Valley Road near York Road, and Sprague Road near West 130th Street. Multiple water rescues reported in this area. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo experienced flood damage due to flooding of Big Creek. The USGS river gage near the zoo on Big Creek rose from 3.8 feet to 12.8 feet in 70 minutes before the gage was knocked out of service by a fallen tree. Radar estimated 1.5 to 2.25 inches of rainfall in less than three hours, with much of the rainfall falling in less than one hour. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Eagle Cliff | $750,000 | Widespread, extensive flash flooding in Cleveland, Lakewood, Rocky River, Westlake, and Bay Village. Interstate 90 flooded with several feet of water with multiple water rescues on both eastbound and westbound lanes near the McKinley Avenue exit. Lakeshore Boulevard and Martin Luther King Boulevard closed due to flooding in Cleveland, with multiple cars stranded in high water. Extensive basement flooding in Rocky River, Lakewood, and Bay Village. Radar estimated 1.5 to 2.25 inches of rainfall in less than three hours, with much of the rainfall falling in less than one hour. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | (Bkl)Cleveland Lakef | $750,000 | Winds were measured at 75 mph at Burke Lakefront Airport |
| May 2004 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $750,000 | A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Cuyahoga County and dumped an inch or more of rain on already saturated ground. Widespread urban and lowland flooding occurred as several small streams and creeks left their banks. Baldwin Creek flooded on the northwest side of North Royalton damaging 73 homes and forcing the closure of several roads. Significant flooding was also reported in Garfield Heights where several streets had to be closed because of flood waters up to two feet deep. Many street closures were reported elsewhere in the county. Dozens of vehicles were stranded in the flood waters and hundreds of homes experienced basement flooding. |
| February 2011 | Flood | North Royalton | $700,000 | Heavy rain and rapid snow melt led to widespread flooding across Cuyahoga County. Rainfall totals across the county averaged 2 inches. Up to ten inches of heavy snow was on the ground at the onset of the rain. This snow rapidly melted as temperatures warmed into the 50s on the 28th. Up to an additional inch of water equivalent rainfall was released from the melted snow. Dozens of homes in the county sustained damage, mainly from basement flooding. Many roads had to be closed because of the flooding. Several schools in North Royalton received considerable damage. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Brooklyn | $600,000 | Numerous reports of flooded roadways across Parma, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Center, Cuyahoga Heights, and Cleveland Heights with water reportedly up to the bumper in many areas. I-77 had to be closed near Grant with 2 to 3 feet. I-480 at Ridge Rd Exit was completely flooded. Cars were reported washed off the road along Old Denison Ave. and Memphis Ave in Brooklyn. West Creek came out of its banks and flooded Broadview and Snow Roads in Parma. Poe Rd. flooded in Brooklyn Center. Flowing water and dangerous conditions reported near E 55th St and I-490. The flooding developed as torrential rain moved through the urban corridor with much of this area receiving between 1.5 and 3.0 inches of rain in 2 hours with storm totals reports of 2.5 to 4 inches of rain. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Countywide | $600,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Solon | $500,000 | Received social media picture of hailstones slightly larger than hen egg-size in Solon. According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Solon's mayor estimated hail-related damage totaled at least $500k. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Valley View | $500,000 | Nearly 4.5 inches of rain was reported over southern Cuyahoga County. The resulting flooding was primarily to roads and infrastructure, but there was some basement flooding mainly in the Berea area. Some impacts include widespread metropark flooding. The Canal Road in Valley View was closed from Rockside to Stone due to sinkhole conditions. In Macedonia there was a partial bridge collapse. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Olmsted | $500,000 | A thunderstorm downburst caused a path of damage from North Olmsted to Berea to Middleburg Heights. Dozens of trees were downed along the damage path which was intermittent. Some of the downed trees blocked roads, including Interstate 71. Damage occurred at a construction project at the Great Northern Mall in North Olmsted. Thunderstorm winds damaged a food court roof and toppled a section of wall at the mall. Several homes elsewhere along the damage path were damaged by the fallen trees. |
| January 2007 | Flood | Independence | $500,000 | Runoff from heavy rains on January 5th caused the Cuyahoga River at Independence to quickly rise. The river went above the flood stage of 16 feet during the evening hours of the 5th. The river crested at 20.64 feet around 4 a.m on the 6th and went back below flood stage during the late afternoon hours of the 6th. Significant flooding occurred in the Valley View area. Many homes and businesses along Canal Road and Gleeson, Charles, Frances and Stone Streets were damaged by flooding. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $500,000 | Thunderstorms dumped two to five inches of rain on the southern and central portions of Cuyahoga County during the late afternoon and early evening hours. Rainfall rates with the stronger storms were greater than two inches per hour. Widespread street and lowland flooding was reported in Strongsville, North Royalton, Brecksville, Solon , Moreland Hills and Broadview Heights. Some of the worst flooding occurred in North Royalton after Baldwin Creek left it's banks. Flood waters up to three feet deep damaged 170 homes in the city. Nearly five inches of rain fell in Brecksville causing Chippewa Creek to go into flood. Homes and businesses along Mill Road were evacuated after flood waters reached two feet in depth. Roads were washed out in Moreland Hill and Solon. Spotters measured three and a half inches of rain in Solon. Many vehicles became stranded in the flood waters. Hundreds of homes were damaged in the county, mainly from basement flooding. Many roads had to be closed because of flooding. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Seven Hills | $500,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts of 35 to 40 mph toppled the walls and roof trusses of a building under construction in Seven Hills. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Short Line Jct | $400,000 | Around 515 pm on April 19th, 2017 scattered thunderstorms with heavy rain moved over portions of Cuyahoga County. The storms were moving east around 30 mph. Embedded in these storms were radar estimated instantaneous rainfall rates in excess of 6 per hour. |A rain gauge located in Brook Park Ohio, about a mile and a half west of the Big Creek, measured 0.50 in 5 minutes, 1.01 in 15 minutes, 2.16 in 1 hour. The storm total rainfall was 2.81. This verified an instantaneous rainfall rate around 6/hr as indicated by radar. Using NOAA Atlas Precipitation Frequency Estimates the rainfall rates peaked at a 50 year average recurrence interval. |The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory for Cuyahoga County at 6:02 pm. Around this time a flash flood developed in Parma and extended into southern portions Brooklyn, notably at the intersection of Brookpark Road and the Big Creek. The Big Creek runs south to north starting in Parma Heights extending into Parma, Brooklyn, and connecting with the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland. A river gauge located approximately 1.5 miles downstream of the flood location indicated a rise in the creek starting around 545 pm. The Creek rose 5 feet in an hour, and crested around 830 pm with a stage around 9.5 feet. The creek receded back in its banks by 10 pm. |At the junction of the Big Creek and Brookpark Road is the entrance to the Big Creek reservation. When the creek exceeded its banks much of the water overflowed into the park grounds with minimal impact. The Brookpark Road bridge proved to be a choke point in the river as it was unable to handle the high flows. As a result, the water moved to the east side of the bridge flowing across Brookpark Road and into adjacent parking lots and multiple businesses. Estimates of 30 to 50 people had to be rescued from these businesses with dozens of vehicles flooded.|The Big Creek flows into the Cleveland Metropark Zoo, but by the time the flood water reached this area the creek was within its banks with no further damage. Flooding also affected travel in Hudson and Streetsboro. Flooding was seen at an Interstate 480 underpass on Stow Road in Hudson, and Ohio Route 303 was closed near Jefferson Street due to high water. However these were minor conditions with no injuries or property damage. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | $400,000 | Middleburg Heights,,,,,,,,,Hail (075) and Parma Heights,Downburst winds of up to 100 mph downed numerous trees, some on power lines, cars and structures. Several buildings suffered significant roof damage. An apartment building in Middleburg Heights had part of the roof and a number of windows blown out. The roof was blown off a residential parking garage at an apartment complex in Parma Heights. The section that lost the roof housed more than a dozen cars but it was unclear how many were damaged. The roof then landed downwind and damaged neighboring homes and cars. Several reports of tornadoes were received but a storm survey showed the damage pattern indicative of straight line winds. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 33 workings inside this county. 11 still produce and 22 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 6 |
| Clay | 4 |
| Zirconium | 4 |
| Iron | 3 |
| Silica | 2 |
| Bloating Material | 1 |
| Halite | 1 |
| Iron, Zinc, Copper | 1 |
| Tin, Lead | 1 |
| Calcium | 1 |
| Aluminum | 1 |
| Graphite | 1 |
| Fluorine-Fluorite | 1 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
Museum specimens collected inside this county and catalogued with a date and a place: 6,529 of them, by kingdom 5,959 animalia, 266 fungi, 216 plantae, 80 protozoa, 6 unrecorded. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV), YPM, Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM), KU, BPI, USNM among others, and each settlement page carries the specimens collected near it.
The oldest of them. A specimen proves something was collected on that day; its absence proves nothing.
| Photograph | Year | Species | Kingdom | Where | Collector | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1849 | Setophaga americana (Linnaeus, 1758) | Animalia | Rockport | Jared P. Kirtland | YPM YPM ORN 146145 |
| 1850 | Boraginaceae | Plantae | Cleveland. | not recorded | MEL MEL 2492785A | |
 | 1850 | Carex canescens L. | Plantae | Cleveland. | Illegible collector name | USF 30475 |
 | 1854 | Catillaria tricolor (Lam.) Th.Fr. | Fungi | Cleveland, Bousdale Hill | G. Dixon | F C0058604F |
 | 1854 | Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Animalia | Cleveland | Robert Kennicott | YPM YPM ORN 001806 |
 | 1860 | Abrothallus parmeliarum (Sommerf.) Nyl., 1869 | Fungi | Cleveland | Mudd Wm. | BPI BPI 671111 |
 | 1860 | Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) | Animalia | Cleveland | not recorded | ROM ROMO66935 |
 | 1863 | Villosa iris (I.Lea, 1829) | Animalia | not stated | H. Elliott | USNM USNM 25352 |
History of Cuyahoga County Ohio devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 11 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.
Everyone History of Cuyahoga County Ohio stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1870.
Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the watercourse or landform it stands on and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 5 places that were also surveyed for fire insurance come first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.
Bedford city · 44146 · Shaker Heights quadrangle
14 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Fire insurance: 2 atlases
Berea city · 44017 · On Baldwin Creek · Berea quadrangle
23 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Fire insurance: 2 atlases
Brecksville city · 44141 · On Wallin Creek · Broadview Heights quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Fire insurance: 2 atlases
Chagrin Falls township · 44022 · On Jackson Field · Chagrin Falls quadrangle
17 sheets, 1906 to 1994
Fire insurance: 4 atlases
Cleveland city · 44113 · On Cuyahoga River · Cleveland South quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Fire insurance: 95 atlases
Valley View village · 44125 · On Sagamore Run · Northfield quadrangle
15 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Oakwood village · 44146 · On Beaver Meadow Run · Twinsburg quadrangle
15 sheets, 1906 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44102 · On Whiskey Island · Cleveland South quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Bay Village city · 44140 · On Cahoon Creek · North Olmsted quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Bentleyville village · 44022 · On Willey Creek · Chagrin Falls quadrangle
17 sheets, 1906 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44110 · On Euclid Creek · East Cleveland quadrangle
14 sheets, 1901 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44115 · On Kingsbury Run · Cleveland South quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Bratenahl village · 44108 · On Doan Brook · Cleveland North quadrangle
14 sheets, 1901 to 1994
Broadview Heights city · 44147 · Broadview Heights quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Brook Park city · 44142 · On Colleda Branch Big Creek · Lakewood quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Brooklyn city · 44144 · On Stickney Creek · Cleveland South quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44144 · On Stickney Creek · Cleveland South quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44109 · On Treadway Creek · Cleveland South quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Westlake city · 44145 · On Cahoon Creek · North Olmsted quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Cleveland Heights city · 44118 · East Cleveland quadrangle
14 sheets, 1901 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44108 · On Ninemile Creek · East Cleveland quadrangle
14 sheets, 1901 to 1994
Olmsted township · 44138 · On Plum Creek · North Olmsted quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Oakwood village · 44146 · On Malicki Creek · Chagrin Falls quadrangle
17 sheets, 1906 to 1994
No longer a settlement
Westlake city · 44145 · On Cahoon Creek · North Olmsted quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Cuyahoga Heights village · 44125 · On West Creek · Cleveland South quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Westlake city · 44145 · On Cahoon Creek · North Olmsted quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Bay Village city · 44140 · On Porter Creek · North Olmsted quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Brecksville city · 44141 · Broadview Heights quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
No longer a settlement
Euclid city · 44119 · On Euclid Creek · East Cleveland quadrangle
14 sheets, 1901 to 1994
No longer a settlement
Glenwillow village · 44139 · On Beaver Meadow Run · Twinsburg quadrangle
15 sheets, 1906 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44110 · On Ninemile Creek · East Cleveland quadrangle
14 sheets, 1901 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44110 · On Ninemile Creek · East Cleveland quadrangle
14 sheets, 1901 to 1994
Gates Mills village · 44040 · In Deans Gully · Mayfield Heights quadrangle
17 sheets, 1905 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44108 · On Doan Brook · East Cleveland quadrangle
14 sheets, 1901 to 1994
Glenwillow village · 44139 · On Beaver Meadow Run · Twinsburg quadrangle
15 sheets, 1906 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44111 · On Chevy Branch Big Creek · Lakewood quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Highland Heights city · 44143 · Mayfield Heights quadrangle
17 sheets, 1905 to 1994
Hunting Valley village · 44022 · On Creek Chub Run · Chagrin Falls quadrangle
17 sheets, 1906 to 1994
Independence city · 44131 · On Tinkers Creek · Broadview Heights quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44113 · On Whiskey Island · Cleveland South quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44111 · On Chevy Branch Big Creek · Lakewood quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44111 · On Chevy Branch Big Creek · Lakewood quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44127 · On Morgan Run · Cleveland South quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44110 · On Euclid Creek · East Cleveland quadrangle
14 sheets, 1901 to 1994
Mayfield Heights city · 44124 · Mayfield Heights quadrangle
17 sheets, 1905 to 1994
Brook Park city · 44135 · On Colleda Branch Big Creek · Lakewood quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Middleburg Heights city · 44130 · On Gardner Flats · Berea quadrangle
23 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Moreland Hills village · 44022 · On Jackson Field · Chagrin Falls quadrangle
17 sheets, 1906 to 1994
Newburgh Heights village · 44105 · On Big Creek · Cleveland South quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Westlake city · 44145 · On Cahoon Creek · North Olmsted quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44111 · On East Branch Big Creek · Lakewood quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44110 · On East Branch of Euclid Creek · East Cleveland quadrangle
14 sheets, 1901 to 1994
Oakwood village · 44146 · On Hawthorne Creek · Northfield quadrangle
15 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44113 · On Whiskey Island · Cleveland South quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Westlake city · 44145 · On Sperry Creek · North Olmsted quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44114 · On The Flats · Cleveland North quadrangle
14 sheets, 1901 to 1994
North Olmsted city · 44070 · On East Branch Rocky River · North Olmsted quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Olmsted Falls city · 44138 · On Plum Creek · North Olmsted quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Westlake city · 44145 · On Cahoon Creek · North Olmsted quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Richmond Heights city · 44143 · On Stevenson Brook · East Cleveland quadrangle
14 sheets, 1901 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44135 · On Colleda Branch Big Creek · Lakewood quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44109 · On Treadway Creek · Cleveland South quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Valley View village · 44125 · On Tinkers Creek · Northfield quadrangle
15 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44113 · On Whiskey Island · Cleveland South quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44113 · On Kingsbury Run · Cleveland South quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
University Heights city · 44118 · Shaker Heights quadrangle
14 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Valley View village · 44125 · On Tinkers Creek · Shaker Heights quadrangle
14 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44113 · On Kingsbury Run · Cleveland South quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
No longer a settlement
Broadview Heights city · 44147 · Broadview Heights quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Walton Hills village · 44146 · On Wood Creek · Northfield quadrangle
15 sheets, 1903 to 1994
North Randall village · 44128 · Shaker Heights quadrangle
14 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Olmsted Falls city · 44138 · On Baker Creek · West View quadrangle
20 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Westlake city · 44145 · On Sperry Creek · North Olmsted quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Cleveland city · 44111 · On Chevy Branch Big Creek · Lakewood quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
Independence city · 44131 · On Mill Creek · Cleveland South quadrangle
16 sheets, 1903 to 1994
Westlake city · 44145 · On Cahoon Creek · North Olmsted quadrangle
21 sheets, 1902 to 1994
16 topographic sheets and 95 fire insurance atlases, 1886 to 1953
17 topographic sheets and 4 fire insurance atlases, 1884 to 1899
14 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1896 to 1902
23 topographic sheets and 2 fire insurance atlases, 1893 to 1901
Each is a separate federal document with its own page: a survey report, or the case file that argued a property on to the National Register. Both are public domain and reproduced word for word. There are too many to list here without burying the rest of this page.
The complete index for Cuyahoga County, and the vanished settlements.
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