Brady Lake, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Franklin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44266. It stands on Nash Hill. The Survey maps it on the Kent quadrangle. 1,222 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,076 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBrady Lake grew from 464 to 1,222 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 464 | |
| 2020 | 1,222 | +758 (+163%) |
Then and now
1906 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1906 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1906 USGS Kent quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Kent quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Kent quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Kent quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Kent quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Kent quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Kent quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Kent quadrangle1:24000
In the 1885 county history
1,924 words on this townshipThe county history of 1885 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Franklin Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Franklin Township - 1,924 words.
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 857 shownMuseums hold 857 specimens collected within 10 miles of Brady Lake between 1883 and 1975: 580 Animalia, 237 Plantae, 33 Fungi, 5 Unrecorded, 1 Protozoa, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. F. Clewell, A. K. Wyatt and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Frankiella alni (Woronin) Maire & A.Tison | 1910 | Rankin; H.H. Whetzel | |
![]() | Stereum frustulatum (Pers.) Fr. | 1910 | H.H. Whetzel | |
![]() | Valsaria exasperans (W.R.Gerard) Sacc. | 1910 | Whetzel; Rankin | |
![]() | Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898 | 1883 | John C. Catlin | Ravenna |
![]() | Dolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1883 | John C. Catlin | Ravenna |
![]() | Lepidozia reptans (L.) Dumort. | 1884 | Czekaj | |
![]() | Glaucomys volans volans (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1889 | C. P. Streator | Ravenna |
![]() | Ambloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Cuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio |
![]() | Cambarus propinquus Girard, 1852 | 1893 | Woolman | Cuyahoga River, Kent |
![]() | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Cuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio |
![]() | Esox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 1846 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Cuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Kent, Ohio |
All 857 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
10 of 17 shownThe federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Brady Lake: 8 producers, 7 past producers, 2 plants. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Becks Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Brimfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Brimfield Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Donald Wartko Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Donald Wartko Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hilltop Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Howitt Plant & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Hugo Sand Co. Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Karg Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Karl Brugmann Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms nearby
4 since 2008The National Weather Service names Brady Lake in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Brady Lake | $300,000 | Widespread flash flooding in Ravenna. Several roads flooded with two motorists needing rescued. Widespread flooding of mobile homes along Bramley Drive. Several reports of basement flooding throughout the city. Flooding of a church on Bridge Street was reported. Radar estimated and gauge measured rainfall of 3 to 3.5 inches fell in a 2 to 3 hours period over Ravenna. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brady Lake | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and large limbs throughout Portage County. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brady Lake | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and large limbs throughout Portage County. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brady Lake | $2,000 | There were several trees and power lines blown down. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Black Horse | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Earlville | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| West Park Homes | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Birchwood Manor | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Pine Gate Village | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Twin Lakes | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Sprotts Corners | 3.4 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Brady Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2469943 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1064476. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.

























