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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Eagle Cliff, Ohio

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bay Village City. It lies in ZIP code area 44140. It stands on Porter Creek. The Survey maps it on the North Olmsted quadrangle.

Eagle Cliff within Cuyahoga County

Then and now

1902 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eagle Cliff, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Eagle Cliff, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 sheets

Matched 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 860 shown

Museums hold 860 specimens collected within 10 miles of Eagle Cliff between 1849 and 1975: 801 Animalia, 28 Plantae, 26 Fungi, 4 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. G. Newhall, A. Hall, A. Hull 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Poa pratensis L.Poa pratensis L.1897Watson,J.R. s.n. [1897-06][label: North Ohio Flora] Berea
A photograph of the species Setophaga americana, not of this specimenSetophaga americana (Linnaeus, 1758)1849Jared P. KirtlandRockport
A photograph of the species Eremophila alpestris, not of this specimenEremophila alpestris praticola (Henshaw, 1884)1877A. HallEast Rockport
A photograph of the species Baeolophus bicolor, not of this specimenBaeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766)1879Willard G. Van NameEast Rockport
A photograph of the species Contopus virens, not of this specimenContopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766)1879A. HullEast Rockport
A photograph of the species Setophaga tigrina, not of this specimenSetophaga tigrina (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1879A. HallEast Rockport
A photograph of the species Astur Lacepède, not of this specimenAstur Lacepède, 17991880A. HallEast Rockport
A photograph of the species Caprimulgus vociferus, not of this specimenCaprimulgus vociferus vociferus A.Wilson, 18121880A. HallEast Rockport
A photograph of the species Icterus spurius, not of this specimenIcterus spurius (Linnaeus, 1766)1880A. HallEast Rockport
Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)1890Saunders, F.A.LOCNM: Rondeau
A photograph of the species Chlidonias niger, not of this specimenChlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758)1890Saunders, F.A.LOCNM: Rondeau
A photograph of the species Betula populifolia, not of this specimenBetula populifolia Marshall1891Henry C. CowlesKensington, Ct.

All 860 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

6 since 2015

The National Weather Service names Eagle Cliff in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015FloodEagle Cliff$800,000A 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 2023Flash FloodEagle Cliff$750,000Widespread, 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.
August 2024Tornado (EF1)Eagle Cliff$65,000This tornado had peak intensity of EF1, estimated peak winds of 110 mph, and entered Cuyahoga County from Lorain County, just west of Wolf Road in Bay Village. The tornado moved generally east-southeastward along its path in Cuyahoga County. As the tornado moved in vicinity of Wolf Road, it caused minor tree damage near Bradley Road Park. Sporadic tree damage continued along the tornado's path. Large tree limbs and tree tops were snapped along East Oakland Road in Bay Village, where a front porch was damaged by one of the snapped trees. Along Laurel Avenue in Rocky River, a healthy oak tree fell across two homes and caused roof damage to both homes. One of these homes had its north-facing exterior displaced and portions of its east-facing brick exterior were scoured by airborne debris. Several more oak trees were snapped near the intersection of Laurel Avenue and U.S. Route 20 in Rocky River. One of the snapped trees destroyed a deck. The tornado dissipated very soon thereafter.
August 2024Tornado (EF1)Eagle Cliff$50,000This tornado had peak intensity of EF1, estimated peak winds of 110 mph, and moved southeastward during its lifespan. The tornado began in Bay Village near Lake Road, west of Pinewood Drive, and caused tree damage along Northfield Road and Longbeach Parkway. Widespread tree damage occurred in Huntington Reservation. Numerous trees were twisted, snapped, and uprooted nearby on Wolf Road and West Oakland Road, where the tornado crossed the path of the separate tornado that began in Lorain County and moved into Bay Village minutes before. Multiple structures along West Oakland Road were damaged due to downed trees and this is where the tornado reached its peak intensity. The damage included a destroyed roof, a separate damaged roof, and multiple sheds were damaged or destroyed. The tornado entered Westlake near Cahoon Road and crossed Cahoon Creek. Intermittent tree damage continued along Georgetown Drive, Ellington Road, and Langale Road before the tornado dissipated near the intersection of Dover Center Road and Sentry Lane.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindEagle Cliff$5,000A trained spotter reported large limbs and a tree down on Detroit Road between Dover and Crocker.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindEagle Cliff-Tree downed along Clemens Road, near the Red Roof Inn, in Westlake. Another tree fell onto a house along Hilliard Road in Westlake, just west of the Rocky River border.

Every storm recorded in Cuyahoga County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
West Dover1.4 miles21
Bay Village2.2 miles21
The Glens2.3 miles21
Woods Of Westlake2.4 miles21
North Dover2.5 miles21
Creekwood Meadows2.6 miles21
Dover Bay Estates2.6 miles21
Carriage Park Estates2.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1057018. 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.

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.