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Earlville, 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 44240. It stands on Breakneck Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kent quadrangle.

Earlville within Portage County

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Earlville, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Earlville, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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.

In the 1885 county history

1,924 words on this township

The 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 999 shown

Museums hold 999 specimens collected within 10 miles of Earlville between 1883 and 1975: 714 Animalia, 245 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Frankiella alni (Woronin) Maire & A.TisonFrankiella alni (Woronin) Maire & A.Tison1910Rankin; H.H. Whetzel
Specimen of Stereum frustulatum (Pers.) Fr.Stereum frustulatum (Pers.) Fr.1910H.H. Whetzel
Specimen of Valsaria exasperans (W.R.Gerard) Sacc.Valsaria exasperans (W.R.Gerard) Sacc.1910Whetzel; Rankin
A photograph of the species Colaptes auratus, not of this specimenColaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 18981883John C. CatlinRavenna
A photograph of the species Dolichonyx oryzivorus, not of this specimenDolichonyx oryzivorus (Linnaeus, 1758)1883John C. CatlinRavenna
A photograph of the species Lepidozia reptans, not of this specimenLepidozia reptans (L.) Dumort.1884Czekaj
A photograph of the species Glaucomys volans, not of this specimenGlaucomys volans volans (Linnaeus, 1758)1889C. P. StreatorRavenna
A photograph of the species Ambloplites rupestris, not of this specimenAmbloplites rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817)1893A. WoolmanCuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio
A photograph of the species Cambarus propinquus, not of this specimenCambarus propinquus Girard, 18521893WoolmanCuyahoga River, Kent
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1893A. WoolmanCuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio
A photograph of the species Esox americanus, not of this specimenEsox americanus vermiculatus Lesueur, 18461893A. WoolmanCuyahoga River, Kent, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma blennioides, not of this specimenEtheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 18191893A. WoolmanKent, Ohio

All 999 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 16 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Earlville: 10 producers, 5 past producers, 1 plant. 11 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Becks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Brimfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Brimfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
General PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hilltop Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Howitt Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Hugo Sand Co. DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jefferson Materials Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Karl Brugmann Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Karl Brugmann Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Portage County

Storms nearby

5 since 2014

The National Weather Service names Earlville in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
September 2014Tornado (EF0)Earlville$40,000The same thunderstorm that produced a weak tornado in Stow also produced a tornado a few miles away near the small village of Sugar Bush Knolls in western Portage County. This EF0 tornado initially touched down near the intersection of Spell Road and Judson Road. The tornado continued northeast for nearly a mile and crossed the Raccoon Hill Golf Club. The tornado eventually lifted after crossing Hudson Road. Many trees were downed along the damage patch which was up to 50 yards in width.
July 2025Flash FloodEarlville$15,000Water entered the basement crawl space of a residence and overflowed two ground level rooms built on a slab near West Twin Lake north of Kent, Ohio. Radar estimated around 2.5 to 2.75 inches of rainfall in a 60-90 minute period, which equates to a 100 year recurrence interval.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindEarlville$2,000Several trees and utility lines were blown down.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindEarlville-Large tree limb down along Knoll Road in Sugar Bush Knolls. Downed trees closed South Prospect Street in Ravenna, between Van Buren Ave. and Harris Ave.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindEarlville-State Route 43 from Kennedy to Twin Lakes was closed due to several trees blown down on the roadway.

Every storm recorded in Portage 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
Twin Lakes1.0 miles14
Sugar Bush Knolls1.2 miles14
Kent2.4 miles14
Brady Lake2.5 miles14
Doolittles Corners2.7 miles14
Lakeside Terrace3.5 miles14
Streetsboro3.6 miles14
Birchwood Manor3.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1067183. 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.