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Mentor-on-the-Lake, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Mentor-on-the-Lake City. It lies in ZIP code area 44060. It stands on Heisley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mentor quadrangle. 7,131 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMentor-on-the-Lake fell from 7,443 to 7,131 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 | 7,443 | |
| 2020 | 7,131 | -312 (-4%) |
Then and now
1905 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 89 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1905 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 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.
- 1905 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:62500
- 1907 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Cleveland North quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland North quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Mentor quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
1 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Mentor-on-the-Lake between 2003 and 2003, burning about 400 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 April 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | MENTOR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,423 shownMuseums hold 1,423 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mentor-on-the-Lake between 1864 and 1975: 1,193 Animalia, 149 Plantae, 71 Fungi, 6 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Doolittle, A. F. Clewell, A. Woolman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq. | 1885 | Werner, WM.C. | near Painesville |
 | Athyrium filix-femina subsp. angustum (Willd.) R.T.Clausen | 1885 | Werner, Wm. C. | Painesville |
 | Periploca graeca L. | 1886 | Werner, WM.C. | Near Painesville |
 | Leucodon brachypus Brid. | 1864 | E. J. Ferris | |
 | Mnium spinulosum Bruch & Schimp. | 1864 | E. J. Ferris | Painesville |
 | Dicranella heteromalla (Hedw.) Schimp. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | |
 | Didymodon tophaceus (Brid.) Lisa | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | |
 | Discelium nudum (Dicks.) Brid. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | |
 | Drepanocladus polycarpos (Blandow ex Voit) Warnst. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | |
| Eurhynchium pulchellum (Hedw.) Jenn. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | ||
 | Fontinalis sphagnifolia (Müll.Hal.) Wijk & Margad. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. | |
 | Orthotrichum stellatum Brid. | 1871 | H. C. Beardslee, Sr. |
All 1,423 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mentor-on-the-Lake: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mentor Sand and Supply Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
10 since 1999The National Weather Service names Mentor-on-the-Lake in 10 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 waterspout, 1 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 2011 | Flood | Mentor On The Lake | $20,000 | Two to three inches of rain fell over Northern Lake County in 90-120 minutes resulting in flooding in Painesville. This rain fell over already saturated ground from the previous days one to two inches of rainfall, resulting in rapid runoff. The flooding was a result of sewer systems being overwhelmed and backing up into area roads. Several roads had one to two feet of water which lasted for several hours. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mentor On The Lake | $5,000 | Power pole snapped and fell onto car. Also, numerous trees downed, one of which damaged a shed. All of this damage occurred on the north side of Mentor-on-the-Lake, near Mentor Lagoons. |
| May 2011 | Flash Flood | Mentor On The Lake | $2,000 | Torrential Rainfall from severe thunderstorms brought upwards of 3 inches of rainfall over portions of Lake County within an hour and a half. In the town of Concord flash flooding was reported. The Big Creek and Gardon Creeks came out of banks, and several roads were flooded. Some homes were threatened by the flood waters along Jason and Christian Ave. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mentor On The Lake | - | Estimated peak convective wind gust of 75-mph from line of thunderstorms in Mentor-on-the-Lake. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mentor On The Lake | - | Widespread tree damage in Mentor-on-the-Lake. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mentor On The Lake | - | Large trees downed along Brooks Boulevard in Mentor-on-the-Lake. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mentor On The Lake | - | Tree downed in Mentor-on-the-Lake. |
| May 2007 | Hail | Mentor On The Lake | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| July 2005 | Hail | Mentor On The Lake | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| August 1999 | Waterspout | Mentor On The Lake | - | Several waterspouts were reported over the coastal waters of Lake Erie. The first waterspout was reported approximately one mile offshore from Mentor on the Lake. Later in the morning several additional waterspouts were reported 5 to 10 miles northeast of Fairport Harbor. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View | 0.1 miles | 16 | |
| Salida | 0.2 miles | 16 | |
| Salida Beach | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Mentor Acres | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Arrowhead Beach | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Will-O-Bee on the Lake | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Heisley (historical) | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Mentor | 2.9 miles | 16 |
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 Mentor-on-the-Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2247902 | 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 1056421. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.