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

Milan, Ohio

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Milan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44846. It stands on North Milan Hill. The Survey maps it on the Milan quadrangle. 1,371 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 659 feet above sea level.

Milan within Erie County

Population over time

2 figures

Milan grew from 1,367 to 1,371 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	1,367
2020	1,371	+4 (+0%)

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Milan, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Milan, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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 1,368 shown

Museums hold 1,368 specimens collected within 10 miles of Milan between 1874 and 1975: 760 Plantae, 548 Animalia, 60 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. Dowdy, Albert Commons 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.

Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
Dennstaedtia punctilobula (Michx.) T.Moore	1900	Grover, F.O.	"Dry sandy hillside, shaded
Carduus nutans L.	1874	Jones, G.T.	Berlin Twp., just W of Ceylon
Macropetalichthys rhapheidolabis Norwood & Owen, 1846 (fossil)	1881	D. S. Young
Graminopassalora graminis (Fuckel) U.Braun, C.Nakash., Videira & Crous	1886	William Trelease; A. Commons	Madison
Scolecotrichum graminis Fuckel	1886	Dr. Wm. Trelease; A. Commons	(a) Madison, Wis. (b) Faulkland, Del.
Athyrium pycnocarpon (Spreng.) Tidestr.	1888	Steele, E.S.	Milan.
Carex gracillima Schwein.	1892	Moseley, E.L.	Shinrock
Catharus fuscescens fuscescens (Stephens, 1817)	1892	C. Tuttle	Berlin Heights
Apocynum sibiricum Jacq.	1896	Watson, J.R.	North Ohio
Aristolochia serpentaria L.	1896	Simms, C.	Berlin
Asclepias verticillata L.	1896	E. L. Moseley	Groton
Carex bromoides Willd.	1896	Moseley, E.L.	Milan

All 1,368 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

5 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Milan: 5 producers. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Bauer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Delhi Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Mortensen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Reer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Weilnau Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Erie County

Storms nearby

34 since 1995

The National Weather Service names Milan in 34 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 17 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 flood, 2 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
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Milan	$750,000	Strong thunderstorm winds estimated to 70 miles per hour produced widespread damage in Milan. An estimated one thousand or more trees were downed in the area and the roofs of the town hall and police station were badly damaged.
September 2000	Tornado (F2)	Milan	$175,000	A tornado touched down north of Monroeville in Huron County and traveled east along State Route 113 into southern Erie County. The tornado dissipated near the corner of Higbee and Livengood Roads after destroying a farm house. The destroyed house was ripped from its foundation, moved 40 feet and knocked over. A second house and a small barn were also slightly damaged. The tornado traveled approximately one mile in Erie County and had a damage path about 100 yards wide. Debris from the homes was thrown well outside the damage path which was clearly visible through corn fields. Ears of corn were shucked, apparently by the tornado and some ears had many kernels removed. Several dozen trees were downed along the damage path.
May 2011	Hail	Milan	$125,000	Thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail. The large hail damaged numerous vehicles.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Milan	$100,000	Several buildings in downtown Milan either had their roofs blown off or had significant roof damage. This report was a picture from Facebook.
July 2013	Flash Flood	Milan	$100,000	The towns of Milan, Oxford, and Groton townships were the most impacated by the heavy rains of July 10th. Doppler radar estimates between 3 and 4 inches of rain fell within an hour and a half with strong storms that moved through Erie County. Flooding was so widespread that local and county officials were advising the public to stay off the roads. The major thru ways of Ohio 113, Ohio 99, and U.S. 250 were closed. Drivers trying to circumvent the area were left with few options, as most of the surrounding roads had varying degrees of flooding. Portions of Patten Tract, Mason, Strecker, Ransom, Thomas and Kelley roads were overrun with pools of inches-deep water. A few homes were inundated in the first floor by flood waters, but the majority of the home flood damage was the result of basement flooding.
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Milan	$40,000	Thunderstorm winds tore the roof off of a barn located three miles northwest of Milan on Thomas Road in Oxford Township. Several nearby outbuildings were also damaged.
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Milan	$35,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several trees. One of the trees landed on a house and caused significant damage.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Milan	$25,000	Thunderstorm winds downed many trees. At least a couple of roads were blocked by fallen trees.
November 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Milan	$25,000	Thunderstorm winds toppled five power poles along U.S. Route 250 north of Milan between Mason Road and State Route 13.
October 2012	Flood	Milan	$15,000	The small community called Franklin Flats located along the Huron River in western Milan is frequently inundated during times of flood. During Superstorm Sandy the Huron River reached major flood stage at 21 feet during the night of the 30th. At this stage the river inundated Franklin Flats community with about 2 feet of water. Being flood prone, the homes are elevated and citizens in the area moved valuable property out of the flood zone prior to the inundation. The property damage was minimal as a result.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Milan	$10,000	Numerous trees were either blown down or snapped halfway up on the trunks around the Milan area. There were numerous power lines blown down.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Milan	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds downed two trees and several large limbs.
June 1998	Lightning	Milan	$10,000	Lightning struck the town hall clock tower, destroying the tower and the clock and cracking the town bell.
November 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Milan	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed one tree and several large limbs five miles north of Milan.
June 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Milan	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed two trees.
July 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Milan	$3,000	no account filed
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Milan	$2,000	A few trees were reported down.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Milan	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree which blocked the road.
April 2013	Hail	Milan	$1,000	Law enforcement reported quarter size hail near Milan.
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Milan	-	Several tree branches downed in Milan.
June 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Milan	-	Two-foot diameter tree snapped in half about four-miles north of Milan.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Milan	-	A large tree was blown down across State Route 13.
January 2018	Flood	Milan	-	At 910 AM EST, Erie Emergency Management reported an ice jam along the Huron River at Franklin Flats in Milan. The water backed up to Route 250. Ice was 8 inches thick.
July 2013	Hail	Milan	-	Penny to quarter sized hail was observed.
September 2012	Hail	Milan	-	Penny sized hail was reported.
May 2010	Hail	Milan	-	Nickel sized hail was observed.
August 2007	Flood	Milan	-	Heavy rain that fell across the area during the morning hours of the 20th quickly filled streams and rivers across the area. At 9 am on the 20th, the Huron River at Milan was 7.74 feet. As the morning progressed, the river rose between two and three feet per hour until it rose above the flood stage of 18 feet during the afternoon. The river continued to rise through the evening hours, and crested at 22.7 feet at around 10:45 pm. Through the overnight hours into the 21st, the river gradually fell, but did not drop below flood stage until the late morning hours of the 21st.
April 2006	Hail	Milan	-	Penny size hail was observed.
April 2006	Hail	Milan	-	Penny size hail was observed.
April 2004	Hail	Milan	-	Penny size hail was observed.
July 2001	Hail	Milan	-	Dime size hail was reported three miles north of Milan.
July 2001	Hail	Milan	-	Dime size hail was reported.
June 1999	Flash Flood	Milan	-	A railroad underpass was flooded in Milan from thunderstorm rains. Occupants of the car were temporarily trapped inside their vehicle.
April 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Milan	-	A tree was downed across Route 113. Large limbs were downed.

Every storm recorded in Erie 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
North Milan	1.0 miles	13
Avery	2.2 miles	13
Spears Corners	2.6 miles	13
Berlinville	4.8 miles	13
Kimball	5.2 miles	12
Shinrock	5.6 miles	13
Prout (historical)	6.2 miles	12
Berlin Heights	6.2 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 Milan	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1645063	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 1061522. 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.