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

Mogadore, Ohio

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Mogadore Village. It lies in ZIP code area 44260. It stands on Wingfoot Lake Outlet. The Survey maps it on the Akron East quadrangle.

Mogadore within Summit 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 Mogadore, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Mogadore, surveyed 1906

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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 572 shown

Museums hold 572 specimens collected within 10 miles of Mogadore between 1867 and 1975: 467 Animalia, 62 Plantae, 41 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by (no collector listed), A. W. Cusick, 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Botrychium virginianum subsp. virginianumBotrychium virginianum subsp. virginianum1888Wright, A.A.Tallmadge.
Specimen of Asclepias verticillata L.Asclepias verticillata L.1889not recordedAkron
Specimen of Osmunda cinnamomea L.Osmunda cinnamomea L.1890Kofoid, C.A.Akron.
A photograph of the species Accipiter striatus, not of this specimenAccipiter striatus velox (A.Wilson, 1812)1867Collector(s): James Lee PetersAkron
A photograph of the species Dryopteris carthusiana, not of this specimenDryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs1880F. O. PayneAkron
A photograph of the species Geum aleppicum, not of this specimenGeum aleppicum Jacq.1887ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Geum canadense, not of this specimenGeum canadense Jacq.1887ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Hydrastis canadensis, not of this specimenHydrastis canadensis L.1888E.L. Sturtevant II
A photograph of the species Lonicera dioica, not of this specimenLonicera dioica L.1888K. O. Foltz
A photograph of the species Penstemon hirsutus, not of this specimenPenstemon hirsutus (L.) Willd.1888K. O. Foltz
A photograph of the species Agrimonia gryposepala, not of this specimenAgrimonia gryposepala Wallr.1889ElliottGreensburg
A photograph of the species Carex pensylvanica, not of this specimenCarex pensylvanica Lam.1889Foltz, K.O.Akron

All 572 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

6 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mogadore: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 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
Hammond Brothers Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Hammond Brothers Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Knight PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Knight Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Martz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Martz PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Summit County

Storms nearby

10 since 2001

The National Weather Service names Mogadore in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2019: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012HailMogadore$1,500,000Quarter to golf ball sized hail was observed. Hundreds of vehicles were damaged by the hail. A few homes were also damaged by the hail.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindMogadore$25,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree which landed on a house and caused significant damage.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindMogadore$6,000Several trees were reported down. Also, penny size hail was observed.
June 2019FloodMogadore$5,000Minor flooding Melanie Lake swimming park along Canton Road in Springfield Township has widespread flooding due to the heavy rains that hit southern Summit County during the week ending on the 17th.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindMogadore-A small pine tree was uprooted as well as small tree limbs blown down.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindMogadore-Numerous trees were reported blown down.
June 2010HailMogadore-Quarter sized hail was observed.
May 2004HailMogadore-Penny size hail was observed.
August 2001Funnel CloudMogadore-A funnel cloud was spotted over Mogadore. The funnel cloud quickly dissipated and no damage occurred.
August 2019HailMogadore-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Summit 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
The Willows1.1 miles16
North Springfield2.0 miles16
Ellet2.0 miles16
White House Park2.1 miles16
Sawyerwood2.4 miles16
Lakemore2.7 miles16
Six Corners2.8 miles16
Derby Downs3.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1077531. 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.