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Munroe Falls, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Munroe Falls City. It lies in ZIP code area 44262. It stands on Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hudson quadrangle. 5,044 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.

Munroe Falls within Summit County

Population over time

2 figures

Munroe Falls grew from 5,012 to 5,044 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.

YearPeople Change
20105,012
20205,044+32 (+1%)

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 Munroe Falls, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Munroe Falls, 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.

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 780 shown

Museums hold 780 specimens collected within 10 miles of Munroe Falls between 1867 and 1975: 668 Animalia, 64 Plantae, 47 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by (no collector listed), A. Black, 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 quadrifolia Jacq.Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.1889Foltz, Kent O.Sand Run Park; Akron
Specimen of Asclepias verticillata L.Asclepias verticillata L.1889not recordedAkron
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 Buteo lineatus, not of this specimenButeo lineatus lineatus (Gmelin, 1788)1887B. SanfordHudson
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 Carex pensylvanica, not of this specimenCarex pensylvanica Lam.1889Foltz, K.O.Akron
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae, not of this specimenGymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein.1889Reade M. C.Hudson
A photograph of the species Peltandra virginica, not of this specimenPeltandra virginica (L.) Schott1889Foltz, Kent O.Akron; Blue Pond

All 780 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 14 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Munroe Falls: 10 past producers, 4 producers. 4 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
Alden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arlington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Herbruck Trucking PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Herbruck Trucking PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Herms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Herms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lerkis Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Northern Ohio Materials Hudson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plant Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Summit County

Storms nearby

7 since 2004

The National Weather Service names Munroe Falls in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
May 2014Flash FloodMunroe Falls$1,500,000Heavy rain fell between Munroe Falls and Akron Ohio on the evening of May 12th. In Akron 70 homes sustained basement flooding along with the Summit County Public Health Center. In Munroe Falls there was approximately $250,000-300,000 in damages to city property. Numerous homes had sewer backup of 6 to 7 feet in basements. On Lindsey Road a house lost its foundation. A family was rescued from their home when flooded on Hiwood Road. Numerous water rescues were conducted in both Munroe Falls and Akron between 1030 pm and midnight.
July 2008HailMunroe Falls$5,000Quarter size hail was observed.
April 2004HailMunroe Falls$5,000Quarter size hail was observed.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMunroe Falls-Numerous trees downed at Wring Drive and East Howe Road in Tallmadge.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMunroe Falls-Tree downed about one-mile NNE of Tallmadge.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMunroe Falls-Numerous trees downed near intersection of OH-261 and Munroe Road in Tallmadge.
June 2024HailMunroe Falls-Hail up to quarter-size about one-mile NNE of Tallmadge.

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
Stow1.0 miles14
Silver Lake1.3 miles14
Fish Creek2.1 miles14
Oregon Corners2.4 miles14
Cuyahoga Falls2.5 miles14
Tallmadge3.0 miles16
Metz3.6 miles14
Iron Bridge (historical)3.7 miles21

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 Munroe FallsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2233860The 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 1065085. 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.