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

Olmsted, Ohio

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1994. It stands in North Olmsted City. It lies in ZIP code area 44070. It stands on East Branch Rocky River. The Survey maps it on the North Olmsted quadrangle.

Olmsted within Cuyahoga County

Then and now

1902 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Olmsted, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Olmsted, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 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 1,068 shown

Museums hold 1,068 specimens collected within 10 miles of Olmsted between 1849 and 1975: 971 Animalia, 62 Plantae, 28 Fungi, 6 Protozoa, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. G. Newhall, A. Hall 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 Camptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) LinkCamptosorus rhizophyllus (L.) Link1895Ashcraft, G.B.Berea
Specimen of Irpiciporus lacteus (Fr.) MurrillIrpiciporus lacteus (Fr.) Murrill1895F. D. KelseyBerea.
Specimen of Lindera benzoin (L.) BlumeLindera benzoin (L.) Blume1895L.D. StairBerea
A photograph of the species Setophaga americana, not of this specimenSetophaga americana (Linnaeus, 1758)1849Jared P. KirtlandRockport
A photograph of the species Eremophila alpestris, not of this specimenEremophila alpestris praticola (Henshaw, 1884)1877A. HallEast Rockport
A photograph of the species Baeolophus bicolor, not of this specimenBaeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766)1879Willard G. Van NameEast Rockport
A photograph of the species Contopus virens, not of this specimenContopus virens (Linnaeus, 1766)1879A. HullEast Rockport
A photograph of the species Setophaga tigrina, not of this specimenSetophaga tigrina (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)1879A. HallEast Rockport
A photograph of the species Astur Lacepède, not of this specimenAstur Lacepède, 17991880A. HallEast Rockport
A photograph of the species Caprimulgus vociferus, not of this specimenCaprimulgus vociferus vociferus A.Wilson, 18121880A. HallEast Rockport
A photograph of the species Icterus spurius, not of this specimenIcterus spurius (Linnaeus, 1766)1880A. HallEast Rockport
Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758)1890Saunders, F.A.LOCNM: Rondeau

All 1,068 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

37 since 1995

The National Weather Service names Olmsted in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 24 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 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
August 2023Flash FloodNorth Olmsted$750,000Extensive flash flooding in North Olmsted, Brooklyn, Brook Park, Parma, and Parma Heights. Widespread basement flooding and road closures. Several underpasses under I-480 inundated with flood waters. A structure collapse was reported in North Olmsted due to the weight of water on the roof. Flooded roadways include Brookpark Road, West Ridgewood Drive, Pleasant Valley Road near York Road, and Sprague Road near West 130th Street. Multiple water rescues reported in this area. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo experienced flood damage due to flooding of Big Creek. The USGS river gage near the zoo on Big Creek rose from 3.8 feet to 12.8 feet in 70 minutes before the gage was knocked out of service by a fallen tree. Radar estimated 1.5 to 2.25 inches of rainfall in less than three hours, with much of the rainfall falling in less than one hour.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted$500,000A thunderstorm downburst caused a path of damage from North Olmsted to Berea to Middleburg Heights. Dozens of trees were downed along the damage path which was intermittent. Some of the downed trees blocked roads, including Interstate 71. Damage occurred at a construction project at the Great Northern Mall in North Olmsted. Thunderstorm winds damaged a food court roof and toppled a section of wall at the mall. Several homes elsewhere along the damage path were damaged by the fallen trees.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted$200,000Thunderstorm winds downed trees and limbs across all of Cuyahoga County resulting in scattered power outages. At the peak of the storm several thousand customers were without power.
September 1997Flash FloodNorth Olmsted$75,000Heavy thunderstorm rain caused flooding of many basements.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted$40,000Many trees and large limbs downed. A 20 foot by 40 foot pavilion at a housing development was also destroyed.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted$15,000Large tree branches downed and damaged garage at residence near Country Club Boulevard and Lorain Road in North Olmsted.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted$15,000Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree limb. The limb knocked some power lines down.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted$15,000A 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust was reported. A few trees were downed.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted$15,000Thunderstorm wind downed two trees in North Olmsted. One of the trees landed on a house, but caused only minor roof damage.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted$10,000Large tree downed onto house on the 5700 block of South Canterbury Road in North Olmsted. Time estimated via radar.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted$10,000Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and large tree limbs.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted$7,500Telephone pole downed near corner of Brookpark Road Extension and Lorain Road in North Olmsted.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted$6,000Several trees were reported down.
April 2011HailNorth Olmsted$5,000Thunderstorms produced a swath of pea to nickel size hail.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted$5,000Thunderstorm winds downed large trees in North Olmsted and North Royalton.
July 2003HailNorth Olmsted$2,000Nickel size hail was observed.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted-Trees downed in North Olmsted.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted-Large tree limbs downed in North Olmsted.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted-Large tree limb downed about two-miles southwest of North Olmsted.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted-Large tree downed near Cottonwood Trail and Dover Center Road, and another downed along Ashbury Park Drive in North Olmsted.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted-Nine-inch-diameter tree downed near intersection of Stearns Road and Lorain Road in North Olmsted.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted-Large tree snapped at its base and other tree limbs downed along Porter Road, between Midvale and Southern Avenues in North Olmsted.
July 2023HailNorth Olmsted-Hail up to quarter-size in North Olmsted.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted-Trees downed in North Olmsted.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted-Power pole downed at corner of Sparky Lane and Lorain Road in North Olmsted. This damage was caused by the outflow-dominant portion of a line of thunderstorms.
November 2020Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted-Tree down across Fitch Road, near John Road, in Olmsted Township.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted-Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree limb.
May 2011HailNorth Olmsted-Thunderstorms produced quarter size hail.
June 2008HailNorth Olmsted-Hail ranging in size from penny to nickel size was observed.
August 2008HailNorth Olmsted-Nickel size hail was observed.
May 2004HailNorth Olmsted-Nickel size hail was observed.
May 2001Flash FloodNorth Olmsted-Thunderstorms dumped between one and two inches of rain in less than 90 minutes. The heavy rain caused the Rocky River to leave its banks in North Olmsted. A car became stuck in the flood waters and two people in the car had to be rescued by firefighters.
May 2000HailNorth Olmsted-no account filed
October 1999HailNorth Olmsted-no account filed
May 1998HailNorth Olmsted-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted-no account filed
September 1995Thunderstorm WindNorth Olmsted-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cuyahoga 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
North Olmsted1.5 miles21
Columbia Park1.6 miles21
Rosewood Estates2.1 miles21
Parkview2.1 miles21
Olmsted Falls2.3 miles21
Rustic Woods2.4 miles21
Courtland Meadows2.4 miles21
Sterling Ridge2.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1057007. 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.

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.