Perry, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Perry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44081. The Survey maps it on the Perry quadrangle. 1,602 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 699 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresPerry fell from 1,663 to 1,602 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 | 1,663 | |
| 2020 | 1,602 | -61 (-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
12 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 Perry quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Perry quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Perry quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Perry quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Perry quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Cleveland North quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland North quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Perry quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
1 since 2002The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Perry between 2002 and 2002, burning about 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Ohio State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 907 shownMuseums hold 907 specimens collected within 10 miles of Perry between 1864 and 1975: 629 Animalia, 165 Plantae, 95 Fungi, 10 Chromista, 6 Protozoa, 2 Unrecorded. 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 907 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
2 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Perry: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Painesville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sidley's Painesville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
10 since 1994The National Weather Service names Perry in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2014: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | $35,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power poles in Madison and Perry Townships. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | $25,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged eight green houses. |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees and limbs across eastern Lake County. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Perry | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds toppled a large tree. The tree landed on a house and caused some damage. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Perry | - | Quarter sized hail was observed. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Perry | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Perry | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Perry | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| July 2006 | Hail | North Perry | - | Penny size hail was observed. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Perry | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Perry | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lane | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Camp Roosevelt | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Buena Vista Beach | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Golfway Pines | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Shoreland | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Painesville on-the-Lake | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Madison | 4.9 miles | 12 |
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 Perry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1812537 | 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 1044385. 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.






















