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Richfield, Ohio
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Richfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44286. The Survey maps it on the West Richfield quadrangle. 3,729 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,780 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRichfield grew from 3,648 to 3,729 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 | 3,648 | |
| 2020 | 3,729 | +81 (+2%) |
Then and now
1903 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
21 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.
- 1903 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1905 USGS Akron quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS West Richfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS West Richfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS West Richfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS West Richfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS West Richfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS West Richfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS West Richfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires nearby
5 since 1994The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Richfield between 1994 and 2012, burning about 1 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | RIVERVIEW ROAD |
| 22 June 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | ERDOS |
| 15 June 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | KEEBLER |
| 17 May 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | BOSTON |
| 19 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | STUMPY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 705 shownMuseums hold 705 specimens collected within 10 miles of Richfield between 1877 and 1973: 680 Animalia, 20 Plantae, 5 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Black, A. Hall, Adams J. M. R. 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. | 1889 | Foltz, Kent O. | Sand Run Park; Akron |
 | Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1893 | C. Rutter | Cuyahoga River, Penisula, Ohio |
 | Bombus griseocollis (De Geer, 1773) | 1904 | W. Warner | Cuyahoga Falls |
 | Empidonax flaviventris (W.M.Baird & S.F.Baird, 1843) | 1877 | A. Hall | Cuyahoga |
 | Bombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 1808 | 1893 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Summit, Ohio, USA |
 | Catostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) | 1893 | not recorded | Peninsula, Ohio |
 | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1893 | Woolman | Cuyahoga River, Peninsula, Ohio |
 | Percina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818) | 1893 | not recorded | Peninsula |
 | Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1893 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) | Akron, Summit, Ohio, USA |
 | Storeria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839) | 1900 | Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll) | Kent, Summit Co., Ohio |
 | Ixobrychus exilis exilis (Gmelin, 1789) | 1903 | Cranz, E. F. (Eugene F.) | Akron, Summit, Ohio, USA |
 | Microtus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815) | 1905 | not recorded | Ira, Summit Co., Ohio, USA |
All 705 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
22 since 1994The National Weather Service names Richfield in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 16 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Richfield | $7,500,000 | Thunderstorm downburst wind gusts estimated to be as much as 100 mph caused extensive damage across northern Summit County. Thousands of trees and dozens of utility poles were reported down in Richfield, Boston, Sagamore Hills and Twinsburg Townships. The damage was most concentrated in the Twinsburg area with hundreds of homes loosing roofing or siding. Many other homes and buildings were damaged by fallen trees. Many vehicles were also damaged by flying debris or downed trees or limbs. There were numerous reports of roads and streets blocked by fallen trees or power lines. A 30,000 volt high power tension line was blown down along Liberty Road near Irena Lane in Twinsburg. The damage in the county extended as far south as Cuyahoga Falls and even Tallmadge. Widespread power outages were reported and school districts in the area had to close on November 6th because of blocked roads and the power outages. Up to 25,000 customers lost power from this storm. It took five days for power to fully restored and weeks for the storm damage to be cleaned up. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | $25,000 | Numerous trees were reported down between Richfield and Peninsula. Many of the downed trees were located in the northern portion of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | $15,000 | Two large trees and two large limbs were reported down. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed five or six trees. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Richfield and Twinsburg. |
| December 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | $4,000 | A few trees were reported down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed two large tree limbs. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | $1,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a couple of trees near Richfield along Columbia Road. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | $1,000 | A few large limbs were reported down. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Richfield | - | Tree downed about 2.6-miles northwest of West Richfield. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Richfield | - | Three large trees downed at intersection of OH-303 and OH-176 in West Richfield. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | Tree downed in Richfield and another downed along Riverview Road, just south of Everett. |
| June 2014 | Hail | West Richfield | - | The public estimated nickel size hail. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | Thunderstorms produced a measured wind gust of 60 mph. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Richfield | - | A line of thunderstorms tracked across the county, producing a swath of nickel to quarter size hail. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Richfield | - | Penny sized hail was observed. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Richfield | - | Penny size hail was reported in Richfield. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Richfield | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Richfield | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Richfield | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| East Center | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Broadview | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| West Center | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Richfield Heights | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Osborn Corners | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Bath | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Everett | 4.3 miles | 21 |
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 Richfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1028063 | 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 1061599. 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.
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.