Sheffield Lake, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sheffield Lake City. It lies in ZIP code area 44054. The Survey maps it on the Avon quadrangle. 8,957 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 600 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSheffield Lake fell from 9,137 to 8,957 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 | 9,137 | |
| 2020 | 8,957 | -180 (-2%) |
Then and now
1901 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 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.
- 1901 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Avon quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Avon quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Avon quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Avon quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Avon quadrangle1:24000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 1,074 shownMuseums hold 1,074 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sheffield Lake between 1853 and 1975: 744 Animalia, 275 Fungi, 45 Plantae, 6 Unrecorded, 4 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A. A. Wright, A. E. Ricksecker 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Coniophora byssoides (Pers.) P.Karst. | 1896 | F. D. Kelsey | Oberlin. |
![]() | Gloeophyllum trabeum (Pers.) Murrill | 1899 | A. A. Wright | Oberlin. |
![]() | Stereum fasciatum (Schwein.) Fr. | 1899 | A. E. Ricksecker | N. of Oberlin |
![]() | Ammocrypta pellucida (Putnam, 1863) | 1853 | Baird, Spencer Fullerton | Black River, below falls at Elyria, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1853 | S. Baird | Black River Elgria Ohio (above falls) |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1853 | S. Baird | Elyria, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma maculatum Kirtland, 1840 | 1853 | S. Baird | Elyria, Ohio |
| Aecidium nesaeae W.R.Gerard | 1894 | Kelsey, F.D. | Lorain County, Ohio | |
![]() | Ammodramus savannarum pratensis (Vieillot, 1818) | 1894 | Jones, L. (Lynds) | Oberlin Field W of Athletic Park, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Aulacomnium palustre (Hedw.) Schwägr. | 1894 | F. D. Kelsey | |
| Carpodacus purpureus purpureus (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) | 1894 | Jones, L. (Lynds) | Morgan's Woods, NW Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA | |
| Catharus ustulatus (Nuttall, 1840) | 1894 | Jones, L. (Lynds) | Morgan's Woods, NW Oberlin, Lorain, Ohio, USA |
All 1,074 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
6 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sheffield Lake: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorain Plant-National Gypsum | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Plant | ||
| Lorain Plant - Marathon Steel | Iron | Producer | ||
| Lorain Plant - U.S. Steel | Iron | Producer | ||
| Lorain Elyria Sand Company, Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lorain Elyria Sand Company, Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Loraine Loading Dock | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
12 since 1998The National Weather Service names Sheffield Lake in 12 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 waterspout. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield Lake | $110,000 | Trained spotters and the Mayor reported half a dozen trees down in the city of Sheffield Lake and along East River Rd. One tree fell on a house on Lake Rd. Downed trees and limbs continued southeast to Avon where a large branch fell on a fruit stand. Spotters in Avon estimated wind gusts of 60-70 mph. First Energy reported at least 14000 customers lost power. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Sheffield Lake | $10,000 | Hail ranging in size from penny to quarter size occurred during this thunderstorm. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield Lake | $8,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield Lake | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield Lake | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield Lake | - | Numerous trees downed in Sheffield Lake. |
| August 2023 | Hail | Sheffield Lake | - | Hail up to quarter-size reported about two-miles WSW of Sheffield Lake. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Sheffield Lake | - | Nickel sized hail was observed. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield Lake | - | Thunderstorm winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| July 2000 | Waterspout | Sheffield Lake | - | A waterspout was observed on Lake Erie just off shore from Sheffield Lake. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Sheffield Lake | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Sheffield Lake | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Breeze | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Crandall | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Beech Park | 3.1 miles | 7 | |
| South Lorain | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Avon Lake | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Avon | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Folger (historical) | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Sheffield | 4.6 miles | 16 |
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 Sheffield Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2263213 | 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 1056518. 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.
























