BlockSheffield, Ohio
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sheffield Village. It lies in ZIP code area 44054. The Survey maps it on the Avon quadrangle. 4,135 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 633 feet above sea level.
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:
On record in Sheffield
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
Halsey Garfield Houselisted 1978
Milton Garfield Houselisted 1978
Sheffield Village Halllisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresSheffield grew from 3,982 to 4,135 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, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. 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 | 3,982 | |
| 2020 | 4,135 | +153 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed 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, 3 printings
- 1903 USGS Oberlin quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Avon quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Toledo quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Avon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lorain quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Avon quadrangle1:24000
In the county-history sources
4,849 words on this townshipHistory of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Sheffield Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
The streams are Black river, French and Sugar creeks. Black river, the most im])ortant water course in the township, crosses the southern boundary line on lot seventy-five. It flows a general northerly course to near the center of the townsliip, where it makes an abrupt bend westward and flows from the townsliip on lot flfty-two, its waters emptying into Lake Erie a short distance west, in Black River township. French creek enters the townsliip on its eastern line, lot seven, and flowing a southwest course, forms a Junction with P>lack river on lot sixty-four. Sugar creek rises in Ridgcville township, flows across the southwest corner of Avon, and enters Sheffield near the sonthe.ist corner, on lot two. It empties into French creek, on lot sixty-four.
Passage source: History of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879.
Town miniber seven, in range seventeen, in the original partition by draft, was drawn by William Hart, of Saybrook, Conn. Tract f(nirteen in Henrietta township was annexed to Sheffield to equalize it. In January, 1815, Mr. Hart sold the entire township to Capt. Jabez Burrell and Capt. John Day, of Sheffield, Berkshire county, Mass. After the purchase Obadiah Deland, of Sheffield, Capt. Joshua Smith, Col. Joseph Fitch and Solomon Fitch, of New
Passage source: History of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879.
Previous to Hart's disposition of the lands now comprised within the boundary lines of Sheffield township, and in about 1813, he agreed with Timothy Wallace to give him his choice in lots, if sold by lot, if he would settle and occupy the same. Wallace acee|)tod. He selected lot sixty-five, now owned by Edward 1'. Burrell, improved a few acres, and finally abandoned it. This was the first attemjit at settlement in Sheffield townshiii.
Passage source: History of Lorain County, Ohio, published 1879.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Sheffield Township - it names this place 17 more 17 times.
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,423 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,423 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sheffield between 1853 and 1975: 1,038 Animalia, 305 Fungi, 70 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. |
 | Stereum lobatum (Kunze ex Fr.) Fr. | 1896 | F. D. Kelsey | Black River, east of Oberlin. |
 | Cyathus stercoreus (Schwein.) De Toni | 1899 | A. E. Ricksecker | Lorain County. |
 | 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 1,423 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sheffield: 3 producers, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Stone, 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 Cnty Hwy Dept. Stone Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| 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 | ||
| National Sand & Gravel Co Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sheffield in 12 storm reports between 2005 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Sheffield | $1,000,000 | On the evening of May 12th torrential rainfall dropped an estimated 5 inches of rainfall in 90 minutes over Avon in northern Lorain County. The French Creek flooded from local runoff and routed water from upstream North Ridgeville where the heaviest rain fell. The French Creek, which runs from southeast to northwest through town, flooded several roads and damaged the Mill Road with a washout. 50 to 75 homes sustained basement flooding. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Sheffield | $150,000 | Heavy rainfall, measured at 6.5 inches in 3.5 hours was measured by the Sheffield Village service department on the evening of May 12th. Runoff combined with routed water upstream from North Ridgeville and Avon caused the French Creek to rise 10 to 15 feet above flood stage in Sheffield Village. A half dozen buildings were flooded form the French Creek along with eight homes. The creek crested around 1230 am. State Route 201 was closed for eight hours. There were no water rescues and the infrastructure did not sustain any notable damages. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $150,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed over a dozen trees and large limbs. Scattered power outages were reported. |
| August 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Sheffield | $30,000 | This tornado had peak intensity of EF1, estimated peak winds of 110 mph, moved generally east-northeastward, and caused sporadic damage along its path. The tornado began at an industrial facility along Miller Road on the northwest side of Avon, where a portion of a building's roof was removed. It snapped multiple trees and lofted a trampoline into the street along Wedgewood Drive in Avon Lake, and snapped multiple trees and removed shingles from a house on Teasel Court in Avon Lake. Additional and sporadic tree damage occurred before the tornado exited Lorain County and entered Cuyahoga County just west of Wolf Road, along the Avon Lake/Bay Village border. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree. The tree crushed a car. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $10,000 | Thunderstorms downed several large trees. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $4,000 | Several trees were reported down. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $2,000 | One tree and a few large limbs and power lines were reported down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | $1,000 | Tree downed onto power lines and car along East River Road in Sheffield. Photo did not show any discernable damage to car. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts were estimated to be between 65 and 70 mph. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sheffield | - | Thunderstorm winds were estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Sheffield | - | Penny to quarter sized hail was observed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Pikewood Manor | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| South Lorain | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Crandall | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Penfield Junction | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Elyria | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Avon | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Sheffield Lake | 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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1984238 | 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 1048375. 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.