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Silver Lake, Ohio

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Silver Lake Village. It lies in ZIP code area 44224. It stands on Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hudson quadrangle. 2,516 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,053 feet above sea level.

Silver Lake within Summit County

Population over time

2 figures

Silver Lake fell from 2,519 to 2,516 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,519
20202,516-3 (-0%)

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Silver Lake, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Silver Lake, surveyed 1906

Compare 1906 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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.

Fires nearby

5 since 1994

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Silver Lake between 1994 and 2001, burning about 4 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
22 May 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkLEDGES
2 April 2001Natural2.0 acresCuyahoga Valley National ParkPINEHOLLOW
12 April 2001Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkMANATOC
31 March 1999Natural2.0 acresCuyahoga Valley National ParkONEIL
1 December 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkTILDEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Summit County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 814 shown

Museums hold 814 specimens collected within 10 miles of Silver Lake between 1867 and 1975: 702 Animalia, 64 Plantae, 47 Fungi, 1 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by (no collector listed), A. Black, 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 Botrychium virginianum subsp. virginianumBotrychium virginianum subsp. virginianum1888Wright, A.A.Tallmadge.
Specimen of Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.1889Foltz, Kent O.Sand Run Park; Akron
Specimen of Asclepias verticillata L.Asclepias verticillata L.1889not recordedAkron
A photograph of the species Accipiter striatus, not of this specimenAccipiter striatus velox (A.Wilson, 1812)1867Collector(s): James Lee PetersAkron
A photograph of the species Empidonax flaviventris, not of this specimenEmpidonax flaviventris (W.M.Baird & S.F.Baird, 1843)1877A. HallCuyahoga
A photograph of the species Dryopteris carthusiana, not of this specimenDryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H.P.Fuchs1880F. O. PayneAkron
A photograph of the species Buteo lineatus, not of this specimenButeo lineatus lineatus (Gmelin, 1788)1887B. SanfordHudson
A photograph of the species Hydrastis canadensis, not of this specimenHydrastis canadensis L.1888E.L. Sturtevant II
A photograph of the species Lonicera dioica, not of this specimenLonicera dioica L.1888K. O. Foltz
A photograph of the species Penstemon hirsutus, not of this specimenPenstemon hirsutus (L.) Willd.1888K. O. Foltz
A photograph of the species Carex pensylvanica, not of this specimenCarex pensylvanica Lam.1889Foltz, K.O.Akron
A photograph of the species Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae, not of this specimenGymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Schwein.1889Reade M. C.Hudson

All 814 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 of 11 shown

The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Silver Lake: 9 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alden PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Herbruck Trucking PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Herbruck Trucking PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Herms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Herms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hudson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Northern Ohio Materials Hudson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plant Number 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Riverside PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Summit County

Storms nearby

9 since 2010

The National Weather Service names Silver Lake in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2014Flash FloodSilver Lake$11,000,000Measured rainfall of 4 to 4.5 fell over Cuyahoga Falls on the evening of May 12th between 930 and 1130 pm. Doppler Radar Dual Pol estimated rainfall rates were in excess of 4 per hour around 945 pm. There was significant urban flooding as storm drains were overwhelmed by the excessively high rates. The return frequency for a rainfall event of this magnitude and duration is estimated around a 500 year event. Two adults needed to be rescued from a flooded basement on Dwight Street. Despite dozens of water rescues in the city proper, there were no fatalities or significant injuries. Most intersections in the city were impassable. Some roads near the Cuyahoga Valley sustained significant damage from overflowing creeks. |The City Hall sustained major damage as an estimated 30,000 gallons of water entirely from urban runoff filled their basement damaging $500,000 worth of computers. Approximately 1,000 homes sustained water damage, primarily to basements. Six homes were condemned due to extreme water damage. The flood was similar to the flash flood in 2003.
August 2024Flash FloodSilver Lake$200,000Multiple flooded roadways impassable and closed in Cuyahoga Falls, with several cars stalled in the flooded roadways. This includes Graham Road east of State Road, Silver Lake Avenue at Norma Street, and Portage Trail east of State Road. Several basements flooded as well.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSilver Lake$20,000Numerous trees downed in Silver Lake. One downed tree damaged a home.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindSilver Lake$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few large tree limbs.
August 2024Flash FloodSilver Lake-Several flooded roadways that were closed and impassable due to flooding, including Portage Trail Extension and Valley Road, and State Road near Bath Road.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindSilver Lake-Large tree downed along Antoinette Drive in Cuyahoga Falls.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindSilver Lake-Several trees damaged along the northern shore of Wyoga Lake, just north of Cuyahoga Falls.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSilver Lake-Downed tree destroyed picnic pavilion at Water Works Park in Cuyahoga Falls. Multiple trees were also downed in nearby neighborhoods. Time estimated via radar.
May 2019HailSilver Lake-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Summit 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
Stow0.7 miles14
Munroe Falls1.3 miles14
Cuyahoga Falls2.4 miles14
Metz2.5 miles14
Oregon Corners2.7 miles14
Fish Creek2.8 miles14
Iron Bridge (historical)2.9 miles21
Darrowville3.1 miles14

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 Silver LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2668635The 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 1065326. 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.