Sorrento, Ohio
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Cleveland City. It lies in ZIP code area 44128. The Survey maps it on the Shaker Heights quadrangle.
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
14 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 Cleveland quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Shaker Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Shaker Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Shaker Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Shaker Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Shaker Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Shaker Heights quadrangle1:24000
In the 1870 county history
23,212 words on this townshipThe county history of 1870 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Cleveland City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Cleveland City - 23,212 words.
Fires nearby
1 since 2018The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Sorrento between 2018 and 2018, burning about 0 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 March 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | HILLSIDE ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 3,474 shownMuseums hold 3,474 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sorrento between 1850 and 1975: 3,037 Animalia, 229 Fungi, 126 Plantae, 76 Protozoa, 4 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista, 1 incertae sedis. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. D. Huryn, A. D. Selby, 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Monilia sitophila (Mont.) Sacc. | 1894 | Seymour, Arthur Bliss | Cleveland, O. [Ohio] |
![]() | Osmunda claytoniana L. | 1894 | Winkler, H.J. | Cleveland. |
![]() | Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. | 1897 | Winkler, H.J. | Woods, Cleveland. |
| Boraginaceae | 1850 | not recorded | Cleveland. | |
![]() | Carex canescens L. | 1850 | Illegible collector name | Cleveland. |
![]() | Catillaria tricolor (Lam.) Th.Fr. | 1854 | G. Dixon | Cleveland, Bousdale Hill |
![]() | Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1854 | Robert Kennicott | Cleveland |
![]() | Abrothallus parmeliarum (Sommerf.) Nyl., 1869 | 1860 | Mudd Wm. | Cleveland |
![]() | Thryothorus ludovicianus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) | 1860 | not recorded | Cleveland |
![]() | Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, 1898 | 1871 | Collector(s): unknown | Cleveland |
![]() | Timmia megapolitana Hedw. | 1871 | E. N. Claassen | |
![]() | Amaranthus blitoides S.Watson | 1874 | C. E. O. Kuntze | Cleveland |
All 3,474 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sorrento: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockside Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hydraulic Press Brick Company Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hydraulic Press Brick Company Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Terra Visa Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Terra Visa Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Miles | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Ludlow | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Garfield Heights | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Maple Heights | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Warrensville Heights | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Shaker Heights | 3.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1057207. 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.
























