South Russell, Ohio
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1994. It stands in South Russell Village. It lies in ZIP code area 44022. The Survey maps it on the South Russell quadrangle. 3,972 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,122 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSouth Russell grew from 3,810 to 3,972 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 | 3,810 | |
| 2020 | 3,972 | +162 (+4%) |
Then and now
1906 to 1994The 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 sheets covering this place
15 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.
- 1906 USGS Chagrin Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Chagrin Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Chagrin Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS South Russell quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS South Russell quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS South Russell quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS South Russell quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS South Russell quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS South Russell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Cleveland South quadrangle1:100000
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,021 shownMuseums hold 2,021 specimens collected within 10 miles of South Russell between 1887 and 1975: 1,992 Animalia, 22 Plantae, 7 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Hoenigman, A. M. Evans, A. Woolman 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Dryopteris marginalis (L.) A.Gray | 1887 | Leonard, F.E. | Munson |
![]() | Etheostoma caeruleum Storer, 1845 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Aurora Branch, Chagrin River, Ohio |
![]() | Etheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 1820 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Aurora Branch, Chagrin River, Ohio |
![]() | Nocomis micropogon (Cope, 1865) | 1893 | A. Woolman | Aurora Branch, Chagrin River, Ohio |
![]() | Noturus flavus Rafinesque, 1818 | 1893 | A. Woolman | Aurora Branch, Chagrin River, Ohio |
![]() | Rhinichthys atratulus (Hermann, 1804) | 1893 | Woolman | Aurora branch of Chagrin River, Ohio |
![]() | Cypripedium parviflorum Salisb. | 1897 | J. R. Watson | Munson |
| Ranunculaceae | 1897 | Ashcroft, G.B. | Munson O. | |
![]() | Galba Schrank, 1803 | 1904 | Collector(s): Joel Asaph Allen | Chagrin River, Geauga Lake |
![]() | Acronicta dactylina Grote, 1874 | 1908 | Teraguchi, S. (Sonja) | OH Geauga Co. Troy Twp. Snow Lake |
| Galba obrussa (Say, 1825) | 1908 | Collector(s): Joel Asaph Allen | Geauga Lake, second pool nearby | |
![]() | Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817) | 1908 | Collector(s): unknown | near Geauga Lake, third pool |
All 2,021 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
1 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of South Russell: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set Silica Sand Inc Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms nearby
16 since 1998The National Weather Service names South Russell in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 9 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 2006 | Flash Flood | South Russell | $30,000 | Strong to severe thunderstorms moved across northern Ohio during the afternoon hours of the 31st. In South Russell, around 2.7 inches of rain fell within an hour across the area causing flash flooding. Water was around three feet deep in a roadway at one point. A woman had attempted to drive through the rapidly rising water in the street. The car was unable to get through the high water and she had to be rescued by law enforcement. There were no reports of homes flooded during this event. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Russell | $15,000 | A thunderstorm downburst downed at least 10 trees. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Russell | $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked a large tree on to a house. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Russell | $12,000 | Several trees down from south Russell to Auburn Township. Large trees reported down along route 306. Ohio Department of Transportation also reported a weighted barricade blown down. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Russell | $3,000 | Local law enforcement stated that a tree fell onto a gas meter on Addington Court in Newbury Township. |
| April 2026 | Hail | South Russell | - | Hail up to golf ball-size about two-miles northeast of Bainbridge. |
| May 2025 | Hail | South Russell | - | Hail up to quarter-size in South Russell. |
| May 2025 | Hail | South Russell | - | Hail up to nickel-size about one-mile east of South Russell. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | South Russell | - | Road flooding in Bainbridge, including Bainbridge Road and Chillicothe Road at US-422. Yard and minor road flooding near McFarland Creek on Chagrin Road near Westhill Drive. |
| May 2022 | Hail | South Russell | - | Golf ball-size hail in Novelty, about three-miles north of South Russell. |
| May 2022 | Hail | South Russell | - | Half dollar-size hail about three-miles northeast of South Russell. |
| April 2020 | Hail | South Russell | - | Trained spotter reported half dollar-size hail two miles ESE of South Russell. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Russell | - | Tree fell onto home at 7800 Clarion Drive in Russell Township. |
| June 2020 | Hail | South Russell | - | Hail up to penny-size reported two miles SE of Chagrin Falls. |
| August 2011 | Hail | South Russell | - | Penny to nickel sized hail was observed. |
| May 1998 | Hail | South Russell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chagrin Falls Park | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| McFarlands Corners | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Lucerne | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Russell Center | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bainbridge | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Beacon Hill | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Briar Hill Corners | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Novelty | 4.6 miles | 15 |
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 South Russell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1888998 | 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 1049194. 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.
























