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West Richfield, Ohio

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Richfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44286. The Survey maps it on the West Richfield quadrangle.

West Richfield within Summit County

Then and now

1903 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of West Richfield, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of West Richfield, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 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

3 since 1994

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of West Richfield between 1994 and 2001, burning about 0 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 June 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkERDOS
15 June 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkKEEBLER
17 May 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreCuyahoga Valley National ParkBOSTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Summit County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 683 shown

Museums hold 683 specimens collected within 10 miles of West Richfield between 1877 and 1973: 662 Animalia, 17 Plantae, 4 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Black, A. Hall, Adams J. M. R. 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 Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.Asclepias quadrifolia Jacq.1889Foltz, Kent O.Sand Run Park; Akron
Specimen of Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820)1893C. RutterCuyahoga River, Penisula, Ohio
Specimen of Lycopodium lucidulum Michx.Lycopodium lucidulum Michx.1973George T. Jones1 mile west of Everett, Richfield Township
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 Bombycilla cedrorum, not of this specimenBombycilla cedrorum Vieillot, 18081893Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)Summit, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Catostomus commersonii, not of this specimenCatostomus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803)1893not recordedPeninsula, Ohio
A photograph of the species Etheostoma nigrum, not of this specimenEtheostoma nigrum Rafinesque, 18201893WoolmanCuyahoga River, Peninsula, Ohio
A photograph of the species Percina caprodes, not of this specimenPercina caprodes (Rafinesque, 1818)1893not recordedPeninsula
A photograph of the species Sialia sialis, not of this specimenSialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758)1893Hine, J. S. (James Stewart)Akron, Summit, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Storeria dekayi, not of this specimenStoreria dekayi (Holbrook, 1839)1900Hine, J. S. (James Stewart) & Osburn, R. C. (Raymond Carroll)Kent, Summit Co., Ohio
A photograph of the species Ixobrychus exilis, not of this specimenIxobrychus exilis exilis (Gmelin, 1789)1903Cranz, E. F. (Eugene F.)Akron, Summit, Ohio, USA
A photograph of the species Microtus pennsylvanicus, not of this specimenMicrotus pennsylvanicus (Ord, 1815)1905not recordedIra, Summit Co., Ohio, USA

All 683 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms nearby

4 since 2014

The National Weather Service names West Richfield in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
November 2017Thunderstorm WindWest Richfield$7,500,000Thunderstorm downburst wind gusts estimated to be as much as 100 mph caused extensive damage across northern Summit County. Thousands of trees and dozens of utility poles were reported down in Richfield, Boston, Sagamore Hills and Twinsburg Townships. The damage was most concentrated in the Twinsburg area with hundreds of homes loosing roofing or siding. Many other homes and buildings were damaged by fallen trees. Many vehicles were also damaged by flying debris or downed trees or limbs. There were numerous reports of roads and streets blocked by fallen trees or power lines. A 30,000 volt high power tension line was blown down along Liberty Road near Irena Lane in Twinsburg. The damage in the county extended as far south as Cuyahoga Falls and even Tallmadge. Widespread power outages were reported and school districts in the area had to close on November 6th because of blocked roads and the power outages. Up to 25,000 customers lost power from this storm. It took five days for power to fully restored and weeks for the storm damage to be cleaned up.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Richfield-Tree downed about 2.6-miles northwest of West Richfield.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindWest Richfield-Three large trees downed at intersection of OH-303 and OH-176 in West Richfield.
June 2014HailWest Richfield-The public estimated nickel size hail.

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
Richfield0.9 miles21
West Center1.0 miles16
East Center1.4 miles16
Broadview1.7 miles21
Richfield Heights2.8 miles21
Osborn Corners2.9 miles21
Bath3.6 miles21
Bath Center5.0 miles21

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.

Wikidata item Q122542383The 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 1061751. 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.

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.