Sheffield Lake

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Sheffield Lake

Total population

8,966

Air quality index

51Moderate

Elevation183 m

Land area6.41 km²

Weather61°F · Partly Cloudy then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely

Coordinates41.49°, -82.10°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Sheffield Lake is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,957 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Sheffield Lake, OH from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Toni Morrison

African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019)

Carmella DeCesare

American model

Ernest King

United States Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Operations (1878-1956)

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Dimitra Arliss

American actress (1932–2012)

Robert F. Overmyer

American astronaut (1936–1996)

Raymond Herbert Stetson

American speech scientist (1872–1950)

Brian Massumi

Canadian philosopher (born 1956)

Chad Muska

American skateboarder

Lofton Russell Henderson

recipient of the Navy Cross (1903–1942)

Lee Richmond

American baseball player (1857–1929)

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Matthew Yuricich

American special effects artist (1923-2012)

Ralph Flanagan

American big band leader

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Richard Yuricich

three time Academy Award nominated special effects artist

G

Gerald Freedman

American theater director

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Alex Daniels

American gridiron football player (born 1986)

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Ellen Hanley

musical theater performer (1926-2007)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Ohio

• Fairview Park
  13.1 mi away · pop. 17,018
• Middleburg Heights
  16.8 mi away
• Birmingham
  17.5 mi away
• Beulah Beach
  19.1 mi away
• Pheasant Run
  19.3 mi away
• Mitiwanga
  20.3 mi away
• Berlin Heights
  23.2 mi away
• Huron
  24.9 mi away · pop. 6,757
• Richfield
  29.4 mi away
• Milan
  29.5 mi away
• Euclid
  30.7 mi away · pop. 48,823
• Lyndhurst
  31.3 mi away

Browse all places in Ohio →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Sheffield Lake

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Seen 2026-10-13

frost aster

Symphyotrichum pilosum

Seen 2026-10-13

Isabella Tiger Moth

Pyrrharctia isabella

Seen 2026-10-13

DeKay's Brownsnake

Storeria dekayi

Seen 2026-10-13

Eastern Red-backed Salamander

Plethodon cinereus

Seen 2026-10-13

Large Milkweed Bug

Oncopeltus fasciatus

Seen 2026-10-13

Common Snapping Turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Seen 2026-10-13

common groundsel

Senecio vulgaris

Seen 2026-10-13

Eastern Fox Squirrel

Sciurus niger

Seen 2026-10-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).