Local events in Brecksville
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Deep dives about Brecksville
Long reads built from maps, newspapers and public records. All deep dives
How Brecksville began
Colonel John Breck and associates bought the township's land in 1807; surveyor Seth Payne became its first settler in June 1811, and Breck himself never lived there, though three of his sons did and his descendants stayed in Brecksville until his great-grandson, Dr. Theodore Breck, died in 1934. The village incorporated in 1921 and became a city in 1960. Brecksville retains an unusually dense cluster of 19th-century buildings on and near its public square, including the 1875 Town Hall and the Jonas Coonrad House, now the Coonrad Ranger Station within Cuyahoga Valley National Park, both on the National Register of Historic Places. In an odd footnote to its otherwise quiet history, Brecksville's own account of itself states that Soviet director Lev Kuleshov named it as the fictional hometown of the protagonist in his pioneering 1924 satirical film about an American visiting the Soviet Union. The city of about 13,600 is now a Cleveland-area suburb bordering the Cuyahoga Valley.
Settled 1811-06 (Seth Payne), platted 1807 (Colonel John Breck and associates purchase the land), incorporated 1921 (village); 1960 (city), by Seth Payne (first settler); named for Colonel John Breck.
Where the name comes from
Brecksville was named for Colonel John Breck, who purchased the underlying land with associates in 1807 but never lived in the community himself; three of his sons settled there, and his descendants remained in Brecksville until his great-grandson, Dr. Theodore Breck, died in 1934.
Before the town
No source we reviewed names a specific Native American village, trail or burial site within present Brecksville. The area lies within the Connecticut Western Reserve, secured for settlement by the 1785 Treaty of Fort McIntosh and the 1795 Treaty of Greenville.
Timeline
- — Colonel John Breck and associates purchase the township's land.
- — Surveyor Seth Payne brings his family and becomes Brecksville's first settler.
- — Brecksville Town Hall is built on the northwestern corner of the public square.
- — Brecksville incorporates as a village.
- — Soviet director Lev Kuleshov releases The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks; Brecksville's own account of itself states the film names Brecksville as protagonist Mr. West's hometown.
- — Dr. Theodore Breck, great-grandson of founder Colonel John Breck, dies, ending the Breck family's residence in Brecksville.
- — Brecksville becomes a city.
- — Brecksville Town Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- — The Jonas Coonrad House, later the Coonrad Ranger Station in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Stories
A Soviet filmmaker's imaginary American hometown
In 1924, Soviet director Lev Kuleshov released The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks, a satirical comedy following a naive, cowboy-accompanied American YMCA director who arrives in the Soviet Union expecting barbarism and is instead fooled by a gang exploiting his prejudices, before Soviet police set things right. The film is remembered today as a landmark of early Soviet cinema and the first feature from Kuleshov's own collective, built around his pioneering theories of film editing -- and, according to Brecksville's own account of its history, the fictional Mr. West's hometown was given as Brecksville, Ohio, a small Cuyahoga County community about as far as could be imagined from a Moscow film set. No corroborating detail from the film's own English-language description was found in the sources we checked, but the claim, true or embellished in the retelling, has become part of how Brecksville tells its own story.
A pioneer house that became a park ranger station
The Jonas Coonrad House was built as an ordinary farmhouse in what was then rural Brecksville, one of a cluster of 19th-century homes -- alongside those of William Burt, Dr. William A. Knowlton, Charles B. Rich, and the Snow and Holland families -- that together give the city an unusually intact record of its early settlement period, most of them individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the late 1970s. The Coonrad House's later life set it apart from its neighbors: when Cuyahoga Valley National Park was established along the river corridor running through the area, the house was absorbed into the park system and converted into the Coonrad Ranger Station, still standing and still in public use, just for a very different purpose than the farm family who built it ever intended.
Photographs
Photo: Nyttend (Wikimedia Commons), public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: National Park Service, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org
Historic places
9 places in Brecksville on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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Brecksville Town HallBuilding · Brecksville · listed 1973
- Address
- Public Sq.
- Where
- Brecksville, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44141
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1973
- NRIS reference number
- 73001404
- Coordinates
- 41.32061, -81.62640
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
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Brecksville Trailside MuseumBuilding · Brecksville · listed 1992
- Address
- Chippewa Cr. Dr. SE of jct. with OH 82
- Where
- Brecksville, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44141
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1992
- NRIS reference number
- 92000988
- Coordinates
- 41.31763, -81.61204
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Burt, William, HouseBuilding · Brecksville · listed 1979
- Address
- 9525 Brecksville Rd.
- Where
- Brecksville, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44141
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1979
- NRIS reference number
- 79000286
- Coordinates
- 41.30287, -81.62647
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Coonrad, Jonas, HouseBuilding · Brecksville · listed 1979
- Address
- SE of Brecksville at 10340 Riverview Rd.
- Where
- Brecksville, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44141
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1979
- NRIS reference number
- 79000287
- Coordinates
- 41.28054, -81.57240
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Knowlton, Dr. William A., HouseBuilding · Brecksville · listed 1978
- Address
- 8937 Highland Dr.
- Where
- Brecksville, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44141
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1978
- NRIS reference number
- 78002035
- Coordinates
- 41.31978, -81.62998
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Rich, Charles B., HouseBuilding · Brecksville · listed 1979
- Address
- 9367 Brecksville Rd.
- Where
- Brecksville, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44141
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1979
- NRIS reference number
- 79000295
- Coordinates
- 41.30710, -81.62651
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Snow, Russ and Holland, HousesBuilding · Brecksville · listed 1982
- Address
- 12911 and 13114 Snowville Rd.
- Where
- Brecksville, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44141
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1982
- NRIS reference number
- 82001873
- Coordinates
- 41.28313, -81.59392
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Station Road BridgeStructure · Brecksville · listed 1979
- Address
- E of Brecksville at Cuyahoga River
- Where
- Brecksville, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44141
- What it is
- Structure
- Listed on the National Register
- 1979
- NRIS reference number
- 79000312
- Coordinates
- 41.31938, -81.58756
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Vaughn, Richard, FarmBuilding · Brecksville · listed 1993
- Address
- 9570 Riverview Rd.
- Where
- Brecksville, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44141
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1993
- NRIS reference number
- 93000081
- Coordinates
- 41.30103, -81.58272
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.
Water
The Five Mile Crib, a small structure about 5 miles out in Lake Erie north of Cleveland's Edgewater Park The water here
- Cleveland Public Water System100% of residentsLake Erie
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Brecksville's boundary: 1 nursing home, 1 fire or EMS station, 2 colleges, 2 public schools, 2 private schools, 1 poor-rated bridge, 1 library, 3 museums, 1 police station, 2 public charging sites, 1 Superfund site, 5 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 3 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Nursing homes (1)
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Oaks of Brecksville4 of 5 stars · Brecksville
- Address
- 8757 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, OH 44141
- Certified beds
- 80
- Residents on an average day
- 72
- Medicare overall rating
- 4 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 4 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 2 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 4 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Chain
- SABER HEALTHCARE GROUP
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (440) 546-0643
- Medicare ID
- 366395
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Brecksville Fire DepartmentBrecksville
- Address
- 9023 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, OH 44141
- Coordinates
- 41.31658, -81.62617
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Colleges (2)
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Cuyahoga Valley Career CenterPublic career school · Brecksville
- What it is
- Public career school
- City
- Brecksville
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 189
- IPEDS unit ID
- 204981
College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Stautzenberger College-BrecksvilleFor-profit two-year college · Brecksville
- What it is
- For-profit two-year college
- City
- Brecksville
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 198
- Tuition and fees, in state
- $16,699
- Graduation rate
- 41% within three years (a class of 80)
- IPEDS unit ID
- 448600
College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES IPEDS 2024 directory, 2023-24 enrollment and tuition, graduation rates for the 2017 (four-year) and 2020 (two-year) entering classes.
Public schools (2)
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Brecksville-Broadview Heights Elementary School5 of 5 stars · Brecksville
- Address
- 3500 Oakes Rd, Brecksville, OH 44141
- School district
- Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 1,717
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 85.25
- Report card, 2025-26
- 5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 95.4%
- Ohio building IRN
- 019910
- NCES school ID
- 390436410842
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Cuyahoga Valley Career CenterBrecksville
- Address
- 8001 Brecksville Rd, Brecksville, OH 44141
- Kind (NCES)
- Career and Technical School
- Students, 2023-24
- 0
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 36.75
- NCES school ID
- 390509204058
Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.
Private schools (2)
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South Suburban MontessoriPrivate, nonsectarian, special program · Brecksville
- Address
- 4450 Oakes Rd Bldg 7, Brecksville, OH 44141
- Kind
- nonsectarian, special program
- Students, 2023-24
- 105
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 9
- Students per teacher
- 11.6667
- Phone
- (440) 526-1966
- NCES private school ID
- 02162649
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The NestPrivate, nonsectarian · Brecksville
- Address
- 4949 W Snowville Rd, Brecksville, OH 44141
- Kind
- nonsectarian
- Students, 2023-24
- 4
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 1
- Students per teacher
- 4
- Phone
- (440) 546-4900
- NCES private school ID
- A1771399
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.
Bridges rated poor (1)
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SR 82 over Chippewa Crk .40 Mi E 21Poor · built 1932
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1932
- Length
- 22 ft
- Owner
- State
- Vehicles a day
- 28,437
- Coordinates
- 41.32022, -81.62176
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025. "Poor" means one major part rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale; it calls for repair, not closing, unless the state posts or closes the bridge.
Public libraries (1)
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Brecksville Branch LibraryBranch · Brecksville
- Address
- 9089 Brecksville Rd, Brecksville, OH 44141
- What it is
- Branch
- Library system
- Cuyahoga County Public Library
- Open
- 3,501 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 15,251 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 3,917,784
- System's loans, FY2024
- 11,584,178
- People the system serves
- 626,288
- Phone
- (440) 526-1102
IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (3)
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Brecksville Center For ArtsMuseum · Cleveland
- What it is
- Museum
- City
- Cleveland
- Coordinates
- 41.31944, -81.63225
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
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Brecksville Historical AssociationHistorical society · Brecksville
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Brecksville
- Coordinates
- 41.31495, -81.62779
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
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Cuyahoga Valley National ParkHistorical society · Brecksville
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Brecksville
- Coordinates
- 41.28847, -81.57357
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.
Police stations (1)
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Brecksville Police DepartmentBrecksville
- Address
- 9020 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, OH 44141
- Coordinates
- 41.31633, -81.62771
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.
Public EV charging (2)
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Canvas6 Level 2 · Brecksville
- Address
- 10000 Brecksville Rd, Brecksville, OH 44141
- Ports
- 6 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- AMPUP
- Hours
- Contact site for information
- Phone
- 216-903-7315
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Digeronimo Companies8 Level 2 · Brecksville
- Address
- 10004 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, OH 44141
- Ports
- 8 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- Blink Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-998-2546
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site.
Superfund sites (1)
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Us Doi-Nps Cuyahoga Valley NraSuperfund program · Brecksville
- Address
- 15610 Vaughn Rd, Brecksville, OH 44141
- County
- Cuyahoga County
- Status
- Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
- Federal facility
- Yes
- EPA program ID
- OH2141732212
- EPA registry ID
- 110004579144
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Superfund (SEMS) and National Priorities List sites. Many program sites were assessed and needed no cleanup.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (5)
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Curtiss-Wright CorporationToxics Release Inventory · Brecksville
- Address
- 10195 Brecksville Rd., Brecksville, OH 44141
- County
- Cuyahoga County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
- EPA program ID
- 4414WCRTSS1195B
- EPA registry ID
- 110046383999
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Equilon Enterprises LlcToxics Release Inventory · Brecksville
- Address
- 10346 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, OH 44141
- County
- Cuyahoga County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44141PTRLM10346
- EPA registry ID
- 110000901178
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Goodrich CorporationToxics Release Inventory · Brecksville
- Address
- 9921 Brecksville Rd R and D Ctr Bldg Q, Brecksville, OH 44141
- County
- Cuyahoga County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44141BFGDR9921B
- EPA registry ID
- 110012520726
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Mplx Terminals LlcToxics Release Inventory · Brecksville
- Address
- 10439 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, OH 44141
- County
- Cuyahoga County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
- EPA program ID
- 44141BRCKS10439
- EPA registry ID
- 110000388018
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Promerus LlcToxics Release Inventory · Brecksville
- Address
- 9921 Brecksville Rd, Brecksville, OH 44141
- County
- Cuyahoga County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
- EPA program ID
- 44141PRMRS9921B
- EPA registry ID
- 110012220140
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation.
Spills reported since 2021 (3)
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2024-10-01 · Brecksville
- Reported
- 2024-10-01
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 70 gallons
- Where
- Brecksville, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2410EPA0001683
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Foam2024-07-30 · Brecksville
- Reported
- 2024-07-30
- What spilled
- Foam
- Where
- Brecksville, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2407EPA0001305
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Material Brown Reached water2022-01-07 · Brecksville
- Reported
- 2022-01-07
- What spilled
- Material Brown
- Reached a waterway
- 18 - Chippewa Creek
- Where
- Brecksville, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2201EPA0000022
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Brecksville, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
| ZIP | Share | Water | Radon | Home value | Schools | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44141 Brecksville | 96% | The Five Mile Crib, a small structure about 5 miles out in Lake Erie north of Cleveland's Edgewater Park | 3.5 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1976 | Brecksville-Broadview Heights City · 5 stars overall | 0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Brecksville, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Health Indicators (the Auditor of State's 17 measures; critical / cautionary / positive): 2020 0 / 2 / 15; 2021 1 / 0 / 16; 2022 1 / 1 / 15; 2023 1 / 1 / 15; 2024 0 / 4 / 13; 2025 0 / 0 / 17.
- Financial Audit, 2025, released 2026-08-18
- Financial Audit, 2024, released 2025-07-29
- Financial Audit, 2023, released 2024-10-03
The county
Cuyahoga County: 52 ZIP codes, 59 cities, villages and townships, 1,270,867 people.
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Brecksville, day by day, from 1871 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 1.96 in
- 2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
- rain so far in 2026
- 35.8 in
- 2.1 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 40.6 in
- a normal year brings 66.8 in
- a normal year
- 40.1 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1.96 | — | 28 |
| September 2026 | 3.06 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 5.92 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 3.44 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 3.25 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 4.61 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 6.65 | 0.0 | 30 |
| March 2026 | 3.66 | 1.5 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 0.86 | 9.3 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 2.35 | 29.7 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.74 | 15.2 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 2.12 | 7.1 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 62.9 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1963 — 18.7 in |
| Snowiest year | 2005 — 108.5 in |
| Wettest day on record | 7 September 1996 — 4.59 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 23 February 1993 — 13.58 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 24 February 1993 — 20.98 in |
Mostly estimated. Only 4% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Brecksville - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.
56,914 days of records, 1871-01-01 to 2026-10-28. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.
Environmental permits and filings
What Ohio EPA has on file for Brecksville: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.
- facilities and sites on file
- 43
- those placed on the map inside Brecksville
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 16 |
| Hazardous waste | 14 |
| Air pollution | 4 |
| Wetland and stream fill | 3 |
| Site assessment | 2 |
| Voluntary cleanup | 2 |
| Landfills | 1 |
| Sewer and water-line construction | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| USA | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| ROYALTON RD SANITARY LANDFILL | Landfills notice of violation | |
| ROYALTON RD SANITARY LANDFILL | Landfills notice of violation | |
| VILLAGE DRY CLEANERS | Air pollution report | |
| CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION | Air pollution permit | |
| CENTRAL SCHOOL | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| VILLAGE DRY CLEANERS | Air pollution report | |
| CURTISS-WRIGHT CORP | Air pollution report | |
| CENTRAL SCHOOL | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| FIRST ENERGY NORTHERN REGION HEADQUARTERS | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| ROYALTON RD SANITARY LANDFILL | Landfills notice of violation | |
| THE ESTATES AT BRECKENRIDGE | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| ROYALTON RD SANITARY LANDFILL | Landfills notice of violation | |
| ROYALTON RD SANITARY LANDFILL | Landfills notice of violation | |
| PIR 3975 - CHIPPEWA ROAD AND WIESE ROAD | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| ROYALTON RD SANITARY LANDFILL | Landfills notice of violation | |
| PRE-APP FUTURE R&D FACILITY | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| THE WOODLANDS OF SNOWVILLE PHASE 3 | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| NANCE SUBDIVISION | Sewer and water-line construction permit | |
| NANCE SUBDIVISION | Sewer and water-line construction permit | |
| ROYALTON RD SANITARY LANDFILL | Landfills notice of violation | |
| ROYALTON RD SANITARY LANDFILL | Landfills notice of violation | |
| NEW HILTON DRIVEWAY | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| ROYALTON RD SANITARY LANDFILL | Landfills notice of violation | |
| PIR 3977 CHIPPEWA AND RIVERVIEW | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit |
Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.
Quick answers
What county is Brecksville, Ohio in?
Brecksville is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, with 13,635 residents.
When was Brecksville, Ohio founded?
Brecksville was settled 1811-06 (Seth Payne); laid out 1807 (Colonel John Breck and associates purchase the land); incorporated 1921 (village); 1960 (city). Founders on record: Seth Payne (first settler); named for Colonel John Breck. Source
How did Brecksville, Ohio get its name?
Brecksville was named for Colonel John Breck, who purchased the underlying land with associates in 1807 but never lived in the community himself; three of his sons settled there, and his descendants remained in Brecksville until his great-grandson, Dr. Source
What ZIP code is Brecksville, Ohio?
Most of Brecksville is in ZIP code 44141.
Where does Brecksville, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Brecksville (Cleveland Public Water System): The Five Mile Crib, a small structure about 5 miles out in Lake Erie north of Cleveland's Edgewater Park.
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