Local events in Rocky River
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Notable people from Rocky River
Ohioans tied to this place, each with a sourced profile. All notable Ohioans
How Rocky River began
The area later called Rocky River saw a documented visit long before its 1810 settlement: on October 18, 1764, British Colonel John Bradstreet, leading 1,400 men to relieve Fort Detroit during Pontiac's War, put ashore at what is now Bradstreet's Landing Park after a Lake Erie storm damaged his boats. The permanent town, named for the river forming its eastern border, incorporated as a village in 1903 and became a city in 1960. It is best known architecturally for the 1925 Hotel Westlake, a 400-room Spanish Renaissance luxury hotel that hosted Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh before a 1962 fire ended its run as a hotel; converted to apartments and later condominiums, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Rocky River is today a Lake Erie suburb of about 22,000.
Settled 1810, incorporated 1903 (village); 1960 (city).
Where the name comes from
Rocky River takes its name from the river that forms the city's eastern border.
Before the town
The area's earliest documented historic-era event predates permanent settlement by nearly half a century: on October 18, 1764, British Colonel John Bradstreet, leading roughly 1,400 men along Lake Erie to relieve Fort Detroit during Pontiac's War, came ashore at what is now Bradstreet's Landing Park in Rocky River after a storm damaged his boats -- Wikipedia's article on Rocky River notes that, despite persistent rumors, only one life was lost in the incident. Bradstreet's campaign that year was aimed at pressuring the Native nations allied against the British in Pontiac's War into peace, and his own Wikipedia biography records that he exceeded his orders by negotiating independent treaties with some of those nations rather than pursuing them militarily. No source we reviewed names a specific Native village, trail or burial site within present Rocky River itself.
- Bradstreet's Landing (other) — Bradstreet's Landing Park, Rocky River, on Lake Erie, October 18, 1764 (single documented landing during Bradstreet's Pontiac's War relief expedition to Fort Detroit) (en.wikipedia.org)
Timeline
- — Colonel John Bradstreet's storm-damaged relief expedition to Fort Detroit comes ashore at what is now Bradstreet's Landing Park.
- — Permanent settlement of the area begins.
- — Rocky River incorporates as a village.
- — Hotel Westlake opens, a 400-room Spanish Renaissance luxury hotel built for $3.5 million by architect Harold J. MacDowell.
- — Hotel Westlake, having failed to sell at auction for $1.05 million in 1931, sells out of receivership for just $151,000.
- — A kitchen grease fire spreads to Hotel Westlake's roof, causing $500,000 in damage and ending its run as a hotel; it reopens the same year as an apartment building.
- — Rocky River becomes a city.
- — A developer converts Hotel Westlake into a 98-unit condominium for $13 million, and the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 20.
Stories
The pink palace on Lake Erie
Hotel Westlake opened in 1925 as one of the country's first suburban luxury hotels, its 400 rooms and Spanish Renaissance facade -- locals called it the 'pink palace' -- drawing aviators as famous as Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, and, during Prohibition, bootleggers who found its Lake Erie shoreline location convenient. The 1929 crash hit it hard: the owners tried to auction it in 1931 for a $1.05 million opening bid, found no buyer, and eventually lost it to receivership, where it sold in 1935 for just $151,000, a fraction of its cost. It survived as a hotel until January 25, 1962, when a kitchen grease fire spread to the roof and did $500,000 in damage; the building reopened that same year as an apartment complex instead. By the 1970s it had deteriorated badly, but a 1983 developer bought and converted it into 98 condominium units for $13 million -- the same year, October 20, 1983, that it was added to the National Register of Historic Places, a hotel-turned-apartments-turned-condos still standing on the same stretch of Lake Road.
A storm-tossed landing on the way to Fort Detroit
Nearly half a century before Rocky River had a permanent settler, Colonel John Bradstreet brought roughly 1,400 British troops along the Lake Erie shore in 1764, ordered to relieve Fort Detroit during Pontiac's War -- the widespread Native uprising against British rule in the Great Lakes following the French and Indian War. A storm damaged his boats and forced a landing on October 18, 1764, at the spot Rocky River now calls Bradstreet's Landing Park; Wikipedia's account of the city notes that, despite rumors that persisted long afterward, the mishap cost only one life. Bradstreet went on to draw criticism from his own superiors for the rest of that campaign, accused of exceeding his authority by negotiating independent peace terms with some of the Native nations he had been sent to fight rather than pressing the war more aggressively -- a small, storm-forced stop on Rocky River's future shoreline, folded into a much larger and more contested chapter of the region's Native and colonial history.
Photographs
Photo: Tichnor Bros., Inc. / Braun Art Publishing Co. (Boston Public Library, Tichnor Brothers collection), public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org
Historic places
1 place in Rocky River on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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Westlake HotelBuilding · Rocky River · listed 1983
- Address
- 19000 Lake Rd.
- Where
- Rocky River, Cuyahoga County · ZIP 44116
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1983
- NRIS reference number
- 83004278
- Coordinates
- 41.48388, -81.83161
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
Lake Erie, through an 8-foot pipe running 2.5 miles offshore from the Westlake shoreline The water here
- Cleveland Public Water System100% of residentsLake Erie
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Rocky River's boundary: 1 dialysis center, 2 nursing homes, 1 fire or EMS station, 5 public schools, 5 private schools, 4 poor-rated bridges, 1 library, 1 museum, 1 police station, 3 public charging sites, 1 Toxics Release Inventory facility and 8 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Dialysis centers (1)
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Davita Hilliard DialysisDialysis · Rocky River
- Address
- 19133 Hilliard Blvd, Rocky River, OH 44116
- Dialysis stations
- 18
- Medicare star rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Services
- in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis
- Ownership
- for profit
- Chain
- DaVita
- Medicare certified since
- 2007-08-29
- Phone
- (216) 712-4700
- Medicare ID
- 362699
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS dialysis facility list (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: CMS dialysis facility list, September 2026, geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (an address it could not place sits at its ZIP center).
Nursing homes (2)
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Normandy Manor of Rocky River2 of 5 stars · Rocky River
- Address
- 22709 Lake Rd, Rocky River, OH 44116
- Certified beds
- 150
- Residents on an average day
- 133
- Medicare overall rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 2 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 1 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (440) 333-5400
- Medicare ID
- 365926
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Welsh Home The5 of 5 stars · Rocky River
- Address
- 22199 Center Ridge Rd, Rocky River, OH 44116
- Certified beds
- 79
- Residents on an average day
- 75
- Medicare overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 5 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 4 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (440) 331-0420
- Medicare ID
- 366103
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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Rocky River Fire DepartmentRocky River
- Address
- 21012 Hilliard Boulevard, Rocky River, OH 44116
- Coordinates
- 41.46792, -81.85339
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.
Public schools (5)
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Goldwood Primary Elementary School5 of 5 stars · Rocky River
- Address
- 21600 Center Ridge Rd, Rocky River, OH 44116
- School district
- Rocky River City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 572
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 30.4
- Report card, 2025-26
- 5 of 5 stars
- Ohio building IRN
- 013797
- NCES school ID
- 390447001574
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Kensington Intermediate Elementary School5 of 5 stars · Rocky River
- Address
- 20140 Lake Rd, Rocky River, OH 44116
- School district
- Rocky River City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 593
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 33.13
- Report card, 2025-26
- 5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 100.4%
- Ohio building IRN
- 018754
- NCES school ID
- 390447001575
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Rocky River Early Childhood Center at Beach SchoolRocky River
- Address
- 1101 Morewood Pkwy, Rocky River, OH 44116
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 54
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 3
- NCES school ID
- 390447005901
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Rocky River High School5 of 5 stars · Rocky River
- Address
- 20951 Detroit Rd, Rocky River, OH 44116
- School district
- Rocky River City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 825
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 55.67
- Report card, 2025-26
- 5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 98.5%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 98.7%
- Ohio building IRN
- 032243
- NCES school ID
- 390447001577
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Rocky River Middle School4 of 5 stars · Rocky River
- Address
- 1631 Lakeview Ave, Rocky River, OH 44116
- School district
- Rocky River City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 552
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 43.05
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 98.5%
- Ohio building IRN
- 032235
- NCES school ID
- 390447001576
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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 (5)
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Lutheran High School WestPrivate, religious, independent · Rocky River
- Address
- 3850 Linden Rd, Rocky River, OH 44116
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 672
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 57.4
- Students per teacher
- 11.7073
- Phone
- (440) 333-1660
- NCES private school ID
- A9105177
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Magnificat High SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Rocky River
- Address
- 20770 Hilliard Blvd, Rocky River, OH 44116
- Kind
- Catholic
- Students, 2023-24
- 705
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 68.5
- Students per teacher
- 10.292
- Phone
- (440) 331-1572
- NCES private school ID
- 01059097
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Ruffing Montessori SchoolPrivate, nonsectarian, special program · Rocky River
- Address
- 1285 Orchard Park Dr, Rocky River, OH 44116
- Kind
- nonsectarian, special program
- Students, 2023-24
- 226
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 18
- Students per teacher
- 12.5556
- Phone
- (440) 333-2250
- NCES private school ID
- 01063944
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St Christopher SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Rocky River
- Address
- 1610 Lakeview Ave, Rocky River, OH 44116
- Kind
- Catholic
- Students, 2023-24
- 205
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 14.3
- Students per teacher
- 14.3357
- Phone
- (440) 331-3075
- NCES private school ID
- 01058876
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St Thomas Lutheran SchoolPrivate, religious, independent · Rocky River
- Address
- 21211 Detroit Rd, Rocky River, OH 44116
- Kind
- religious, independent
- Students, 2023-24
- 3
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 1.1
- Students per teacher
- 2.72727
- Phone
- (440) 331-4426
- NCES private school ID
- A1903494
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.
Bridges rated poor (4)
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Detroit Rd - Sr254 over IR-90(cuy-90-0595)Poor · built 1977
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1977
- Length
- 76 ft
- Owner
- State
- Vehicles a day
- 9,734
- Coordinates
- 41.47253, -81.85721
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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I-90 over Rocky River ValleyPoor · built 1971
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1971
- Length
- 256 ft
- Owner
- State
- Vehicles a day
- 106,617
- Coordinates
- 41.47187, -81.82465
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Lakeview Ave over I-90 (lakview Ave)Poor · built 1977
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1977
- Length
- 69 ft
- Owner
- State
- Vehicles a day
- 6,702
- Coordinates
- 41.47198, -81.84354
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Wooster Rd over Cuy-90-0704(wooster RoadPoor · built 1969
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1969
- Length
- 58 ft
- Owner
- State
- Vehicles a day
- 11,777
- Coordinates
- 41.47211, -81.83628
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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Rocky River Public LibraryCentral library · Rocky River
- Address
- 1600 Hampton Rd., Rocky River, OH 44116
- What it is
- Central library
- Library system
- Rocky River Public Library
- Open
- 3,442 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 56,464 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 185,796
- System's loans, FY2024
- 825,226
- People the system serves
- 21,755
- Phone
- (440) 333-7610
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 (1)
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Rocky River Historical SocietyHistorical society · Rocky River
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Rocky River
- Coordinates
- 41.47031, -81.84910
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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Rocky River Police DepartmentCleveland
- Address
- 21012 Hilliard Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44116
- Coordinates
- 41.46743, -81.85396
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 (3)
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Civic Center - Fast Charger DC fast1 DC fast · 2 Level 2 · Rocky River
- Address
- 21016 Hilliard Blvd, Rocky River, OH 44116
- Ports
- 1 DC fast · 2 Level 2
- Plugs
- CCS, CHAdeMO, J1772
- Network
- FLO
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-356-8911
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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RR City Hall2 Level 2 · Rocky River
- Address
- 21012 Hilliard Blvd, Rocky River, OH 44116
- Ports
- 2 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- Non-Networked
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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RR CITY HALL CITY HALL2 Level 2 · Rocky River
- Address
- 2129 Wagar Rd, Rocky River, OH 44116
- Ports
- 2 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- ChargePoint Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-758-4389
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.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (1)
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Gran-Cal IncToxics Release Inventory · Rocky River
- Address
- 1150 Smith Ct, Rocky River, OH 44116
- County
- Cuyahoga County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (closed)
- EPA program ID
- 44116GRNCL1150S
- EPA registry ID
- 110002110929
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 (8)
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Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos) Reached water2025-07-22 · Rocky River
- Reported
- 2025-07-22
- What spilled
- Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos); Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
- Reached a waterway
- 18 - Lake Erie
- Where
- Rocky River, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2507EPA0001226
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2024-06-08 · Rocky River
- Reported
- 2024-06-08
- What spilled
- Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
- Where
- Rocky River, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2406EPA0000966
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Oil/ Home Heating / Heating Oil2024-03-28 · Rocky River
- Reported
- 2024-03-28
- What spilled
- Fuel Oil/ Home Heating / Heating Oil
- Where
- Rocky River, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2403EPA0000489
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Material Green Reached water2023-07-14 · Rocky River
- Reported
- 2023-07-14
- What spilled
- Material Green
- Reached a waterway
- 18 - Rocky River
- Where
- Rocky River, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2307EPA0001186
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle Reached water2023-06-18 · Rocky River
- Reported
- 2023-06-18
- What spilled
- Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
- Reached a waterway
- Rocky River
- Where
- Rocky River, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2306EPA0001007
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sheen Organic Reached water2023-06-02 · Rocky River
- Reported
- 2023-06-02
- What spilled
- Sheen Organic
- Reached a waterway
- 18 - Lake Erie
- Where
- Rocky River, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2306EPA0000910
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon Reached water2022-08-20 · Rocky River
- Reported
- 2022-08-20
- What spilled
- Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon; Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
- Reached a waterway
- 18 - Lake Erie
- Where
- Rocky River, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2208EPA0001274
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Material White Reached water2021-10-27 · Rocky River
- Reported
- 2021-10-27
- What spilled
- Material White
- Reached a waterway
- 18 - Lake Erie
- Where
- Rocky River, Cuyahoga County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2110EPA0001668
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 Rocky River, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44116 Rocky River | 100% | Lake Erie, through an 8-foot pipe running 2.5 miles offshore from the Westlake shoreline | 2.5 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1957 | Rocky River City · 5 stars overall | 0.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Rocky River, 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 0 / 0 / 17; 2023 0 / 1 / 16; 2024 0 / 0 / 17; 2025 0 / 2 / 14.
- Agreed Upon Procedures, 2024, released 2026-01-22
- Agreed Upon Procedures, 2023, released 2024-08-13
The county
Cuyahoga County: 52 ZIP codes, 59 cities, villages and townships, 1,270,867 people.
Nearby places
No nearby place shares a ZIP code with Rocky River in the atlas yet.
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Rocky River, day by day, from 1871 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 2.30 in
- 2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
- rain so far in 2026
- 32.8 in
- about normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 33.2 in
- a normal year brings 62.5 in
- a normal year
- 41.1 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 2.29 | — | 28 |
| September 2026 | 2.18 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 5.60 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 2.39 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 3.61 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 4.25 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 5.89 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 3.96 | 1.6 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 0.57 | 6.0 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 2.01 | 25.6 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 2.51 | 14.2 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 2.46 | 7.2 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 63.4 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1963 — 18.5 in |
| Snowiest year | 2005 — 104.7 in |
| Wettest day on record | 7 September 1996 — 4.70 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 10 November 1913 — 17.40 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 8 December 1893 — 20.46 in |
Mostly estimated. Only 1% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Rocky River - 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 Rocky River: 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
- 40
- those placed on the map inside Rocky River
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 11 |
| Wetland and stream fill | 11 |
| Air pollution | 7 |
| State sewer loans | 6 |
| Hazardous waste | 3 |
| Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities | 1 |
| Underground injection wells | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| ROCKY RIVER DREDGING 2027 | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ROCKY RIVER HEALTH CENTER | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| ROCKY RIVER DREDGING 2027 | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| ROCKY RIVER DREDGING | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| ROCKY RIVER DREDGING 2027 | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| ROCKY RIVER TRANSFER FACILITY | Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities inspection | |
| LAKE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| SPENCER CREEK REHABILITATION PROJECT | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| ROCKY RIVER WWTP | Air pollution inspection | |
| ROCKY RIVER WWTP | Air pollution report | |
| ROCKCLIFF DRIVE IMPROVEMENT | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| ROCKY RIVER WWTP | Air pollution report | |
| PETRIT LLC DBA NORGE CLEANERS | Air pollution report | |
| BEACHCLIFF BOULEVARD AND CORNWALL ROAD IMPROVEMENTS | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| ROCKY RIVER DREDGING 2027 | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| ROCKY RIVER TRANSFER FACILITY | Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities report | |
| SENIOR CENTER TRAIL | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| SENIOR CENTER TRAIL | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| PIR 3949 - WOOSTER AND PARKVIEW | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| WESTMOOR RD ORCHARD GROVE AND GLENDALE DRIVE | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| ROCKY RIVER TRANSFER FACILITY | Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities permit | |
| BREEZEVALE EAST-012 | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| BREEZEVALE EAST-012 | Wetland and stream fill permit | |
| ROCKY RIVER TRANSFER FACILITY | Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities permit | |
| ROCKY RIVER TRANSFER FACILITY | Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Facilities inspection |
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 Rocky River, Ohio in?
Rocky River is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, with 21,755 residents.
When was Rocky River, Ohio founded?
Rocky River was settled 1810; incorporated 1903 (village); 1960 (city). Source
How did Rocky River, Ohio get its name?
Rocky River takes its name from the river that forms the city's eastern border. Source
What ZIP code is Rocky River, Ohio?
Most of Rocky River is in ZIP code 44116.
Where does Rocky River, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Rocky River (Cleveland Public Water System): Lake Erie, through an 8-foot pipe running 2.5 miles offshore from the Westlake shoreline.
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