MEDINA COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

Important Seasonal Information

Spring and Summer:  Gas Cans

Every year when Spring arrives, we begin to receive calls from people who paid for more than 2 gallons worth of gas and wonder if they were cheated. No, it is usually the gas can that's the culprit!    Gas cans are generally not  accurate in measurement.  They are "approximates."  If you have a two-gallon can, it may actually take a little more or a little less than the said amount.

So, don't stress!  After a cold and dreary winter, get out there, mow the lawn and enjoy the sunshine!

Fall and Winter:  Firewood                     

The Medina County Auditor's Office would like to remind people that, with the onset of cold weather, more people will be ordering firewood.  Legally, firewood should only be sold by the "cord" or by fractions of a cord.  A cord is 128 cubic feet when the height times the length times the width is computed.

This is a special warning to residents of Medina County:  Do not buy wood from neighboring counties for the foreseeable future. The Emerald Ash Borer is in the ash trees and by purchasing firewood from another county people are spreading the insect and increasing the devastation to healthy trees.

It is important to know that terms such as "truckload," "face cord," "rack" and "pile" have no legally-defined meaning and therefore a buyer has no way of determining how much firewood he is actually receiving. Make sure you have a telephone number and sales receipt for your wood. Stack your wood when you receive it and determine if it is a cord.  If not, and if the seller will not correct the problem, contact Shawn Bland in the Weights and Measures Department of our Office for assistance. Call Medina: (330)725-9764, Brunswick: (330) 225-7100, ext. 9764 or Wadsworth: (330)336-6657, ext. 9764 or email the auditor: