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Corrections already made
Every correction applied so far is listed below: the field that was wrong, what it said, what it says now, the source that proved it, and the date it was fixed.
| Date | Record | Field | What was wrong | Now | Source | Checked by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | 2026 U.S. Senate and governor polls politics | polling delete | We listed a Wedgewood Polls survey of Aug. 11-13, 2026 (Senate: Brown 48, Husted 44; governor: Acton 47, Ramaswamy 46) as a poll. On Oct. 20 Wedgewood Polls publicly admitted it had fabricated its data (FiftyPlusOne, Oct. 20), and Signal Ohio (Oct. 22) names its August Ohio poll among them. Removed from the race pages, the four candidates' pages and the polls page. | removed | blog.fiftyplusone.news signalohio.org | Cracked Buckeye politics desk |
| 2026-09-29 | Licking Regional Water District OH4505412 facts | hist | hist[3] (2022 SR 161 expansion) said 8,769 to 18,223 acres, but its own parts (11,702 + 3,439 + 3,041) sum to 18,182, and The Reporting Project gives 18,182 in three articles ('by nearly 10,000 acres to 18,182 acres'; 'from about 8,000 acres ... to 18,182 acres'). The only source for 18,223 and 8,769 was a Yahoo syndication (robots-barred, not re-read); the county water study has no acreage and the commissioners' 2022-10-06 resolution was not found, so 8,769 becomes 'about 8,000' per the Reporting Project. Only hist[3] changes; the other rows are copied unchanged from facts.json. data/newalbany/research/checks/08_check.md, data corrections (a) and (b) | [["1989", "District established as the Southwest Licking Community Water and Sewer District to address environmental problems in Etna, Harrison and Lima town… | thereportingproject.org thereportingproject.org | New Albany deep dive fact-check 2026-09-29 |
| 2026-09-29 | Licking Regional Water District OH4505412 facts | src merge | Adds The Reporting Project (2024-04-12, '18,182 acres') as a history source for the corrected 2022 acreage, beside the Yahoo link it replaces as the basis for that figure. data/newalbany/research/checks/08_check.md, data corrections (a) and (b) | {"history": ["https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/about", "https://www.lickingregionalwater.gov/post/southwest-licking-community-water-and-sewer-district-is… | thereportingproject.org | New Albany deep dive fact-check 2026-09-29 |
| 2026-09-29 | Licking Regional Water District OH4505412 system | label | label named the 'Raccoon Creek Valley aquifer'. LRWD's water-system page and 2025 CCR say only that six wells in the wellfield adjacent to the 8675 York Road plant supply it, and name no aquifer; ODNR registration 01808 (SOUTHWEST LICKING W&SD PWS, 6 wells, 4.05 MGD) sits at 39.96824,-82.622713 in HUC12 050400060405, HUC10 0504000604 South Fork Licking River, not HUC10 0504000603 Raccoon Creek, which lies 11-14 km north at Granville/Alexandria. The label had taken on Granville's aquifer and LRWD's St. Albans test-well plan. data/newalbany/research/checks/08_check.md, data corrections (a) and (b) | Buried-valley sand-and-gravel aquifer, South Fork Licking River basin (6 wells, York Road) | lickingregionalwater.gov lickingregionalwater.gov services5.arcgis.com hydro.nationalmap.gov | New Albany deep dive fact-check 2026-09-29 |
| 2026-09-29 | Licking Regional Water District OH4505412 system | aquifer | aquifer was 'Raccoon Creek Valley aquifer'; the York Road wellfield (ODNR 01808) is in the South Fork Licking River basin (HUC10 0504000604). The Raccoon Creek name belongs only to the St. Albans test-well plan (facts plan[0], hist[5], fun[3], left unchanged). data/newalbany/research/checks/08_check.md, data corrections (a) and (b) | South Fork Licking River buried-valley aquifer (York Road wellfield) | lickingregionalwater.gov services5.arcgis.com hydro.nationalmap.gov | New Albany deep dive fact-check 2026-09-29 |
| 2026-09-29 | Licking Regional Water District OH4505412 system | notes | notes said the district draws from the Raccoon Creek Valley aquifer '(serving Granville/Alexandria area, ~12 wells)'. Wrong on both counts: the six York Road wells are in the South Fork Licking River basin, and it is Granville's own village system (OH4500612) that draws from the Raccoon Creek aquifer and sells to Alexandria (The Reporting Project, 2026-05-05). Raccoon Creek is kept only for the St. Albans test wells. data/newalbany/research/checks/08_check.md, data corrections (a) and (b) | District draws from a buried-valley sand-and-gravel aquifer in the South Fork Licking River basin (six wells at its York Road wellfield in Etna Township) and… | lickingregionalwater.gov lickingregionalwater.gov services5.arcgis.com thereportingproject.org | New Albany deep dive fact-check 2026-09-29 |
| 2026-09-29 | Licking Regional Water District OH4505412 system | plants | plants[0] and its York Road well field sat at 39.9573,-82.6968 ('approximate'), about 6 km west of the plant: the US Census geocoder (one-line address search) puts 8675 York Rd SW at 39.9673,-82.6264, and ODNR registration 01808 puts the wellfield at 39.96824,-82.622713, beside the atlas's own well points (39.965-39.971, -82.619 to -82.627). Both points moved; wb and src no longer name the Raccoon Creek Valley aquifer. All other plant fields are copied unchanged. data/plants.json still carries the old values; fix it there when that file is next rebuilt. data/newalbany/research/checks/08_check.md, data corrections (a) and (b) | [{"n": "Licking Regional Water District Treatment Plant", "a": "8675 York Road, Etna, OH (Licking County)", "la": 39.9673, "lo": -82.6264, "pt": "plant", "wb… | geocoding.geo.census.gov services5.arcgis.com lickingregionalwater.gov hydro.nationalmap.gov | New Albany deep dive fact-check 2026-09-29 |
| 2026-09-29 | Licking Regional Water District OH4505412 system | pnotes | pnotes (from data/plants.json) repeated the Raccoon Creek Valley aquifer attribution for the York Road wellfield; only that phrase changes. data/newalbany/research/checks/08_check.md, data corrections (a) and (b) | Under its former name, Southwest Licking Community Water and Sewer District, coverage describes a well field along York Road (near the district's Etna admini… | lickingregionalwater.gov services5.arcgis.com hydro.nationalmap.gov | New Albany deep dive fact-check 2026-09-29 |
| 2026-09-28 | 43002 zip | zn | The page carries the mail name Amlin, but Census ZCTA 43002 is 0.36 sq mi south of the village, 100% Columbus City SD by residents (OGRIP 2014 and Franklin County auditor gis_schooldistricts agree); the village (40.0768,-83.1808) is ZCTA 43016, Hilliard City SD. Reported by David Patch (Messenger) 2026-09-28. Research: data/amlin/research/extent_schools.md. | This page covers the Census ZIP area 43002, a small patch south of Amlin village near Hayden Run, inside Columbus and Columbus City Schools. Amlin itself, on… | geocoding.geo.census.gov tigerweb.geo.census.gov | Cracked Buckeye; reported by David Patch |
| 2026-09-13 | Oakwood (village), Paulding County localgov | name | The second of the two identically named 'Oakwood (village)' units (see P57750); county taken from the COUNTY property of this polygon in data/localgov_oh.geojson. Only these two names are duplicated among the 2,246 units, so the county suffix stays scoped to them | Oakwood (village), Paulding County | tims.dot.state.oh.us www2.census.gov | audit |
| 2026-09-13 | Oakwood (village), Cuyahoga County localgov | name | D.localgov held two units named 'Oakwood (village)' (place FIPS 3957750 in Cuyahoga County, 3957792 in Paulding County) besides Oakwood (city) in Montgomery County, so the ZIP card row, the unit card title and the search list could not tell them apart; county taken from the COUNTY property of this polygon in data/localgov_oh.geojson | Oakwood (village), Cuyahoga County | tims.dot.state.oh.us www2.census.gov | audit |
| 2026-09-11 | Germantown (city) localgov | it | The Finder's OHMuniRateTable.csv closes Germantown's 1.5% row at 2025-12-31 with no successor (collection moved to RITA on 2026-01-01), so join_localtax.py dropped it and ZIP 45327 printed 'Germantown none'; RITA lists 1.500% from 01/01/2020, current, 60% credit | 1.5 | ritaohio.com thefinder.tax.ohio.gov | audit |
| 2026-09-11 | Columbus Public Water System OH2504412 system | notes | notes named a non-existent 'Southwest (Franklinton) well field'; the 2025 CCR (data/sources/3ae4df25b10552.pdf p.2, p.9) and data/plants.json name the Parsons Avenue plant on the South Well Field, serving the southeast; string also ended in a dangling ';' | Columbus draws from three water plants: Dublin Road (Scioto River via Griggs/O'Shaughnessy Reservoirs), Hap Cremean (Hoover Reservoir on Big Walnut Creek, su… | columbus.gov | audit |
| 2026-09-11 | 43452 zip | el | 43452's population-weighted center (41.52154, -82.92302) lies in Sandusky Bay, 681 m outside the ZCTA polygon; Copernicus GLO-90 there gives 170 m = 558 ft, below Lake Erie's surface. 177 m = 581 ft at downtown Port Clinton (41.512, -82.938) used instead. | 581 | api.open-meteo.com | audit |
| 2026-09-11 | 43215 zip | dc | ECHO places OH0149781 Camp Wakatomika (15189 Girl Scout Road, Utica 43080, discharging to Wakatomika Creek) at 39.972,-83.049347 in downtown Columbus; dropped from the 43215 count and named list (the camp has qnc 0, no penalty and is not major or in SNC, so only the facility count and the named list change) | [2, 0, 0, 5, 0, [], 0] | echo.epa.gov | audit |
