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Defiance

City · Defiance County · 17,066 residents · 1.8% municipal income tax

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Local events in Defiance

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  1. Ohio State 3rd Grade Fall ELA Assessment Testing Window Begins

    Oct 19 to Nov 5 · Defiance Elementary · From Defiance City School District

  2. 🎃🍬 80th Annual Defiance Lions Club Halloween Parade 🍭👻

    7 to 9 p.m. · From City of Defiance

  3. Information on Foster Care/Adoption

    All day · Defiance Public Library · From Defiance Public Library

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History from Defiance

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How Defiance began

Defiance was laid out in 1822 on the site of Fort Defiance, the stronghold General Anthony Wayne built in August 1794 at the confluence of the Maumee and Auglaize rivers after destroying the Native settlement cluster called the Glaize. The town became Defiance County's seat when the county organized in 1845, incorporated as a city in 1881, and grew around the Miami and Erie Canal's turn south toward Cincinnati and, later, Defiance College. Today it is the county's largest city and its government and commercial center.

Settled 1794 (Fort Defiance, military), platted 1822, incorporated 1881.

Where the name comes from

Named for Fort Defiance, built by Anthony Wayne's army in August 1794. Sources disagree on the exact origin of the name: Wikipedia's article on the city has Wayne telling General Charles Scott, "I defy the English, Indians, and all the devils of hell to take it," while Wikipedia's article on the fort attributes the same declaration to Scott himself.

Before the town

Modern Defiance occupies the site of the Glaize, a cluster of at least seven Shawnee, Delaware (Lenape) and Miami villages at the Maumee-Auglaize confluence that reached a peak population of about two thousand people in 1792 and hosted a major multi-nation council that October. Blue Jacket's own village stood a mile up the Auglaize from its mouth; the principal village, on the point where Fort Defiance was later built, held the community's British and French-Canadian traders, among them George Ironsides. An Iroquois widow and priestess named Cooh-coo-che lived in a bark cabin on the north bank of the Maumee directly across from that point, and it was in her household that eleven-year-old captive O. M. Spencer spent eight months in 1792. Wayne's army destroyed the Glaize in August 1794 and built Fort Defiance on its ashes; the 1795 Treaty of Greenville then reserved a six-square-mile enclave around the new fort to the United States, the seed of the town platted there in 1822. A local tradition, commemorated by the city's own Pontiac Park at the confluence, holds that the Ottawa leader Pontiac was born at this spot or at a nearby Odawa village on the Maumee -- Wikipedia's article on Pontiac treats this as one of several unverifiable traditions about a birth year and place no contemporary document records.

Nations recorded here: Shawnee, Lenape (Delaware), Miami, Mingo (Seneca-Cayuga), Ottawa (Odawa), Mohawk (Haudenosaunee).

  • The Glaize principal village / Fort Defiance site (village) — Fort Defiance Park, confluence of the Maumee and Auglaize rivers, 1780s-1794 (encyclopedia.com)
  • Cooh-coo-che's cabin (camp) — north bank of the Maumee River, opposite Fort Defiance Park, 1792 (archive.org)
  • Pontiac Park birthplace tradition (other) — Pontiac Park, confluence of Maumee and Auglaize rivers, tradition, disputed (en.wikipedia.org)

Timeline

  1. — Anthony Wayne's army begins building Fort Defiance on the site of the destroyed Glaize villages; construction finishes August 17.
  2. — The Treaty of Greenville reserves a six-square-mile enclave around Fort Defiance to the United States.
  3. — Fort Defiance is abandoned.
  4. — William Henry Harrison's forces build Fort Winchester on and near the old Fort Defiance ground as a War of 1812 staging post.
  5. — Defiance is laid out as a town on the fort site.
  6. — Johnny Appleseed starts a nursery about a mile above town, near the mouth of the Tiffin River.
  7. — Defiance becomes county seat of the newly organized Defiance County.
  8. — The Christian Connection opens Defiance Female Seminary, later Defiance College.
  9. — Defiance incorporates as a city.
  10. — Defiance Female Seminary is renamed Defiance College.
  11. — Fort Defiance Park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Stories

A fort built on a ruined capital

Where downtown Defiance now sits, the Maumee and Auglaize rivers meet at a point the French called Au Glaize, and by the early 1790s it was one of the most important Native settlements in the Northwest: a cluster of at least seven villages of Shawnee, Delaware and Miami people, with British and French-Canadian traders living among them, that had grown to roughly two thousand residents by 1792. That October it hosted a council chiefs of dozens of nations attended, one of the largest Indian gatherings on record for the era. General Anthony Wayne's army ended it in August 1794, finding the villages abandoned, burning their cornfields and cabins, and building a stockade strong enough, Wayne wrote, "to defy the English, Indians, and all the devils of hell to take it" -- or so one telling of the fort's naming goes; a second version credits the line to Kentucky militia officer Charles Scott instead. The fort held through the War of 1812 as Fort Winchester before it was abandoned for good, and in 1822 a town was laid out on the same ground. It became Defiance County's seat in 1845 and a city in 1881, and Pontiac Park, at the exact point where the old villages stood, now carries a local tradition -- unverified but long repeated -- that the Ottawa leader Pontiac himself was born there.

Eight months with Cooh-coo-che

In July 1792, eleven-year-old O. M. Spencer was seized a short walk from his family's Cincinnati home and marched six days north to the Glaize. His Shawnee captor handed him off to a Mohawk man named White Loon, who left the boy in a small bark cabin on the Maumee's north bank, directly across the water from the point where Fort Defiance would rise two years later. The cabin belonged to White Loon's mother-in-law, an Iroquois widow named Cooh-coo-che -- described in the county's 1883 history as a princess of her people and a medicine woman whom warriors consulted before going to war. Her own husband, a Mohawk war chief who had left the St. Lawrence after his people's defeat in the Revolution, had been killed in 1790 fighting Josiah Harmar's army; she later moved his remains to a grave near the war path and buried him sitting upright, facing west, with his weapons and moccasins beside him. Spencer spent eight months in her household, across corn fields that by his account stretched more than a mile up the Auglaize, before an American prisoner at large helped arrange his release -- leaving behind one of the few detailed accounts of daily life at the Glaize in the years just before Wayne's army destroyed it.

Photographs

Postcard view of the site of old Fort Defiance, at the confluence of the Auglaize and Maumee rivers
Postcard view of the site of old Fort Defiance, at the confluence of the Auglaize and Maumee rivers (1907)
Photo: Columbus Metropolitan Library, via Digital Public Library of America, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
The confluence of the Maumee and Auglaize rivers, viewed from Pontiac Park, site of the old Glaize villages and Fort Defiance
The confluence of the Maumee and Auglaize rivers, viewed from Pontiac Park, site of the old Glaize villages and Fort Defiance (2015)
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Historic places

7 places in Defiance on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.

  1. Defiance Public LibraryBuilding · Defiance · listed 1985
    Address
    320 Fort St.
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County · ZIP 43512
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1985
    NRIS reference number
    85003446
    Coordinates
    41.28785, -84.35858

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  2. Dey Road BridgeStructure · Defiance · listed 1999
    Address
    0.35 mi. E of US 24
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County · ZIP 43512
    What it is
    Structure
    Listed on the National Register
    1999
    NRIS reference number
    99000095
    Coordinates
    41.29036, -84.38559

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  3. East Side Fire StationBuilding · Defiance · listed 1976
    Address
    Douglas and Hopkins Sts.
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County · ZIP 43512
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1976
    NRIS reference number
    76001413
    Coordinates
    41.28102, -84.35122

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  4. Fort Defiance ParkSite · Defiance · listed 1980
    Address
    Fort St.
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County · ZIP 43512
    What it is
    Site
    Listed on the National Register
    1980
    NRIS reference number
    80002989
    Coordinates
    41.28754, -84.35668

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  5. Latty, Judge Alexander, HouseBuilding · Defiance · listed 1991
    Address
    718 Perry St.
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County · ZIP 43512
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1991
    NRIS reference number
    90002214
    Coordinates
    41.28066, -84.37284

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  6. Riverside ChapelBuilding · Defiance · listed 1977
    Address
    S. Clinton St. in Riverside Cemetery
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County · ZIP 43512
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1977
    NRIS reference number
    77001058
    Coordinates
    41.27344, -84.37826

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  7. Speaker, Charles, HouseBuilding · Defiance · listed 1997
    Address
    912 Holgate Ave.
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County · ZIP 43512
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1997
    NRIS reference number
    97000374
    Coordinates
    41.28267, -84.37431

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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.

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Water

Maumee River water pulled through two river intakes and stored in a 74-acre upground (off-channel) reservoir before treatment, near the Maumee/Auglaize/Tiffin River confluence at Defiance The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Defiance's boundary: 2 hospitals, 1 health center, 2 dialysis centers, 2 nursing homes, 1 fire or EMS station, 1 college, 1 power plant, 3 public schools, 2 private schools, 1 library, 3 museums, 2 police stations, 4 public charging sites, 3 Superfund sites, 12 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 27 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Hospitals (2)

  1. Defiance Regional Medical Center Trauma level IIIGeneral hospital · Defiance
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    1200 Ralston Avenue, Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Beds
    51
    Trauma center
    Level IIi
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Medicare reports it as
    Promedica Defiance Regional Hospital
    Phone
    (419) 783-4493
    Medicare ID
    361328

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  2. Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital, LlcGeneral hospital · Defiance
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    1404 East Second Street, Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Beds
    23
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Medicare reports it as
    Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital
    Phone
    (419) 782-8444
    Medicare ID
    360270

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Source: HIFLD hospitals inventory via FEMA (closed hospitals it still lists left out, hospitals opened since added), with Medicare Care Compare ratings matched by name and address.

Community health centers (1)

  1. Defiance Community Health CenterHealth center · Defiance
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Defiance
    Coordinates
    41.29773, -84.37186

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Source: HRSA health center service delivery sites, active, September 2026 (school-based sites left out). Health centers see patients whether or not they have insurance, with fees on a sliding scale.

Dialysis centers (2)

  1. Fmc - DefianceDialysis · Defiance
    Address
    1850 East Second Street, Suites 1850 & 1846, Defiance, OH 43512
    Dialysis stations
    12
    Medicare star rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis training
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    Fresenius Medical Care
    Medicare certified since
    2003-12-01
    Phone
    (419) 782-9090
    Medicare ID
    362665

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  2. Usrc Defiance DialysisDialysis · Defiance
    Address
    220 Stadium Drive, Defiance, OH 43512
    Dialysis stations
    12
    Medicare star rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    US Renal Care, Inc.
    Medicare certified since
    2003-02-12
    Phone
    (419) 784-2100
    Medicare ID
    362654

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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)

  1. Brookview Healthcare Center2 of 5 stars · Defiance
    Address
    214 Harding Street, Defiance, OH 43512
    Certified beds
    89
    Residents on an average day
    74
    Medicare overall rating
    2 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    1 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Chain
    LIONSTONE CARE
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 784-1014
    Medicare ID
    365447

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  2. Laurels of Defiance The4 of 5 stars · Defiance
    Address
    1701 S Jefferson Ave, Defiance, OH 43512
    Certified beds
    107
    Residents on an average day
    93
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    3 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    CIENA HEALTHCARE/LAUREL HEALTH CARE
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 782-7879
    Medicare ID
    365389

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Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.

Fire and EMS stations (1)

  1. Defiance Fire and Rescue Central Fire StationDefiance
    Address
    702 West 3rd Street, Defiance, OH 43512
    Coordinates
    41.28657, -84.36425

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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 (1)

  1. Defiance CollegePrivate nonprofit college · Defiance
    What it is
    Private nonprofit college
    City
    Defiance
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    572
    Tuition and fees, in state
    $38,778
    Graduation rate
    37% of bachelor's students, within six years (a class of 150)
    IPEDS unit ID
    202514

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Source: NCES IPEDS 2024 directory, 2023-24 enrollment and tuition, graduation rates for the 2017 (four-year) and 2020 (two-year) entering classes.

Power plants (1)

  1. Richland 100 MW or moreNatural gas · 369 MW
    Capacity
    369 MW
    By fuel
    natural gas 358 MW, oil 11 MW
    Main source
    Natural gas
    Technology
    Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine; Petroleum Liquids;
    Operator
    Richland-Stryker Generation LLC
    Sector
    IPP Non-CHP
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Generating units
    6
    Built
    1965 (first unit); newest unit 2001
    EIA plant code
    2880

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Source: EIA-860 power plant inventory via HIFLD (February 2025), with plant codes, units and years from EIA-860 2025.

Public schools (3)

  1. Defiance Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Defiance
    Address
    400 Carter Rd, Defiance, OH 43512
    School district
    Defiance City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    1,053
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    63.84
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    77.5%
    Ohio building IRN
    011430
    NCES school ID
    390438605516

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  2. Defiance High School3.5 of 5 stars · Defiance
    Address
    1755 Palmer Dr, Defiance, OH 43512
    School district
    Defiance City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    713
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    44.18
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    76%
    Four-year graduation rate
    97.9%
    Ohio building IRN
    008300
    NCES school ID
    390438600841

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  3. Defiance Middle School4 of 5 stars · Defiance
    Address
    1755 Palmer Dr, Defiance, OH 43512
    School district
    Defiance City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    557
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    33
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    77%
    Ohio building IRN
    008292
    NCES school ID
    390438600840

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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)

  1. Holy Cross Catholic SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Defiance
    Address
    1745 S Clinton St, Defiance, OH 43512
    Kind
    Catholic
    Students, 2023-24
    84
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    7.8
    Students per teacher
    10.7692
    Phone
    (419) 784-2021
    NCES private school ID
    01060761

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  2. St John Lutheran SchoolPrivate, religious, denomination-affiliated · Defiance
    Address
    655 Wayne Ave, Defiance, OH 43512
    Kind
    religious, denomination-affiliated
    Students, 2023-24
    79
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    8.4
    Students per teacher
    9.40476
    Phone
    (419) 782-1751
    NCES private school ID
    01063343

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Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.

Public libraries (1)

  1. Defiance Public LibraryCentral library · Defiance
    Address
    320 Fort St., Defiance, OH 43512
    What it is
    Central library
    Library system
    Defiance Public Library
    Open
    2,321 hours a year, 51 weeks
    Building
    19,290 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    86,060
    System's loans, FY2024
    374,214
    People the system serves
    38,286
    Phone
    (419) 782-1456

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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)

  1. Defiance County Historical SocietyHistorical society · Defiance
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Defiance
    Coordinates
    41.28600, -84.36155

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  2. Historic Homes Of DefianceHistorical society · Defiance
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Defiance
    Coordinates
    41.28295, -84.36511

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  3. Women'S Commission Art GalleryArt museum · Defiance
    What it is
    Art museum
    City
    Defiance
    Coordinates
    41.29578, -84.36063

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    The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.

Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.

Police stations (2)

  1. Defiance County Sheriff's OfficeDefiance
    Address
    113 Biede Avenue, Defiance, OH 43512
    Coordinates
    41.28588, -84.34312

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  2. Defiance Police DepartmentDefiance
    Address
    324 Perry Street, Defiance, OH 43512
    Coordinates
    41.28673, -84.36406

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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 (4)

  1. Estle Cadillac DC fast2 DC fast · Defiance
    Address
    1515 N. Clinton St., Defiance, OH 43512
    Ports
    2 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS
    Network
    EV Connect
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    866-816-7584

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  2. EVPassport - FriendsOffice1 Level 2 · Defiance
    Address
    1041 Perry St, Defiance, OH 45840
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Price
    $0.35 per kWh
    Phone
    888-702-2124

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  3. Mark Moats Ford Inc1 Level 2 · Defiance
    Address
    20793 County Rd 424, Defiance, OH 43512
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Price
    Free
    Phone
    419-784-5444

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  4. Stykemain Buick GMC LTD. DC fast1 DC fast · Defiance
    Address
    25124 Elliot Rd, Defiance, OH 43512
    Ports
    1 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS
    Network
    EV Connect
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    866-816-7584

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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 (3)

  1. Defiance Precision Products SiteSuperfund program · Defiance
    Address
    723 and 733 Perry Street, Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHN000508905
    EPA registry ID
    110071101964

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  2. Glycerin Traders LlcSuperfund program · Defiance
    Address
    815 Greenler St, Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHN000522240
    EPA registry ID
    110004679786

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  3. Zeller 1Superfund program · Defiance
    Address
    1307 Baltimore Street, Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHN000509939
    EPA registry ID
    110000383567

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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 (12)

  1. Defiance Metal Products CoToxics Release Inventory · Defiance
    Address
    21 Seneca St, Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    4351WDFNCM21SEN
    EPA registry ID
    110004597829

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  2. Defiance Precision ProductsToxics Release Inventory · Defiance
    Address
    1190 Precision Way, Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43512DFNCP1190P
    EPA registry ID
    110002346202

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  3. Defiance Stamping CoToxics Release Inventory · Defiance
    Address
    1090 Perry St., Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43512DFNCS1090P
    EPA registry ID
    110002109637

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  4. Diehl IncToxics Release Inventory · Defiance
    Address
    24 N. Clinton St., Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43512DHLNC24NOR
    EPA registry ID
    110001129430

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  5. Gt TechnologiesToxics Release Inventory · Defiance
    Address
    1125 Precision Way, Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43512DFNCP1125P
    EPA registry ID
    110000383512

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  6. Johns Manville International Inc Plant No 8Toxics Release Inventory · Defiance
    Address
    925 Carpenter Road, Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43512MNVLLCARPE
    EPA registry ID
    110000383549

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  7. Johns Manville Plant No 2Toxics Release Inventory · Defiance
    Address
    408 Perry Street, Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43512MNVLLTHIRD
    EPA registry ID
    110000745739

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  8. Koester Metals, Inc.Toxics Release Inventory · Defiance
    Address
    1441 Quality Dr., Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43512KSTRM1441Q
    EPA registry ID
    110000383530

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  9. Standridge Color CorpToxics Release Inventory · Defiance
    Address
    1160 Integrity Dr, Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43512STNDR116IN
    EPA registry ID
    110025332691

    EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  10. Tessenderlo KerleyToxics Release Inventory · Defiance
    Address
    1655 Quality Dr, Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
    EPA program ID
    4351WTSSND1655Q
    EPA registry ID
    110072215068

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  11. Tessenderlo Kerley IncToxics Release Inventory · Defiance
    Address
    1655 Plummer Dr, Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
    EPA program ID
    4351WTSSND1655P
    EPA registry ID
    110072053610

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  12. Zeller 1Toxics Release Inventory · Defiance
    Address
    1307 Baltimore Street, Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43512ZLLRC1307B
    EPA registry ID
    110000383567

    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 (27)

  1. Anhydrous Ammonia (Nh3)2025-10-02 · Defiance
    Reported
    2025-10-02
    What spilled
    Anhydrous Ammonia (Nh3)
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2510EPA0001632

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  2. Algae / Algae Bloom Reached water2025-08-16 · Defiance
    Reported
    2025-08-16
    What spilled
    Algae / Algae Bloom
    Reached a waterway
    20 - Maumee River
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2508EPA0001383

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2025-04-08 · Defiance
    Reported
    2025-04-08
    What spilled
    Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2504EPA0000527

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2024-05-23 · Defiance
    Reported
    2024-05-23
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    40 gallons
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2405EPA0000861

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  5. Oil Cutting /Cutting Oil / Coolant / Lubricant2024-04-09 · Defiance
    Reported
    2024-04-09
    What spilled
    Oil Cutting /Cutting Oil / Coolant / Lubricant
    Largest amount reported
    300 gallons
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2404EPA0000568

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  6. Natural Gas Condensate / Condensate / Gas Condensate2024-03-20 · Defiance
    Reported
    2024-03-20
    What spilled
    Natural Gas Condensate / Condensate / Gas Condensate
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2403EPA0000439

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  7. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2024-02-29 · Defiance
    Reported
    2024-02-29
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    200 gallons
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2402EPA0000314

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  8. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2023-12-21 · Defiance
    Reported
    2023-12-21
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Largest amount reported
    35 gallons
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2312EPA0002077

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  9. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-07-10 · Defiance
    Reported
    2023-07-10
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    200 gallons
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2307EPA0001141

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  10. Sewage Human Reached water2023-06-16 · Defiance
    Reported
    2023-06-16
    What spilled
    Sewage Human
    Reached a waterway
    20 - Tiffin River
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2306EPA0000999

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  11. Oil Crude2023-04-17 · Defiance
    Reported
    2023-04-17
    What spilled
    Oil Crude
    Largest amount reported
    165 gallons
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2304EPA0000611

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  12. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2023-03-27 · Defiance
    Reported
    2023-03-27
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    45 gallons
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2303EPA0000459

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  13. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-01-05 · Defiance
    Reported
    2023-01-05
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2301EPA0000026

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  14. Material Unknown Reached water2022-12-14 · Defiance
    Reported
    2022-12-14
    What spilled
    Material Unknown
    Reached a waterway
    Maumee River
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2212EPA0001857

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  15. Material Undetermined / Other2022-06-05 · Defiance Twp
    Reported
    2022-06-05
    What spilled
    Material Undetermined / Other
    Largest amount reported
    2,500 gallons
    Where
    Defiance Twp, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2206EPA0000837

    Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  16. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2022-03-09 · Defiance
    Reported
    2022-03-09
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Largest amount reported
    5,000 gallons
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2203EPA0000303

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  17. Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2022-03-02 · Defiance
    Reported
    2022-03-02
    What spilled
    Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2203EPA0000263

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  18. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2022-01-15 · Defiance
    Reported
    2022-01-15
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2201EPA0000049

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  19. Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon Reached water2022-01-14 · Defiance
    Reported
    2022-01-14
    What spilled
    Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
    Largest amount reported
    6 gallons
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2201EPA0000047

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  20. Material Unknown Reached water2021-10-27 · Defiance
    Reported
    2021-10-27
    What spilled
    Material Unknown
    Reached a waterway
    20 - Auglaize River
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2110EPA0001666

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  21. Food Grade Product Liquid Reached water2021-10-15 · Defiance
    Reported
    2021-10-15
    What spilled
    Food Grade Product Liquid
    Reached a waterway
    20 - Maumee River
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2110EPA0001624

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  22. Oil Crude Reached water2021-09-30 · Defiance
    Reported
    2021-09-30
    What spilled
    Oil Crude
    Reached a waterway
    20 - Auglaize River
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2109EPA0001549

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  23. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2021-02-04 · Defiance
    Reported
    2021-02-04
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    150 gallons
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2102EPA0000165

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  24. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2026-04-06 · Defiance
    Reported
    2026-04-06
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    50 gallons
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2604EPA0000577

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  25. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2026-04-04 · Defiance
    Reported
    2026-04-04
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2604EPA0000572

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  26. Sewage Human Reached water2026-03-31 · Defiance
    Reported
    2026-03-31
    What spilled
    Sewage Human
    Reached a waterway
    20 - Maumee River
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2603EPA0000530

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  27. Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2026-03-17 · Defiance
    Reported
    2026-03-17
    What spilled
    Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
    Largest amount reported
    25 gallons
    Where
    Defiance, Defiance County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2603EPA0000422

    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 Defiance, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.

ZIPShareWaterRadon Home valueSchoolsFlood
43512 Defiance 60% Maumee River water pulled through two river intakes and stored in a 74-acre upground (off-channel) reservoir before treatment, near the Maumee/Auglaize/Tiffin River confluence at Defiance 3.6 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1964 Defiance City · 4 stars overall 4.2% of residents in the 1% floodplain

Local government

Who holds office in Defiance, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.

Ballot issues

DateIssueForAgainstResult
2019-11-05 Issue: PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT City of Defiance 1,627637Passed (71.86% for)
2019-11-05 Issue: PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT City of Defiance 1,671579Passed (74.27% for)
2019-11-05 Issue: PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT City of Defiance 1,721539Passed (76.15% for)
2019-11-05 Issue: PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT City of Defiance 1,763491Passed (78.22% for)

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2023-11-07 Member of Council, Ward 4 Chris Engel 782, 100.0%
2023-11-07 Member of Council, Ward 3 Josh Mast 1,079, 100.0%
2023-11-07 Member of Council, Ward 2 John R. Hancock 885, 100.0%
2023-11-07 Member of Council, Ward 1 Stephen Corbitt 1,118, 100.0%
2019-11-05 Mayor Mike McCann (REP) 1,829, 100.0%
2015-11-03 Ward 4 Christopher L. Engel 780, 100.0%
2015-11-03 Ward 3 Jake E. Oberlin 936, 100.0%
2015-11-03 Ward 2 Joe L. Eureste 460, 39.62%; Steve Waxler 701, 60.38%
2015-11-03 Ward 1 Peter M. Lundberg 814, 60.39%; Ronnie D. Posey 534, 39.61%
2015-11-03 School Board of Education (number of seats not on file, so winners are not marked) Wesley C. Moats 2,716, 26.42%; Christine M. Oberlin 2,859, 27.81%; Garry Rodenberger 2,706, 26.32%; Jim Williams 1,999, 19.45%
2015-11-03 Mayor Bob Armstrong 1,637, 32.71%; Brian Brown 667, 13.33%; Mike McCann 2,700, 53.96%

Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.

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 3 / 2 / 12; 2021 0 / 0 / 17; 2022 3 / 2 / 12; 2023 0 / 3 / 14; 2024 0 / 1 / 16; 2025 0 / 2 / 14.
  • Financial Audit, 2024, released 2025-07-10

The county

Defiance County: 8 ZIP codes, 16 cities, villages and townships, 37,942 people.

Nearby places

Highland Township, Defiance County Noble Township, Defiance County Defiance Township, Defiance County Tiffin Township, Defiance County Richland Township, Defiance County Auglaize Township, Paulding County Adams Township, Defiance County Delaware Township, Defiance County

Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on Defiance, day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
1.68 in
2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
rain so far in 2026
33.9 in
about normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
21.4 in
a normal year brings 25.9 in
a normal year
38.1 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 1.68 — 29
September 2026 4.32 — 30
August 2026 5.81 — 31
July 2026 1.14 — 31
June 2026 3.46 — 30
May 2026 2.82 — 31
April 2026 10.06 — 30
March 2026 3.19 — 31
February 2026 0.44 6.0 28
January 2026 0.98 15.4 31
December 2025 2.03 6.9 31
November 2025 1.83 5.6 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year2011 — 57.3 in
Driest year1941 — 21.6 in
Snowiest year2014 — 69.3 in
Wettest day on record18 September 1907 — 4.63 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day28 February 1900 — 12.01 in
Deepest snow on the ground12 January 1918 — 22.01 in

88% of these days are measurements from a gauge inside Defiance; the rest are estimated from the nearest gauges around it.

48,879 days of records, 1893-01-01 to 2026-10-29. 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 Defiance: 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
84
those placed on the map inside Defiance

Data centers, power and big tech here. Ohio EPA files that name a data-center company, a power plant or substation, or a large technology firm:

  • AYERSVILLE 69 KV SUBSTATION (wastewater and stormwater discharge, latest Apr 29, 2026)
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
State sewer loans28
Hazardous waste21
Wastewater and stormwater discharge14
Air pollution8
Brownfield3
State water loans3
Sewer and water-line construction2
Composting1
Public drinking water1
Scrap tires1
Voluntary cleanup1
Wetland and stream fill1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
DEFIANCE CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
JOHNS MANVILLE PLANT 8 Air pollution inspection
DEFIANCE CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
DEFIANCE CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
JOHNS MANVILLE PLANT 8 Air pollution director's approval
WHISPERING PINES TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
WILDWOOD DRIVE DEVELOPMENT Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
DEFIANCE CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
DEFIANCE METAL PRODUCTS CO Hazardous waste violation resolved
DEFIANCE METAL PRODUCTS CO Hazardous waste notice of violation
SENSORY EFFECTS INC DBA BALCHEM INGREDIENTS SOL Air pollution report
DEFIANCE CITY PWS Public drinking water director's approval
FORT WINCHESTER INVESTMENTS 2 LLC - DECKED POWDER COATING Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
RICHLAND STRYKER GENERATION LLC Air pollution inspection
DEFIANCE CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
DEFIANCE CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
JOHNS MANVILLE PLANT 8 Air pollution permit
JOHNS MANVILLE PLANT 8 Air pollution permit
DEFIANCE WWTP Composting inspection
DEF-SR15-1358 RALSTON AVE ROUNDABOUTS PID 120036 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
DEFIANCE CITY PWS Public drinking water report
DEFIANCE WWTP Composting report
JOHNS MANVILLE PLANT 8 Air pollution permit
AYERSVILLE 69 KV SUBSTATION Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
DEFIANCE COUNTY WPCLF HSTS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM State sewer loans

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 Defiance, Ohio in?

Defiance is a city in Defiance County, Ohio, with 17,066 residents.

When was Defiance, Ohio founded?

Defiance was settled 1794 (Fort Defiance, military); laid out 1822; incorporated 1881. Source

How did Defiance, Ohio get its name?

Named for Fort Defiance, built by Anthony Wayne's army in August 1794. Source

What ZIP code is Defiance, Ohio?

Most of Defiance is in ZIP code 43512.

Where does Defiance, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Defiance (Defiance City): Maumee River water pulled through two river intakes and stored in a 74-acre upground (off-channel) reservoir before treatment, near the Maumee/Auglaize/Tiffin River confluence at Defiance.

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