Heath

City · Licking County · 10,477 residents · 2% municipal income tax

Licking County

Local events in Heath

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  1. Learn to Play Mahjong

    2:30 to 4:30 p.m. · Granville Public Library · Granville · 7.3 mi · Free · From Granville Public Library

  2. Silent Book Club

    5:15 to 7 p.m. · Granville Public Library · Granville · 7.3 mi · Free · From Granville Public Library

  3. Crochet-a-long: Star Garland

    6 to 8 p.m. · Granville Public Library · Granville · 7.3 mi · Free · From Granville Public Library

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History from Heath

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How Heath began

The ground that became Heath was shaped long before any city existed: about 2,000 years ago Hopewell people built the Great Circle, part of the vast Newark Earthworks complex, on what is now the city's north side, and at least 11,000 years before that a Paleo-Indian group butchered a mastodon in a wetland that would one day be a golf-course pond. Euro-American settlement of the area came late, as farmland within older townships, and Heath itself did not exist as a place until the mid-20th century: it incorporated as a village in 1952, and from 1962 the Air Force calibration center later called Newark Air Force Base -- seat of the Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center from 1968 -- grew up within it. Rapid growth carried it to city status in 1965, Ohio's 196th city, and by 1986 it had Licking County's first indoor shopping mall. Today Heath still hosts Air Force metrology work and sits beside the Great Circle Earthworks, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2023.

Settled not fixed by any source consulted; the area was farmland within older Licking County townships through the 19th and early 20th centuries, incorporated 1952 (village); 1965 (city charter, Ohio's 196th city), by Richard Hoback, elected the village's first mayor in 1952.

Where the name comes from

No source consulted explains the origin of the name Heath for the city.

Before the town

Heath holds two of the oldest documented traces of human presence in Licking County. The older is the Burning Tree mastodon, whose bones -- 90 to 95 percent complete, the most complete American mastodon skeleton yet found -- were struck by a dragline digging a golf-course pond at the Burning Tree Golf Course on December 12, 1989. Radiocarbon dating placed the animal's death about 11,450 to 11,660 years ago, and cut marks on several ribs show it was butchered by Paleo-Indian people, even though no stone tools were found with it. Millennia later, about 100 BCE to 400 CE, Hopewell people built the Great Circle Earthworks on the city's north side as part of the much larger Newark Earthworks complex, which once covered more than 3,000 acres across present Heath and Newark; the circle is roughly 1,200 feet across, walled to a height of about 8 feet around a 5-foot-deep interior moat, with a low rise called Eagle Mound at its center that 1928 excavation showed was not a burial mound but sat over an earlier post building with a central hearth. No source consulted names a historic-era (post-1700) Native nation, village, or trail specifically within the area that is now Heath; the Great Circle's builders and the Wyandot, Shawnee, Lenape (Delaware), Miami, Ottawa, and Mingo nations who later held or passed through this part of Ohio are documented at the county level rather than site-specifically here.

Nations recorded here: Hopewell culture.

  • Burning Tree mastodon site (other) — Burning Tree Golf Course, south side of Heath, Paleo-Indian, c. 11,450-11,660 years before present (en.wikipedia.org)
  • Great Circle Earthworks (earthwork) — north side of Heath, part of the Newark Earthworks, Hopewell culture, c. 100 BCE-400 CE (en.wikipedia.org)

Timeline

  1. — A Paleo-Indian group butchers a mastodon at a wetland site later covered by the Burning Tree Golf Course; the skeleton, discovered in 1989, is found 90-95 percent complete with cut marks on several ribs.
  2. — Hopewell people build the Great Circle Earthworks, a roughly 1,200-foot-wide walled and moated enclosure, on the site that becomes the north side of Heath, as part of the wider Newark Earthworks complex.
  3. — Ground is broken for the Ohio Canal at Licking Summit near Newark, on ground within present-day Heath; the site is later listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 as the Ohio Canal Groundbreaking Site.
  4. — Excavation of Eagle Mound, at the center of the Great Circle Earthworks, finds it was built over an earlier rectangular post building with a central hearth rather than as a burial mound.
  5. — Heath is incorporated as a village, with Richard Hoback elected its first mayor.
  6. — With population grown from 2,426 (1960) to 6,066, Heath is chartered as Ohio's 196th city.
  7. — The Air Force's Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center is formed at Newark Air Force Base in Heath, continuing calibration work the Air Force had moved there from Dayton in 1962.
  8. — Indian Mound Mall opens in Heath as Licking County's first and, as of 2026, only indoor shopping mall.
  9. — The Newark Earthworks, including the Great Circle in Heath, are designated the official prehistoric monument of the State of Ohio.
  10. — The Newark Earthworks, including the Great Circle in Heath, are inscribed as part of the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Stories

The Mastodon in the Golf-Course Pond

In December 1989 a dragline operator digging a new pond at the Burning Tree Golf Course, on the south side of Heath, felt his shovel catch on something and damaged a skull before anyone knew what lay beneath the mud. Over three winter days a team excavated what turned out to be the most complete American mastodon skeleton ever found, missing only a rear leg, a few tail bones, two ribs and its toe bones. The animal, about thirty years old when it died, had been dead for roughly 11,500 years, and cut marks on several of its ribs show that Paleo-Indian people butchered it, even though no stone tools were recovered nearby. Its stomach still held moss, seeds, leaves, water lilies and swamp grass, and scientists later recovered living descendants of the gut bacteria that had helped it digest that last meal -- a find that made a golf-course pond in Heath one of the most scientifically important Ice Age sites in North America.

A Circle Two Thousand Years Older Than the City

Long before Heath existed as a place with a name, Hopewell people raised an earthen wall more than a thousand feet across on the same ground, digging a moat inside it and shaping the whole into a nearly perfect circle -- one of the largest of its kind in the Americas. At its center they built a low rise, later called Eagle Mound, that 20th-century archaeologists assumed was a burial mound until a 1928 excavation found instead the remains of a wooden post building with a hearth at its heart. The circle was part of a much larger complex, the Newark Earthworks, that once sprawled across more than 3,000 acres of present Heath and Newark. In 2006 the state of Ohio named the earthworks its official prehistoric monument, and in September 2023 UNESCO inscribed them as a World Heritage Site -- recognition, two millennia on, for a monument the city of Heath simply grew up around.

A City Built Around an Air Base

Heath has no colonial-era founding story because there was no town here to found until the twentieth century. What changed the ground from farmland to a city was the U.S. Air Force, which after World War II established Newark Air Force Base here; from 1962 it was the Air Force's hub for calibrating precision instruments, and from 1968 the seat of its Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center. Heath had incorporated as a village in 1952, under first mayor Richard Hoback, and growth was fast enough that by 1965, with population up to 6,066 from 2,426 just five years earlier, Heath was chartered as Ohio's 196th city. The base's metrology mission outlasted the base itself: after privatization in the 1990s, the Air Force Metrology and Calibration Program Office continued operating from Heath at the Central Ohio Aerospace and Technology Center.

Photographs

Heath High School, Heath, Ohio
Heath High School, Heath, Ohio (2009)
Photo: Ibagli, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
A mound within the Great Circle Earthworks, Heath
A mound within the Great Circle Earthworks, Heath (2016)
Photo: A21sauce, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Local history sources: en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · ohiohistory.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org

Historic places

1 place in Heath on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.

  1. Ohio Canal Groundbreaking SiteSite · Heath · listed 1973
    Address
    OH 79
    Where
    Heath, Licking County · ZIP 43056
    What it is
    Site
    Listed on the National Register
    1973
    NRIS reference number
    73001493
    Coordinates
    40.01282, -82.45744

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.

Every historic place in Licking County on the full map

Water

Mostly private wells The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Heath's boundary: 1 nursing home, 2 fire and EMS stations, 1 college, 4 public schools, 2 private schools, 1 museum, 1 police station, 9 public charging sites, 1 shale or injection well, 2 Superfund sites, 12 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 11 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Nursing homes (1)

  1. The Laurels of Heath1 of 5 stars · Heath
    Address
    717 South 30Th Street, Heath, OH 43056
    Certified beds
    150
    Residents on an average day
    107
    Medicare overall rating
    1 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    1 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    3 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    3 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    1 payment denial (latest 2025-09-15)
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    CIENA HEALTHCARE/LAUREL HEALTH CARE
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (740) 522-1171
    Medicare ID
    365466

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

Fire and EMS stations (2)

  1. Heath Fire Department Station 51Heath
    Address
    193 Heath Road, Heath, OH 43056
    Coordinates
    40.02208, -82.45092
  2. Heath Fire Department Station 52Heath
    Address
    1365 Blackfoot Trail, Heath, OH 43056
    Coordinates
    40.03335, -82.39512

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. Ohio State School of Cosmetology-HeathFor-profit two-year college · Heath
    What it is
    For-profit two-year college
    City
    Heath
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    127
    Graduation rate
    72% within three years (a class of 36)
    IPEDS unit ID
    405012

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 (4)

  1. Garfield Elementary School1 of 5 stars · Heath
    Address
    680 S 30th St, Heath, OH 43056
    School district
    Heath City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    361
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    21
    Report card, 2025-26
    1 of 5 stars
    Ohio building IRN
    013078
    NCES school ID
    390441101056
  2. Heath High School4.5 of 5 stars · Heath
    Address
    300 Licking View Dr, Heath, OH 43056
    School district
    Heath City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    483
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    30
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    87.6%
    Four-year graduation rate
    96.7%
    Ohio building IRN
    015792
    NCES school ID
    390441101057
  3. Heath Middle School4.5 of 5 stars · Heath
    Address
    310 Licking View Dr, Heath, OH 43056
    School district
    Heath City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    408
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    19
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    84.8%
    Ohio building IRN
    012724
    NCES school ID
    390441101055
  4. Stevenson Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Heath
    Address
    152 Cynthia St, Heath, OH 43056
    School district
    Heath City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    395
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    21
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    85%
    Ohio building IRN
    121954
    NCES school ID
    390441110729

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. Licking County Christian AcademyPrivate, conservative Christian · Heath
    Address
    81 Licking View Dr, Heath, OH 43056
    Kind
    conservative Christian
    Students, 2023-24
    55
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    8.4
    Students per teacher
    6.54762
    Phone
    (740) 522-3604
    NCES private school ID
    01641214
  2. RewiredPrivate, special education · Heath
    Address
    616 Hebron Rd, Heath, OH 43056
    Kind
    special education
    Students, 2023-24
    48
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    8.3
    Students per teacher
    5.78313
    Phone
    (740) 915-7323
    NCES private school ID
    A2302244

Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24.

Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (1)

  1. Great Circle Earthworks And MuseumMuseum · Heath
    What it is
    Museum
    City
    Heath
    Coordinates
    40.04020, -82.42756

    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)

  1. Heath Police DepartmentHeath
    Address
    1287 Hebron Road, Heath, OH 43056-1004
    Coordinates
    40.01725, -82.45275

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 (9)

  1. CDJR CHARGE CPE250CUST2 DC fast2 DC fast · Heath
    Address
    1290 Hebron Rd, Heath, OH 43056
    Ports
    2 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS, CHAdeMO
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389
  2. CDJR CHARGE EXTERIORNEWDELV DC fast1 DC fast · 3 Level 2 · Heath
    Address
    1290 Hebron Road, Heath, OH 43056
    Ports
    1 DC fast · 3 Level 2
    Plugs
    CCS, CHAdeMO, J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389
  3. COUGHLIN EV FRONT DC fast1 DC fast · Heath
    Address
    2300 Hebron Rd, Heath, OH 43056
    Ports
    1 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS, CHAdeMO
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389
  4. COUGHLIN EV REAR DC fast1 DC fast · Heath
    Address
    2306 Hebron Rd, Heath, OH 43056
    Ports
    1 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS, CHAdeMO
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389
  5. Coughlin Ford of Heath - DCFC DC fast6 DC fast · Heath
    Address
    500 Hebron Road, Heath, OH 43056
    Ports
    6 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS
    Network
    Blink Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-998-2546
  6. Coughlin Nissan2 Level 2 · Heath
    Address
    1459 Hebron Rd, Heath, OH 43056
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    Dealership business hours
    Price
    Free
    Phone
    740-915-8501
  7. Coughlin Nissan4 Level 2 · Heath
    Address
    1459 Hebron Road, Heath, OH 43056
    Ports
    4 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Blink Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-998-2546
  8. COUGHLIN NISSAN EXTERIOR SOUTH4 Level 2 · Heath
    Address
    1459 Hebron Rd, Heath, OH 43056
    Ports
    4 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    Mon: 8:00am-7:30pm; Tue: 8:00am-7:30pm; Wed: 8:00am-7:30pm; Thu: 8:00am-7:30pm; Fri: 8:00am-7:30pm; Sat: 9:00am-5:00pm; Sun: 9:00am-5:00pm
    Phone
    888-758-4389
  9. Hinderer Honda Heath DCFC's DC fast3 DC fast · Heath
    Address
    1515 Hebron Road, Heath, OH 43056
    Ports
    3 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS
    Network
    Blink Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-998-2546

Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site.

Shale and injection wells (1)

  1. Dodrill {Swiw#1} 4 InjectionInjection well (Class II)
    What it is
    Injection well (Class II)
    Operator
    Mpj Energy Services Llc
    County
    Licking County
    API well number
    34089234060000
    Coordinates
    40.01537, -82.43712

Source: ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources well inventory (September 2026): drilled Utica, Marcellus and horizontal wells and Class II injection wells not plugged. Older vertical wells are on the full map.

Superfund sites (2)

  1. Heath Mercury SpillSuperfund program · Heath
    Address
    717 South 30Th Street, Heath, OH 43056
    County
    Licking County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHN000508737
    EPA registry ID
    110014347518
  2. Newark Air Force BaseSuperfund program · Heath
    Address
    Irving Wick Drive, Heath, OH 43056
    County
    Licking County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    Federal facility
    Yes
    EPA program ID
    OH3570024650
    EPA registry ID
    110071101376

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. Ampacet CorpToxics Release Inventory · Heath
    Address
    1855 James Pky, Heath, OH 43056
    County
    Licking County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43056QNTMC1855J
    EPA registry ID
    110000381710
  2. Behr Process Llc - Heath FacilityToxics Release Inventory · Heath
    Address
    1201 James Parkway, Heath, OH 43056
    County
    Licking County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
    EPA program ID
    4305WBHRPR121JA
    EPA registry ID
    110071456342
  3. Bobbie (Nature's One)Toxics Release Inventory · Heath
    Address
    1675 James Pkwy, Heath, OH 43056
    County
    Licking County County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
    EPA program ID
    4305WBBBNT1675J
    EPA registry ID
    110071956625
  4. Boeing Guidance Repair CenterToxics Release Inventory · Heath
    Address
    801 Irving-Wick Drive West, Heath, OH 43056
    County
    Licking County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    Federal facility
    Yes
    EPA program ID
    43057SDDXX813IR
    EPA registry ID
    110000701731
  5. Kaiser AluminumToxics Release Inventory · Heath
    Address
    600 Kaiser Dr, Heath, OH 43056
    County
    Licking County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
    EPA program ID
    43056KSRLMROUTE
    EPA registry ID
    110043794212
  6. Koch Materials CompanyToxics Release Inventory · Heath
    Address
    800 Irving Wick Drive West, Heath, OH 43056
    County
    Licking County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43056KCHMT800IR
    EPA registry ID
    110000381676
  7. Marathon Pipeline LlcToxics Release Inventory · Heath
    Address
    840 Heath Road, Heath, OH 43056
    County
    Licking County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43056MRTHN84HEA
    EPA registry ID
    110000814281
  8. Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems LlcToxics Release Inventory · Heath
    Address
    444 Hebron Rd, Heath, OH 43056
    County
    Licking County County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43056RCKWLROUTE
    EPA registry ID
    110000617039
  9. Modern Welding Co of Ohio IncToxics Release Inventory · Heath
    Address
    700 Keller Dr., Heath, OH 43056
    County
    Licking County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43056MDRNW700KE
    EPA registry ID
    110000381694
  10. Pac-Tec IncToxics Release Inventory · Heath
    Address
    1870 James Pky., Heath, OH 43056
    County
    Licking County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43056PCTCNMIDOH
    EPA registry ID
    110000381701
  11. Resinoid Engineering CorpToxics Release Inventory · Heath
    Address
    2040 James Pkwy, Heath, OH 43056
    County
    Licking County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43056RSNLD2040J
    EPA registry ID
    110004700100
  12. Samuel Son and Co Usa IncToxics Release Inventory · Heath
    Address
    1455 James Pkwy, Heath, OH 43056
    County
    Licking County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    4305WSMLST1455J
    EPA registry ID
    110043554123

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 (11)

  1. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2025-07-26 · Heath
    Reported
    2025-07-26
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    2 gallons
    Where
    Heath, Licking County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2507EPA0001251
  2. Sodium Hydroxide (Naoh) / Caustic Soda / Lye2024-07-01 · Heath
    Reported
    2024-07-01
    What spilled
    Sodium Hydroxide (Naoh) / Caustic Soda / Lye
    Where
    Heath, Licking County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2407EPA0001096
  3. Chlorine (Cl) (Gas)2024-06-18 · Heath
    Reported
    2024-06-18
    What spilled
    Chlorine (Cl) (Gas)
    Where
    Heath, Licking County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2406EPA0001028
  4. Orphan Container(S) Reached water2024-05-16 · Heath
    Reported
    2024-05-16
    What spilled
    Orphan Container(S)
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Heath, Licking County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2405EPA0000817
  5. Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon2023-12-11 · Heath
    Reported
    2023-12-11
    What spilled
    Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
    Where
    Heath, Licking County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2312EPA0002044
  6. Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)2023-05-31 · Heath
    Reported
    2023-05-31
    What spilled
    Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)
    Where
    Heath, Licking County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2305EPA0000893
  7. Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2022-02-01 · Heath
    Reported
    2022-02-01
    What spilled
    Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
    Largest amount reported
    87 gallons
    Where
    Heath, Licking County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2202EPA0000106
  8. Drum(S)2021-11-19 · Heath
    Reported
    2021-11-19
    What spilled
    Drum(S)
    Where
    Heath, Licking County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2111EPA0001754
  9. Coal2026-06-23 · Heath
    Reported
    2026-06-23
    What spilled
    Coal
    Where
    Heath, Licking County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2606EPA0001134
  10. Battery Acid (Dilute Sulfuric)2026-04-24 · Heath
    Reported
    2026-04-24
    What spilled
    Battery Acid (Dilute Sulfuric)
    Largest amount reported
    25 gallons
    Where
    Heath, Licking County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2604EPA0000689
  11. Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon2026-04-23 · Heath
    Reported
    2026-04-23
    What spilled
    Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon; Fish Kill
    Where
    Heath, Licking County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2604EPA0000684

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

Local government

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

Money issues on the ballot since 2020: 1 of 1 passed.

Ballot issues

DateIssueForAgainstResult
2022-05-03 Issue: City of Heath - Electric Aggregation 724595Passed (54.89% for)
2022-05-03 Issue: City of Heath - Gas Aggregation 730585Passed (55.51% for)
2020-04-28 Issue: City of Heath - Property Tax - Renewal - 1 Mill, 5 Years, Fire & EMS (1.0 mills, renewal) 1,480489Passed (75.17% for)

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2021-11-02 Member of Council, Ward 3 (unofficial count) Douglas M. Heffley 258, 100.0%
2021-11-02 Member of Council, Ward 2 (unofficial count) Richard D. Morrow 249, 100.0%
2021-11-02 Member of Council, Ward 1 (unofficial count) Brian Johnson 234, 100.0%
2021-11-02 Mayor (unofficial count) Mark D. Johns 770, 100.0%

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

Auditor of State record

Rain and snow

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

rain, last 30 days
1.14 in
2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
rain so far in 2026
48.9 in
14.5 in above normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
15.8 in
a normal year brings 19.1 in
a normal year
40.4 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 1.14 — 29
September 2026 5.63 — 30
August 2026 12.90 — 31
July 2026 3.08 — 31
June 2026 5.33 — 30
May 2026 7.30 — 31
April 2026 3.08 — 30
March 2026 6.50 1.2 31
February 2026 2.32 2.2 28
January 2026 1.62 12.4 31
December 2025 2.26 9.8 31
November 2025 2.51 0.8 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year2018 — 56.0 in
Driest year1963 — 25.5 in
Snowiest year1910 — 62.6 in
Wettest day on record14 September 1979 — 4.51 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day21 December 1960 — 12.01 in
Deepest snow on the ground28 January 1918 — 19.41 in

Mostly estimated. Only 20% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Heath - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.

48,822 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 Heath: 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
122
those placed on the map inside Heath
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Wastewater and stormwater discharge39
Hazardous waste18
Sewer and water-line construction11
Air pollution10
Wetland and stream fill9
Contaminated-site cleanup7
Underground injection wells6
Public drinking water5
Site assessment5
State sewer loans4
Voluntary cleanup4
Cessation Of Regulated Operations2
2 smaller programs
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
SOUTHGATE-NEWARK 69KV REBUILD Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
MARATHON PIPE LINE LLC - HEATH Air pollution report
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC * Underground injection wells inspection
KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORP HEATH Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC * Underground injection wells inspection
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC * Underground injection wells monitoring results
CENTRAL PARK SUBAREA B Sewer and water-line construction permit
MARATHON PIPE LINE LLC - HEATH Underground injection wells inspection
MARATHON PIPE LINE LLC - HEATH Underground injection wells monitoring results
CENTRAL PARK SUB-AREA B Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
CENTRAL PARK SUB-AREA B Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC * Underground injection wells inspection
CITY OF HEATH PWS Public drinking water report
HEATH CENTRAL PARK Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
CITY OF HEATH PWS Public drinking water plan
MARATHON PIPE LINE LLC - HEATH Underground injection wells inspection
MARATHON PIPE LINE LLC - HEATH Underground injection wells monitoring results
MERITOR HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS LLC * Underground injection wells monitoring results
KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CORP HEATH Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
HEATH CENTRAL PARK Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
MARATHON PIPE LINE LLC - HEATH Air pollution permit
MARATHON PIPE LINE LLC - HEATH Underground injection wells inspection
TRENMOR INVESTMENTS HEATH Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
MARATHON PIPE LINE LLC - HEATH Underground injection wells monitoring results
HEATH WWTP Wastewater and stormwater discharge report

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 Heath, Ohio in?

Heath is a city in Licking County, Ohio, with 10,477 residents.

When was Heath, Ohio founded?

Heath was settled not fixed by any source consulted; the area was farmland within older Licking County townships through the 19th and early 20th centuries; incorporated 1952 (village); 1965 (city charter, Ohio's 196th city). Founders on record: Richard Hoback, elected the village's first mayor in 1952. Source

What ZIP code is Heath, Ohio?

Most of Heath is in ZIP code 43056.

Where does Heath, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Heath (City of Heath): Mostly private wells.

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