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Moraine

City · Montgomery County · 6,347 residents · 2.5% municipal income tax

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Local events in Moraine

Moraine itself has 5 events posted in the next 90 days; the others here are within 10 miles. All local events in Moraine

  1. Ribbon Cutting at Primary Health Solutions Pharmacy: November 2026

    All day · Primary Health Solutions Pharmacy · From Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce

  2. Baby & Toddler Storytime

    10:30 to 11 a.m. · West Carrollton Branch · West Carrollton · 1.8 mi · From Dayton Metro Library

  3. Play and Learn

    11 to 11:30 a.m. · West Carrollton Branch · West Carrollton · 1.8 mi · From Dayton Metro Library

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

How Moraine began

Moraine sits on the Great Miami River south of Dayton, on ground named for the glacial moraine that shaped it. The land was farmed as part of Van Buren Township from the early 1800s, but the place that became the city grew up around a 1917 World War I aircraft plant, the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company, and later a General Motors Frigidaire and vehicle-assembly complex on the same site. A portion of Kettering broke away in 1953 to form Moraine Township, which incorporated as a village in 1957 and, after annexing part of Miami Township, became a city in 1965. Manufacturing has defined it ever since: GM's assembly plant closed in 2008 and the Chinese glassmaker Fuyao reopened the site in 2015-2016 with a $1 billion investment.

Incorporated 1957 (village); 1965 (city), by Portion of Kettering that seceded in 1953 to form Moraine Township.

Where the name comes from

The city takes its name from the glacial moraine — a ridge of debris left by the retreating Wisconsinan ice sheet — on which part of the area sits, along the Great Miami River valley. No source gives a more specific naming account (a founder, a platting document, or a naming date); this is the plain geological sense of the word as used locally.

Before the town

No known source ties a specific Native village, camp, trail or burial site to the ground now inside Moraine's city limits. The broader Great Miami valley through Montgomery County was, in the mid-to-late 1700s, contested and traveled ground of the Myaamia (Miami) and Shawnee, whose principal village of the era, Pickawillany, stood upriver near present Piqua, with other strongholds scattered along the Great Miami and Maumee valleys; the Shawnee, driven from southern Ohio by the mid-1600s Iroquois wars, resettled through this region before Tecumseh's Pan-Indian resistance ended in defeat at the Battle of the Thames in 1813. The Adena and Hopewell mound-building cultures were present in the valley many centuries earlier — the Miamisburg Mound, one of the largest conical mounds in North America, stands a few miles south in Miamisburg, not in Moraine — and the SunWatch Village Fort Ancient site (occupied for about 20 years around AD 1200) lies a few miles north near Dayton. The 1795 Treaty of Greenville cession line runs through this part of Ohio, opening the land to survey and settlement, but no source specifies its course through Moraine itself. For the county-wide picture of peoples, treaties and removal, see the Montgomery County file.

Nations recorded here: Shawnee, Miami.

Timeline

  1. — The Dayton-Wright Airplane Company opened Plant No. 1 at Moraine City to build aircraft for the U.S. war effort; more than 4,000 planes, including De Havilland DH-4s, were built there through 1923.
  2. — General Motors, which had bought Dayton-Wright in 1919, enlarged and upgraded the former aircraft plant to build Frigidaire refrigerators.
  3. — A portion of Kettering seceded and formed the new Moraine Township.
  4. — Moraine Township incorporated as a village.
  5. — Moraine incorporated as a city after annexing portions of Miami Township.
  6. — Frigidaire appliance manufacturing at the plant ended.
  7. — The plant reopened for GM vehicle assembly, building the Chevrolet S-10 Blazer and GMC S-15 Jimmy.
  8. — Salem Bear Creek Church (Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church), in the area bounded by Union Road, the Dayton-Germantown Pike and Bear Creek, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  9. — GM Moraine Assembly closed, idling about 2,400 workers.
  10. — Chinese glassmaker Fuyao Glass Industry Group purchased the former GM plant.
  11. — Fuyao reached full-scale automotive glass production at the Moraine plant after investing about $1 billion.

Stories

From warplanes to refrigerators to Blazers

The same patch of ground on the Great Miami River has been rebuilt for a new industry roughly every generation. It opened in 1917 as Dayton-Wright Airplane Company's Plant No. 1, turning out De Havilland DH-4 observation planes on a line that eventually produced more than 4,000 aircraft before the company folded in 1923. General Motors, which had bought Dayton-Wright in 1919, enlarged and refitted the plant in 1926 to build Frigidaire refrigerators, a business that ran until 1979. Two years later GM reopened the same buildings to assemble Chevrolet S-10 Blazers and GMC S-15 Jimmys, later adding a paint shop and the DMAX diesel-engine joint venture in the 1990s. When GM Moraine Assembly finally closed in 2008, some 2,400 jobs went with it — one of the harder blows of that year's industrial downturn in the Dayton area. The site did not stay empty long: in 2014 the Chinese glass manufacturer Fuyao bought the plant, and by 2016 had invested roughly a billion dollars to bring automotive glass production up to full scale, keeping the same ground working a fourth time over.

Photographs

Workers attach the fuselage on a De Havilland DH-4 at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Co. Plant No. 1, Moraine City, Ohio, April 1918.
Workers attach the fuselage on a De Havilland DH-4 at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Co. Plant No. 1, Moraine City, Ohio, April 1918. (1918)
Photo: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Moraine Airpark, viewed from the east, 2008.
Moraine Airpark, viewed from the east, 2008. (2008)
Photo: Nyttend, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Downtown Moraine, seen from a small aircraft, 2008.
Downtown Moraine, seen from a small aircraft, 2008. (2008)
Photo: Nyttend, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
A street-level view in Moraine, Ohio, 2013.
A street-level view in Moraine, Ohio, 2013. (2013)
Photo: Vk2cz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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

Historic places

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

  1. Salem Bear Creek Church, Salem Evangelical Lutheran ChurchBuilding · Germantown · listed 1990
    Address
    Roughly bounded by Union Rd., Dayton Germantown Pike, and Bear Creek
    Where
    Germantown, Montgomery County · ZIP 45342
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1990
    NRIS reference number
    90001291
    Coordinates
    39.68012, -84.30945

    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.

Every historic place in Montgomery County on the full map

Water

Mad River Well Field wells along the Mad River east of Dayton, refilled by river water let into recharge lagoons The water here

Hospitals, fire stations and more

Inside Moraine's boundary: 2 health centers, 1 dialysis center, 1 nursing home, 5 fire and EMS stations, 1 power plant, 3 public schools, 2 poor-rated bridges, 2 libraries, 1 police station, 4 Superfund sites, 18 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 18 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.

Community health centers (2)

  1. Elbee Road Community Health CenterHealth center · Moraine
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Moraine
    Coordinates
    39.70631, -84.20771

    Find a Health Center (HRSA) ↗ HRSA data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Moraine Community Health CenterHealth center · Moraine
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Moraine
    Coordinates
    39.70596, -84.20369

    Find a Health Center (HRSA) ↗ HRSA data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

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 (1)

  1. Davita Home Dialysis Of Dayton - SouthDialysis · Kettering
    Address
    3030 S Dixie Drive, Kettering, OH 45409
    Dialysis stations
    2
    Medicare star rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Services
    peritoneal dialysis
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    DaVita
    Medicare certified since
    1995-02-01
    Phone
    (937) 296-1171
    Medicare ID
    362541

    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 (1)

  1. Respiratory and Nursing Center of Dayton4 of 5 stars · Moraine
    Address
    3421 Pinnacle Road, Moraine, OH 45439
    Certified beds
    82
    Residents on an average day
    72
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    FOUNDATIONS HEALTH SOLUTIONS
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (937) 268-3488
    Medicare ID
    365515

    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 (5)

  1. Jefferson Township Fire Department Station 61Miamisburg
    Address
    6963 Germantown Pike, Miamisburg, OH 45342
    Coordinates
    39.67866, -84.30857

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Miami Township Fire Department Station 55Moraine
    Address
    5204 Springboro Pike, Moraine, OH 45439
    Coordinates
    39.68480, -84.22051

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Moraine Fire Department Station 28Dayton
    Address
    2738 Viking Lane, Dayton, OH 45439
    Coordinates
    39.71452, -84.21800

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  4. Moraine Fire Department Station 29Moraine
    Address
    4747 South Dixie Drive, Moraine, OH 45439
    Coordinates
    39.68834, -84.21957

    USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  5. Moraine Fire Department Station 30Moraine
    Address
    3333 Pinnacle Park Drive, Moraine, OH 45439
    Coordinates
    39.69759, -84.24820

    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.

Power plants (1)

  1. Tait Electric Generating Station 100 MW or moreNatural gas · 607 MW
    Capacity
    607 MW
    By fuel
    natural gas 597 MW, oil 10 MW
    Main source
    Natural gas
    Technology
    Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine; Petroleum Liquids;
    Operator
    Kimura Power LLC
    Sector
    IPP Non-CHP
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Generating units
    11
    Built
    1967 (first unit); newest unit 2002
    EIA plant code
    2847

    EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

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

Public schools (3)

  1. Kettering Early Childhood Education CenterDayton
    Address
    2600 Holman St, Dayton, OH 45439
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    102
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    6.5
    NCES school ID
    390441805784

    NCES school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Miami Valley AcademiesDayton
    Address
    5656 Springboro Pike, Dayton, OH 45449
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    115
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    9
    NCES school ID
    390024104688

    NCES school record ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. West Carrollton Intermediate School2.5 of 5 stars · Moraine
    Address
    4100 S Dixie Dr, Moraine, OH 45439
    School district
    West Carrollton City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    466
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    29
    Report card, 2025-26
    2.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    66.9%
    Ohio building IRN
    016584
    NCES school ID
    390450501964

    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.

Bridges rated poor (2)

  1. Elbee Road over StreamPoor · built 1930
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1930
    Length
    8 ft
    Owner
    City
    Vehicles a day
    2,096
    Coordinates
    39.70487, -84.20757

    National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Shank Road T0044 over Opossum CreekPoor · built 1964
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1964
    Length
    37 ft
    Owner
    County
    Vehicles a day
    561
    Coordinates
    39.70271, -84.27465

    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 (2)

  1. Dayton Metro Library (Dayton)Bookmobile stop · Dayton
    Address
    2277 Arbor Boulevard, Dayton, OH 45402
    What it is
    Bookmobile stop
    Library system
    Dayton Metro Library
    Open
    539 hours a year, 49 weeks
    System's visits, FY2024
    1,987,700
    System's loans, FY2024
    4,831,439
    People the system serves
    452,238
    Phone
    (937) 463-2665

    IMLS Public Libraries Survey (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Dml Lobby StopBookmobile stop · Dayton
    Address
    2277 Arbor Boulevard, Dayton, OH 45402
    What it is
    Bookmobile stop
    Library system
    Dayton Metro Library
    Open
    180 hours a year, 18 weeks
    System's visits, FY2024
    1,987,700
    System's loans, FY2024
    4,831,439
    People the system serves
    452,238
    Phone
    (937) 463-2665

    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.

Police stations (1)

  1. Moraine Police DepartmentMoraine
    Address
    4200 Dryden Road, Moraine, OH 45439
    Coordinates
    39.68738, -84.22523

    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.

Superfund sites (4)

  1. Opossum Creek Drum SiteSuperfund program · Moraine
    Address
    4257 Soldiers Home Road, Moraine, OH 45237
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHN000510858
    EPA registry ID
    110071101782

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

  2. Sanitary Landfill Co. (Industrial Waste Disposal Co., Inc.) NPLSuperfund, NPL · Dayton
    Address
    1855 Cardington Road, Dayton, OH 45409
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    On the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHD093895787
    EPA registry ID
    110009304458

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

  3. South Dayton Dump & LandfillSuperfund program · Moraine
    Address
    1976 Springboro Road, Moraine, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Proposed for the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHD980611388
    EPA registry ID
    110009304804

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

  4. Veolia Es Technical Solutions LlcSuperfund program · West Carrollton
    Address
    4301 Infirmary Rd, West Carrollton, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Superfund program site, not on the National Priorities List
    EPA program ID
    OHN000510361
    EPA registry ID
    110000394920

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

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 (18)

  1. Alan-Laf IncToxics Release Inventory · Dayton
    Address
    3127 Encrete Ln., Dayton, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (closed)
    EPA program ID
    45439LNLFN3127E
    EPA registry ID
    110002113999

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

  2. Chemstation DaytonToxics Release Inventory · Dayton
    Address
    2360 W Dorothy Ln, Dayton, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    4543WCHMST236WD
    EPA registry ID
    110069444113

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

  3. Chemstation InternationalToxics Release Inventory · Dayton
    Address
    3400 Encrete Ln., Dayton, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45439CHMST3400E
    EPA registry ID
    110000394859

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

  4. Conmed Corporation - Dayon PlantToxics Release Inventory · Moraine
    Address
    3040 East River Road, Moraine, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45439BXTRH3040E
    EPA registry ID
    110001129742

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

  5. Crown Cork and SealToxics Release Inventory · Dayton
    Address
    5005 Springboro Pike, Dayton, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45439CRWNC5005S
    EPA registry ID
    110000394868

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

  6. Dayton Showcase CoToxics Release Inventory · Dayton
    Address
    2601 West Dorothy Ln, Dayton, OH 45431
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45439DYTNS2610W
    EPA registry ID
    110002317065

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

  7. Delphi Ahg Moraine PlantToxics Release Inventory · Kettering
    Address
    3535 Kettering Blvd, Kettering, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45439DLPHH3535K
    EPA registry ID
    110011944913

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

  8. Delphi Harrison Thermal SystemsToxics Release Inventory · Dayton
    Address
    3600 Dryden Rd, Dayton, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45439DLPHH3600D
    EPA registry ID
    110000394895

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

  9. Dmax LtdToxics Release Inventory · Moraine
    Address
    3100 Dryden Rd., Moraine, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45439DMXLT3100D
    EPA registry ID
    110004734930

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

  10. General Motors Moraine AssemblyToxics Release Inventory · Moraine
    Address
    2601 West Stroop Road, Moraine, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45439GNRLM2601W
    EPA registry ID
    110000394886

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

  11. International Fineblanking CoToxics Release Inventory · Dayton
    Address
    2350 Dryden Rd, Dayton, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45439NTRNT2350D
    EPA registry ID
    110004654954

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

  12. L & H Threaded Rods CorpToxics Release Inventory · Dayton
    Address
    3050 Dryden Rd., Dayton, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    4543WNWDMN35DRY
    EPA registry ID
    110057317639

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

  13. Premier Investment Castings Dba BimacToxics Release Inventory · Dayton
    Address
    3034 Dryden Rd., Dayton, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45439THBMC3034D
    EPA registry ID
    110000394902

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

  14. Rack Processing Company, Inc. (0857100002)Toxics Release Inventory · Dayton
    Address
    2350 Arbor Blvd., Dayton, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
    EPA program ID
    4543WRCKPR235AR
    EPA registry ID
    110070059167

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

  15. Summit Finishing Technologies IncToxics Release Inventory · Dayton
    Address
    2490 Arbor Boulevard, Dayton, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (closed)
    EPA program ID
    45439DYTNW2490A
    EPA registry ID
    110000394877

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

  16. Threebond International Inc-MoraineToxics Release Inventory · Moraine
    Address
    101 Daruma Parkway, Moraine, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory
    EPA program ID
    45418THRBN11DAR
    EPA registry ID
    110037615943

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

  17. Univar Solutions Usa LlcToxics Release Inventory · Moraine
    Address
    2854 Springboro West, Moraine, OH 45439
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
    EPA program ID
    4543WNVRSL2854S
    EPA registry ID
    110072166806

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

  18. Veolia Es Technical Solutions LlcToxics Release Inventory · West Carrollton
    Address
    4301 Infirmary Rd, West Carrollton, OH 45439
    County
    Montgomery County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    45449CWMRS4301I
    EPA registry ID
    110000394920

    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 (18)

  1. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-10-20 · Moraine
    Reported
    2025-10-20
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    200 gallons
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2510EPA0001730

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

  2. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2025-04-23 · Moraine
    Reported
    2025-04-23
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    15 gallons
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2504EPA0000621

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

  3. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-01-31 · Moraine
    Reported
    2025-01-31
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    200 gallons
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2501EPA0000126

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

  4. Orphan Container(S)2024-11-08 · Moraine
    Reported
    2024-11-08
    What spilled
    Orphan Container(S)
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2411EPA0001856

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

  5. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2024-07-31 · Moraine
    Reported
    2024-07-31
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    140 gallons
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2407EPA0001317

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

  6. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S) Reached water2024-06-10 · Moraine
    Reported
    2024-06-10
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Largest amount reported
    2 gallons
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2406EPA0000977

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

  7. Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2024-05-28 · Moraine
    Reported
    2024-05-28
    What spilled
    Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
    Largest amount reported
    2 gallons
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2405EPA0000893

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

  8. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2023-06-01 · Moraine
    Reported
    2023-06-01
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2306EPA0000901

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

  9. Oil Cutting /Cutting Oil / Coolant / Lubricant Reached water2023-05-11 · Moraine
    Reported
    2023-05-11
    What spilled
    Oil Cutting /Cutting Oil / Coolant / Lubricant
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2305EPA0000766

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

  10. Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon Reached water2022-03-04 · Moraine
    Reported
    2022-03-04
    What spilled
    Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
    Reached a waterway
    57 - Great Miami River
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2203EPA0000268

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

  11. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road) Reached water2021-10-30 · Moraine
    Reported
    2021-10-30
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    40 gallons
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2110EPA0001686

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

  12. Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2021-08-30 · Moraine
    Reported
    2021-08-30
    What spilled
    Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
    Largest amount reported
    20 gallons
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2108EPA0001368

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

  13. Oil Transformer Non Pcb2021-04-29 · Moraine
    Reported
    2021-04-29
    What spilled
    Oil Transformer Non Pcb
    Largest amount reported
    26 gallons
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2104EPA0000592

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

  14. Coolant2021-01-26 · Moraine
    Reported
    2021-01-26
    What spilled
    Coolant
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2101EPA0000115

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

  15. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2026-06-05 · Moraine
    Reported
    2026-06-05
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Largest amount reported
    40 gallons
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2606EPA0000994

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

  16. Orphan Drum(S)2026-06-03 · Moraine
    Reported
    2026-06-03
    What spilled
    Orphan Drum(S)
    Largest amount reported
    42 gallons
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2606EPA0000978

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

  17. Sewage Human2026-05-29 · Moraine
    Reported
    2026-05-29
    What spilled
    Sewage Human
    Largest amount reported
    100,000 gallons
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2605EPA0000934

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

  18. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2026-02-23 · Moraine
    Reported
    2026-02-23
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    25 gallons
    Where
    Moraine, Montgomery County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2602EPA0000227

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

ZIPShareWaterRadon Home valueSchoolsFlood
45439 Moraine and Dayton 52% Mad River Well Field wells along the Mad River east of Dayton, refilled by river water let into recharge lagoons 4.2 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1956 West Carrollton City · 3 stars overall 6.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain
45342 Miamisburg 1% Groundwater wells in the Great Miami River buried-valley aquifer at Miamisburg 3.1 pCi/L average radon Median year built 1980 Miamisburg City · 3.5 stars overall 1.5% of residents in the 1% floodplain

Local government

How its elections and ballot issues came out and the state auditor's record.

Elections for office

DateOfficeCandidates and votes
2025-11-04 Mayor (unofficial count) Teri Murphy 259, 52.11%; Erica Watts 238, 47.89%
2025-11-04 Council Member, At Large (unofficial count) Ora F. Allen 315, 53.94%; Branden Delph 269, 46.06%

Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked. The county's results on file run through 2026-05-05; later elections are not loaded yet.

Auditor of State record

On the November 3, 2026 ballot

Statewide question: State Issue 3: Voter ID

Races, candidates and every question for an address: your ballot. County offices and judges are on your county board's sample ballot.

The county

Montgomery County: 33 ZIP codes, 27 cities, villages and townships with pages here, 539,598 people (Census Bureau estimate, July 2025).

Nearby places

Miami Township, Montgomery County Kettering Miamisburg Washington Township, Montgomery County

Rain and snow

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

rain, last 30 days
0.89 in
2026-10-01 to 2026-10-30
rain so far in 2026
49.4 in
12.5 in above normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
18.3 in
a normal year brings 15.3 in
a normal year
43.4 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 0.89 — 30
September 2026 6.11 — 30
August 2026 10.89 — 31
July 2026 3.45 — 31
June 2026 4.32 — 30
May 2026 8.54 — 31
April 2026 3.96 — 30
March 2026 6.96 0.5 31
February 2026 2.72 3.4 28
January 2026 1.53 14.4 31
December 2025 2.17 9.1 31
November 2025 2.48 3.3 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year (estimated)2011 — 63.7 in
Driest year (estimated)1934 — 23.5 in
Wettest day (estimated)14 September 1979 — 4.75 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day (estimated)17 February 1910 — 10.51 in
Deepest snow on the ground (estimated)16 January 1982 — 21.70 in

Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside Moraine, so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.

48,392 days of records, 1893-01-01 to 2026-10-30. 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 2026-11-01): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-11-01 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 Moraine: 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
116
those placed on the map inside Moraine

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:

  • TAIT ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION (air pollution, latest Oct 2, 2026)
  • TAIT ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION LLC (hazardous waste, latest Apr 26, 2018)
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Hazardous waste33
Air pollution25
Contaminated-site cleanup19
Wastewater and stormwater discharge15
Site assessment5
Underground injection wells5
Landfills4
Public drinking water2
Scrap tires2
Cessation Of Regulated Operations1
Composting1
Construction & Demolition Debris (C&Dd) Processing Facilities1
3 smaller programs
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
PINNACLE ROAD LANDFILL Landfills inspection
PINNACLE ROAD LANDFILL Landfills report
UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA LLC Hazardous waste report
UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA LLC Hazardous waste permit
FRANK M TAIT STATION Air pollution permit
TAIT ELECTRIC GENERATING STATION Air pollution permit
FRASER PAPERS INC LANDFILL Landfills inspection
FRASER PAPERS INC LANDFILL Industrial landfills inspection
CARDINGTON RD LANDFILL, DAYTON Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
FRASER PAPERS INC LANDFILL Industrial landfills report
PINNACLE ROAD LANDFILL Landfills inspection
UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA LLC Hazardous waste permit
FRASER PAPERS INC LANDFILL Industrial landfills report
PINNACLE ROAD LANDFILL Landfills report
THE SIEBENTHALER COMPANY Composting inspection
TRUE NORTH #2766 Underground injection wells inspection
TRUE NORTH #2766 Underground injection wells inspection
TRUE NORTH #2766 Underground injection wells monitoring results
TRUE NORTH #2766 Underground injection wells monitoring results
CARDINGTON RD LANDFILL, DAYTON Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
PINNACLE ROAD LANDFILL Landfills inspection
PINNACLE ROAD LANDFILL Landfills report
CARDINGTON RD LANDFILL, DAYTON Contaminated-site cleanup cleanup response
FRASER PAPERS INC LANDFILL Industrial landfills report
FRASER PAPERS INC LANDFILL Industrial landfills 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 Moraine, Ohio in?

Moraine is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, with 6,347 residents.

When was Moraine, Ohio founded?

Moraine was incorporated 1957 (village); 1965 (city). Founders on record: Portion of Kettering that seceded in 1953 to form Moraine Township. Source

How did Moraine, Ohio get its name?

The city takes its name from the glacial moraine — a ridge of debris left by the retreating Wisconsinan ice sheet — on which part of the area sits, along the Great Miami River valley. Source

What ZIP code is Moraine, Ohio?

Most of Moraine is in ZIP code 45439.

Where does Moraine, Ohio get its water?

The main water source for Moraine (Montgomery County Water Services 1): Mad River Well Field wells along the Mad River east of Dayton, refilled by river water let into recharge lagoons.

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