ZIP code 44001: Amherst
Lorain County · 20,837 residents
Tap water here comes from Lake Erie, treated at Lorain Water Purification Plant. The water here
44001 in 10 facts
The 10 things that stand out about this ZIP against the other 1,232 in Ohio, each with its source.
- Where the water comes from Where the water here comes from: Lake Erie, drawn from an intake crib about 26.5 feet deep and 2,800 feet offshore outside the breakwall, west of the Black River harbor. Source: EPA SDWIS
- Local history 1811 The town here was settled around 1811, later than 50% of the Ohio ZIPs with a researched town. Source: Ohio History Connection
- Power plants 3.2 mi This ZIP sits close to a large power plant: the nearest 100+ MW plant is 3.2 miles away, closer than 95% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: EIA-860
- Hazard risk 17 Natural hazard risk runs low here: a FEMA National Risk Index score of 17, lower than 88% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: FEMA National Risk Index
- Spills 22 This ZIP has a lot of reported spills: 22 logged by Ohio EPA's emergency-response office since 2021, more than 88% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Ohio EPA spills data
- Lead 2.5 ppb Lead runs higher than most here: the 90th-percentile tap result is 2.5 ppb (the action level is 15), more than 86% of Ohio ZIPs on a public system. Source: ODH childhood lead testing
- Climate 47 in Winters run snowy here: 47 inches of snow a year on average, more than 85% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: NOAA climate normals
- Building permits 38.7 units per 1,000 residents New housing has grown fast here: 38.7 units permitted per 1,000 residents from 2016 through 2025, more than 85% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Census building permits
- Stream health 100.0% Stream health here runs poor: 100.0% of the land drains to streams failing Ohio EPA's aquatic-life standard, more than 71% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: EPA ATTAINS
- Health 16.4% Self-reported health runs better here: 16.4% of adults report fair or poor health, lower than 83% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: CDC PLACES
Local events in 44001
18 events in the next 90 days from 4 public calendars. All local events in 44001
Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.
Your ballot
Who represents 44001, and what is on its ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election.
| Chamber | District | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. House | District 5 | — | — |
| Ohio Senate | District 13 | — | R |
| Ohio House | District 53 (61% of residents) | Joseph A. Miller III | D |
| Ohio House | District 52 (21% of residents) | Gayle Manning | R |
| Ohio House | District 54 (18% of residents) | Kellie Deeter | R |
U.S. House districts were redrawn for 2026 (Ohio Redistricting Commission, October 31, 2025). The district shown is the one on the November 3, 2026 ballot, which may differ from the district of your current representative.
This ZIP code is split between districts. Your street address decides which one is on your ballot; your county board of elections' sample ballot shows it.
Statewide races:
- Attorney General of Ohio: Keith Faber (Republican) · John Kulewicz (Democratic)
- Auditor of State of Ohio: Annette Blackwell (Democratic) · Frank LaRose (Republican)
- Governor of Ohio: Amy Acton (Democratic) · Don Kissick (Libertarian) · Vivek Ramaswamy (Republican)
- Secretary of State of Ohio: Tom Pruss (Libertarian) · Allison Russo (Democratic) · Robert Sprague (Republican)
- Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-1-2027): Dan Hawkins (Republican) · Marilyn Zayas (Democratic)
- Justice of the Supreme Court (Full term commencing 1-2-2027): Jennifer L. Brunner (Democratic) · Colleen O'Donnell (Republican)
- Treasurer of State of Ohio: Jay Edwards (Republican) · Seth Walsh (Democratic)
- U.S. Senator from Ohio: Sherrod Brown (Democratic) · Jon Husted (Republican) · Greg Levy (Other-party candidate) · Bill Redpath (Libertarian)
44001's district races:
- Ohio State Representative, District 52: Mike Baker (Democratic) · Cliff Winkel (Republican)
- Ohio State Representative, District 53: Bradley Lacko (Republican) · Matt Lundy (Democratic)
- Ohio State Representative, District 54: Brenda Buchanan (Democratic) · Kellie Deeter (Republican)
- Ohio State Senator, District 13: Gayle Manning (Republican) · Joe Miller (Democratic)
- U.S. Representative, Ohio's 5th District: Bob Latta (Republican) · Brian Shaver (Democratic) · Michael Veloff (Libertarian)
| Jurisdiction | Type | Question |
|---|---|---|
| Henrietta Township | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 1-mill property tax levy for the roads & bridges of Henrietta Township for 5 years, beginning in 2027. |
| Henrietta Township | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 0.75-mill property tax levy for the fire protection of Henrietta Township for 5 years, beginning in 2027. |
| Lorain County | Tax Levy (Additional) | Authorizes an additional 0.45-mill property tax levy for the care & placement of children & children services of Lorain County for 5 years, beginning in 2026. |
Matched to this ZIP by jurisdiction name: Amherst, Amherst City, Amherst Township, Amherst Township Township, Brownhelm Township, Brownhelm Township Township, Henrietta Township, Henrietta Township Township, New Russia Township, New Russia Township Township, South Amherst, South Amherst Village.
Last day of early in-person voting — 2026-11-01. Early in-person voting at county boards of elections ends on Sunday, November 1; the hours that day are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the table above. By October 29, nearly 1.3 million Ohioans had already voted early in person or returned absentee ballots (Journal-News; Signal Ohio's counts from the Secretary of State's daily absentee file add to 1,289,090). The 2022 midterm saw 1.47 million early votes, then a record.
Where does the tap water come from?
Where the tap water comes from and what is in it: the lake, river, reservoir or aquifer behind every tap, the plant that treats it, and what the compliance record and the lab results say about it.
Where the water comes from
Lake ErieLake Erie, drawn from an intake crib about 26.5 feet deep and 2,800 feet offshore outside the breakwall, west of the Black River harborLorain Water Purification Plant · Amherst City
Source: U.S. EPA SDWIS and Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (v3, 2026), Ohio EPA primacy data, 2020 census blocks: the system serving most residents, traced through purchases to the treating utility; Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water… · EPA SDWIS · EPA service area boundaries · Ohio EPA drinking water · Ohio EPA rate survey
Elevation 581–862 ft, averaging 749 ft · Amherst 581–758 ft, averaging 671 · Lorain County 567–1,124 ft (USGS 3DEP)
Amherst City as a whole draws on: Lake Erie (mainly via Elyria). This ZIP is served through Lorain City, listed by EPA as a secondary supplier.
Also connected to Lorain City (Lake Erie), used as a secondary or emergency supply.
Amherst City is owned by a local government, with 6,100 service connections serving 11,797 people. Office: 440-988-7625 (SDWIS).
EPA modeled the service boundary of Amherst City (random forest) rather than drawing it from the utility's map, so its edges are approximate.
Bills, 2023: a household using 5,000 gallons a month paid about $151 a year for water ($13 a month; $79 at 2,500 gallons, $260 at 8,000) and about $300 a year for sewer (Ohio EPA rate survey, inside-city rates).
- Water bodies
- Lake Erie
- Raw intakes
- Lorain Lake Erie
- Serves
- 64,152 people · Lorain County
- EPA ID
- OH4700711
It buys from more than one supplier; which one provides most of its water is not confirmed.
About this area's water
Did you know
- Amherst sits 2.5 miles from Lake Erie and still owns no piece of the lake: it buys every gallon finished from two neighboring cities rather than building an intake of its own.
- The 'Elyria' water plant that supplies part of Amherst is not in Elyria - it is an Elyria-owned plant at 3628 West Erie Avenue inside the City of Lorain.
- Amherst's water bill has a line item, the Water Supply Cost, that changes every single month because it is a straight pass-through of what Lorain and Elyria charge that month.
- The posted Amherst rate schedule still carries an effective date of January 1, 2015 - the fixed part of the bill has not been re-legislated in a decade; the variable WSC does the moving.
- Before it was a Cleveland-area suburb, Amherst billed itself as the 'Sandstone Center of the World,' and the quarrying motto is still the city's.
History5
- 1811Pioneer settler Jacob Shupe arrived in the area that became Amherst; the downtown area was settled by Josiah Harris in 1818.
- 1836Village plat recorded as the 'town plat of Amherst'; it became 'Amherstville' around 1839, then 'North Amherst', and finally 'Amherst' again in 1909.
- late 1800sAmherst became known as the 'Sandstone Center of the World' on the strength of its quarrying industry.
- 2015Current water rate schedule took effect January 1, 2015: $6.58 for the first 3,000 gallons inside city, then $3.02 per 1,000 gallons plus the WSC surcharge.
- 2026City distributed its 2025 Consumer Confidence Report, stating it is a purchase surface water system buying all of its water from the cities of Lorain and Elyria and holding a current, unconditional…
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
Amherst treats no water of its own. It is a consecutive (purchase) surface water system that buys finished Lake Erie water from the City of Lorain and the City of Elyria and distributes it; its CCR carries Amherst's own distribution-system sampling plus the reports of both suppliers. The plants…
Source: amherstohio.org
Water pressure
Not published. Neither Amherst's utilities pages nor its CCR give service pressures, pressure zones, or storage figures.
Source: amherstohio.orgamherstohio.org
What it costs
$3.02 per 1,000 gallons
City of Amherst published rate schedule, effective January 1, 2015. Inside city: $6.58 covers the first 3,000 gallons, then $3.02 per 1,000 gallons PLUS a 'Water Supply Cost'…
Water quality & impurities5
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) Range of detections 17.7-74 ppb - the tightest margin in Amherst's report, a consequence of buying already-chlorinated… | 55.9 ppb | 80 | 2025 |
| Haloacetic acids (HAA5) Range 6-31.4 ppb. By-product of drinking water disinfection. | 20.28 ppb | 60 | 2025 |
| Total chlorine Range 1.0-1.54 ppm. Water additive used to control microbes. | 1.29 ppm | 4 (MRDL) | 2025 |
| Lead 0 out of 30 samples exceeded the 15 ppb action level. | 2.5 (90th… ppb | 15 (action… | 2024 |
| Copper 0 out of 30 samples exceeded the 1.3 ppm action level. | 0.083 (90th… ppm | 1.3 (action… | 2024 |
Source: amherstohio.org
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 2.5 ppb in 2024 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
1 violation of any kind logged since 2020: 1 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records).
EPA compliance record · Elyria Water Department (treats the water)
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
1 violation of any kind logged since 2020: 1 for required testing that was missed or reported late.
Supply stress
Supply volume is not a constraint - Lake Erie is 2.5 miles away and effectively inexhaustible - but Amherst has no plant, no raw water source and no independent production capacity at all: 100% of its water is purchased finished from two upstream utilities, Lorain and Elyria. Everything that happens at those plants passes straight…
Sewers
Sanitary
Billed by the city's Utilities Department on metered water consumption, with a published minimum of $30.32/month inside the city and $45.48/month outside. Amherst does not publish the name, capacity or receiving stream of the treating plant on its utilities or rate pages; Ohio EPA's 2023 rate survey lists Amherst as providing sewer…
Storm
No separate stormwater utility fee appears on the city's published water and sewer rate schedule. The Utilities Department maintains stormwater education pages, consistent with routine MS4 public-outreach obligations, but no fee, permit detail or program…
Sourcesverified
Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.
Water systems in this ZIP
- Amherst City78% of residentsLake Erie (mainly via Elyria)
- South Amherst Village9% of residentsLake Erie
- Rural Lorain Co. Water A3% of residentsMostly Lake Erie (bought from Avon Lake); some New London Reservoir and Ashland wells
10% of residents live outside every mapped system, most likely on private wells.
Source: U.S. EPA SDWIS and Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (v3, 2026), Ohio EPA primacy data, 2020 census blocks: the system serving most residents, traced through purchases to the treating utility; Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water Rate Survey (Ohio State, May 2025) for household bills; Ohio EPA DEFA loan awards since 2016 for the loans paragraph · EPA SDWIS · EPA service area boundaries · Ohio EPA drinking water · Ohio EPA rate survey
Infrastructure in this ZIP
25.4 mi of highway (I-80, SR 113, SR 2) · 8.66 mi of railroad (Norfolk Southern) · 3.65 mi of gas transmission pipeline (Columbia Gas Transmission (TC Energy), Dominion/Enbridge East Ohio) · 73.1 mi of electric transmission line (ATSI) · 7.9 mi of large water mains mapped (Rural Lorain County Water Authority, Lorain County, City of Lorain) · 0.08 mi of interceptor sewer mapped (Lorain County) · 1 sewage plant (Amherst WPCC) · 5 substations · 4 grade crossings (Norfolk Southern) · 12 registered towers · 2 public EV charger listings · 2 landfills or waste sites, open and closed (Amherst Landfill, Cleveland Quarries Landfill) · 1 hospital (Specialty Hosp. of Lorain) · 2 fire or EMS stations · 2 police stations · 1 post office · 4 water towers or tanks in OpenStreetMap (Amherst Comets Water Tower) · 1 water works or pumping station in OpenStreetMap · 0.64 mi of trail and bike route · 40 bridges and culverts in the inventory · 14 sites with underground fuel tanks in use · 3 open leaking-tank releases · 8 other permitted dischargers (A & B Tavern, Childrens Development Center, East of Chicago Pizza) · 1 source water protection zone (Elyria Water Department) · 7 stormwater (MS4) permit areas (City of Amherst, City of Lorain, South Amherst Village) · 19 biosolids application fields (sludge from Lorain Black River WWTP, Three Creek Bioenergy, Amherst WWTP) · 1 brownfield or cleanup site · 1 mining permit area (Irg Amherst (permit IM-0415)) · 8 traffic signals.
Draw them29 layers on the mapIntakes and plants
Lake ErieLake Erie, drawn from an intake crib about 26.5 feet deep and 2,800 feet offshore outside the breakwall, west of the Black River harborLorain Water Purification Plant · Amherst City
Source: U.S. EPA SDWIS and Community Water System Service Area Boundaries (v3, 2026), Ohio EPA primacy data, 2020 census blocks: the system serving most residents, traced through purchases to the treating utility; Ohio EPA 2023 Sewer and Water… · EPA SDWIS · Ohio EPA source water protection
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Violations
No health-based violations since 2015No health-based violations since 2015Amherst City · lead 2.5 ppb (2024) · 1 of any kind since 2020
Source: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled September 2026): health-based violations since 2015, all violations since 2020, lead and copper 90th-percentile results, for the system serving most of the ZIP · EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts) · EPA ECHO
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Disinfection byproducts
40 to 60TTHM 49 µg/L (2019)Amherst City · HAA5 20 · worst year 58
Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019: total trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids (HAA5) sampled in the distribution system, nitrate, arsenic, combined radium, gross alpha and uranium at entry points; yearly means…
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PFAS
No PFAS detectedNo PFAS detectedAmherst City · UCMR 5, 18 samples
Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data (final release, August 2026: 29 PFAS and lithium at 347 Ohio systems) and Ohio EPA statewide PFAS sampling 2019 to 2021 (1,479 systems), for the system serving most of each ZIP; Ohio EPA water treatment plant… · Ohio EPA PFAS
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Lead
Under 5 ppbLead 2.5 ppb at the 90th-percentile tapAmherst City · period ending 2024-12 · 0 of 6,502 service lines lead or galvanized, 3,877 unknown
Source: SDWIS lead and copper 90th-percentile tap results (Envirofacts) and EPA's service line inventory dashboard (2026 Q2 submissions), for the system serving most of each ZIP; Ohio Department of Health high-risk ZIP code list for childhood… · ODH childhood lead testing · ODH high-risk ZIP list (CCBH PDF) · Ohio EPA lead and copper · H2Ohio
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Fluoride and treatment
FluoridatedFluoridatedAmherst City via Elyria Water Department · corrosion control, coagulation and settling, chlorine disinfection, iron and manganese removal
Source: CDC My Water's Fluoride (fluoridation status of each system as reported by the Ohio Department of Health, fetched 2026-09-10); SDWIS treatment table (Envirofacts): each system's registered treatment steps, inherited from the supplier for… · EPA SDWIS search
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Algal toxins
Under 5 µg/L in raw waterRaw water up to 0.98 µg/L microcystinElyria Water Department (supplies Amherst City) · 2016-09
Source: Ohio EPA public water system harmful algal bloom monitoring (geo.epa.ohio.gov DrinkingWater/HAB): microcystin results in raw and treated water since 2016 for surface-water systems, for the system serving most of each ZIP · Ohio EPA HAB information for public water systems
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Groundwater
100 to 120DRASTIC 104 · Shale433 well logs · median 45 ft deep · 1 karst and spring points
Source: ODNR Division of Geological Survey: DRASTIC groundwater vulnerability polygon at each ZIP's population center, mapped karst features, and the state water well log inventory (about 655,000 logs) counted inside each ZIP; ODNR glacial… · ODNR Geological Survey · Ohio EPA GIS services · USGS water data
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Aquifer
60 to 85%82% sensitive geologic settingunder 0.5% wellhead protection
Source: Ohio EPA Sensitive Geologic Settings (geology/Geology layer 0) intersected with ZCTA polygons; ODNR karst geology at the ZIP center (layer 7, point query) and karst and spring points (layer 5); Ohio EPA source water protection areas… · Ohio EPA geology layers · Ohio EPA source water protection (SWAP) · ODNR Geological Survey
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Sewage plants
4 to 7 quartersAmherst Wpcc · 1.3 mi4 of 12 quarters in violation · 3.5 MGD
Source: EPA ECHO Clean Water Act facilities, Ohio NPDES permits with a publicly owned treatment works component, plants of 0.1 MGD or more or designated major: nearest plant, design flow, significant-noncompliance status, quarters in… · EPA ECHO · EPA CSO inventory · Ohio EPA GIS services · EPA Facility Finder
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Stream health
Three quarters or more100% of the land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeLower Beaver Creek · bacteria (pathogens), altered hydrology
Source: EPA ATTAINS, Ohio 2024 Integrated Report assessment units (1,545 watershed polygons) overlaid on ZCTAs in Albers equal-area with the Lake Erie units clipped out: share of land in units not supporting aquatic life, recreation, fish… · EPA ATTAINS · Ohio integrated report · Ohio sport fish advisory · Ohio EPA advisory map
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Watershed
Drains to Lake ErieBlack-Rocky subbasinLower Beaver Creek · drains to Lake Erie
Source: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset: HUC-8 subbasins by resident share (2020 census blocks) and the HUC-12 subwatershed at each ZIP's population-weighted center with its downstream chain; USGS county water use 2015 (Dieter and others 2018) for… · USGS watershed boundaries · EPA EnviroAtlas · Ohio EPA 401 map · ODNR Water Withdrawal Atlas (archived copy) · USGS county water use 2015 · ODNR H2Ohio projects · ODNR Lake Erie Coastal Management Area · Ohio EPA source water protection (SWAP) · Ohio EPA nine-element plans · Ohio EPA 319, GLRI and SWIF project lists · Ohio EPA chloride reduction grants · NOAA Lake Erie water levels
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Home
The houses themselves and what they cost: who lives in them, what a typical one looks like down to the parcel record, how much new housing has gone up, and what a household pays in property tax.
Homes and income
$175,000 to $250,000Median home $234,500household income $90,139 · rent $1,062 · 88% own
Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year by ZCTA: median home value, median gross rent, median household income, owner share, median year built; Eviction Lab tract estimates 2016 to 2018 (Gromis and others 2022), population-weighted to ZIPs; HUD fiscal… · Census ACS · Eviction Lab · HUD data · IRS ZIP statistics · Mapping Inequality · HUD eGIS open data · FDIC BankFind · NCUA call report data
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House by house
1960 to 1979Median year built 19718,062 homes · $231K median appraised
Source: Residential parcels (Ohio land-use classes 500 to 599, apartments 401 to 403, farmhouses) placed in ZIPs by scripts/join_parcels.py on 2026-09-15, the houses loading on demand; county auditors' appraisal records, house by house (year… · Lorain County Auditor
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Building permits
30 to 60479 housing units permitted 2016 to 2025Amherst · 38.7 per 1,000 residents · 121 in 2025
Source: Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, annual place files 2016 to 2025: new privately owned housing units, buildings and construction value authorized by each Ohio permit office, given to each ZIP through the jurisdiction where most of its… · Census building permits
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Home prices
75 to 100%+93% in ten years+59% in five · +12% in 2025
Source: FHFA House Price Index, annual five-digit ZIP all-transactions series (repeat sales and refinance appraisals of conforming-mortgage homes, developmental, not seasonally adjusted): ten-, five- and one-year changes and the level against… · FHFA house price index · Zillow research data · Realtor.com data
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School tax
30 to 40 mills30.1 effective school millsAmherst Exempted Village · about $2,111 a year on a $200,000 home
Source: Ohio Department of Taxation, Aggregate Property Tax Rates by School District, tax year 2025 (DTE 515), joined by IRN and weighted by each ZIP's residents in every district; school levies only; Ohio Department of Taxation The Finder rate… · Ohio tax data series · The Finder
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Utilities and getting around
The companies and networks that keep a house running and a resident moving: electric, gas, phone and internet service, and the roads, transit, rail and airports around it.
Electric
82 municipal systemsCity of Amherst Utilities Department (Electric)Municipal electric system · 61% of residents, then Ohio Edison
Source: PUCO certified electric territories via ODOT plus HIFLD municipal systems (EIA-861) with ODOT corporate limits; EIA-861 reliability (outages), sales to ultimate customers (residential prices and bills), net metering and advanced meters by… · PUCO electricity · ODOT territories service · EIA-861 · DOE LEAD Tool · HIFLD retail service territories
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Gas
Columbia Gas of OhioColumbia Gas of OhioPUCO-regulated utility · 77% of homes heat with utility gas
Source: PUCO 2026 county map of gas distribution companies, HIFLD/EIA-176 territory polygons, ACS 2020-2024 heating fuel · PUCO natural gas · HIFLD
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Power plants
A 100 MW+ plant under 5 milesWest Lorain · 3.2 migas, 500 MW · 3 plants within 10 miles
Power plants within 10 miles
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West Lorain 100 MW or moreNatural gas · 500 MW · 3.2 mi
- Capacity
- 500 MW
- By fuel
- natural gas 400 MW, oil 101 MW
- Main source
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine; Petroleum Liquids;
- Operator
- Vermillion Power LLC
- Sector
- IPP Non-CHP
- Where
- Lorain, Lorain County
- Generating units
- 7
- Built
- 1973 (first unit); newest unit 2001
- EIA plant code
- 2869
EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oberlin Spear Point Solar OneSolar · 2 MW · 6.0 mi
- Capacity
- 2 MW
- Main source
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Oberlin College
- Sector
- Commercial Non-CHP
- Where
- Oberlin, Lorain County
- Generating units
- 1
- Built
- 2012
- EIA plant code
- 58134
EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oberlin (OH)Natural gas · 18 MW · 7.4 mi
- Capacity
- 18 MW
- By fuel
- natural gas 17 MW, oil 1 MW
- Main source
- Natural gas
- Technology
- Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine; Petroleum Liquids;
- Operator
- City of Oberlin - (OH)
- Sector
- Electric Utility
- Where
- Oberlin, Lorain County
- Generating units
- 9
- Built
- 1948 (first unit); newest unit 2001
- EIA plant code
- 2933
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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Source: EIA-860 power plant inventory via HIFLD (202 Ohio plants, February 2025): nearest plant, nearest plant of 100 MW or more, plants and capacity by fuel within 10 miles; USGS U.S. Wind Turbine Database (June 2026) and U.S. Large-Scale Solar… · EIA-860 · HIFLD · USGS wind turbines · USGS solar · NRC emergency planning zones
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Pipelines
1 to 3 milesNearest transmission line 2.3 miColumbia Gas Trans Co (interstate) · 3.6 mi of pipe in the ZIP
Source: EIA natural gas interstate and intrastate transmission pipelines via Esri's Federal User Community copy on ArcGIS Online (data last updated July 2025; 1,239 segments in and around Ohio): miles inside each ZIP by operator, distance from the… · EIA U.S. Energy Atlas · ArcGIS Online item
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Phone
Brightspeed (formerly CenturyLink)Brightspeed NorthcentralIncumbent telephone company
Source: PUCO Telecom map service, layer 7 ILEC Company Service Area (incumbent local exchange carriers, fetched 2026-09-08) by resident share of 2020 census blocks · PUCO telephone
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Internet
Under 2% lack 100/20 service100% can get 100/20 Mbpsfiber 66% · cable 99% · 9,610 locations
Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, June 2024, fixed availability by H3 hexagon (Esri Living Atlas, Ohio subset); Census ACS 2020-2024 table B28002 internet subscriptions; Ookla Open Data fixed speed tests 2025 Q2 by tile, averaged inside the… · FCC broadband map · Ookla open data · Census ACS
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Cell signal
5G nearly everywhere5G on 99% of the land4G or better 100% · AT&T 100% · T-Mobile 99% · Verizon 100%
Source: FCC Mobile Broadband Data Collection, carrier-reported 4G LTE and 5G coverage by H3 hexagon (Esri Living Atlas layer last updated 24 November 2025, most likely the June 30, 2025 filing round), fetched 2026-09-08; FCC Antenna Structure… · FCC broadband map · FCC antenna registration · Ookla open data
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EV chargers
5 to 10 milesFast charger 5.6 mi: ELYRIA HYUNDAI SHOWROOM2 public stations in the ZIP (7 Level 2, 0 DC fast ports) · 3 within 5 miles of its center
Public EV charging inside ZIP 44001
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Lorain Family Health & Surgery Center6 Level 2 · Lorain · 1.6 mi
- Address
- 5700 Cooper Foster Park Rd, Lorain, OH 44053
- Ports
- 6 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- Blink Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-998-2546
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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GATEWAYZ NORTH BAY1 Level 2 · Amherst · 1.6 mi
- Address
- 47190 Cooper Foster Park Rd, Amherst, OH 44001
- Ports
- 1 Level 2
- Plugs
- J1772
- Network
- ChargePoint Network
- Hours
- 24 hours daily
- Phone
- 888-758-4389
Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list (May 2026), public and open stations, the posts at one address counted as one site. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.
Source: NREL Alternative Fuels Data Center station list as of May 29, 2026 (USDOT BTS copy: 2,136 Ohio electric stations, of which the 1,850 public and open are used, NREL restricted-access records such as dealer-service and hotel-guest chargers… · Alternative Fuels Data Center · BTS Alternative Fueling Stations (NTAD)
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Transit
No transit stop within half a mile of anyone0% within half a mile of a stop0 stops in the ZIP
None inside the ZIP; the nearest station or terminal
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Lorain County Transportation and Community CenterIntercity bus stop · Greyhound Lines · 6.8 mi
- What it is
- Intercity bus stop
- Operator
- Greyhound Lines
- City
- Elyria
- Coordinates
- 41.36857, -82.10391
BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: BTS Intermodal Passenger Connectivity Database and National Transit Map (2025). Bus stops are counted on the card and drawn on the full map. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.
Source: USDOT BTS National Transit Map stops (National Transportation Atlas Database, 2025 vintage, fetched September 2026), plus the Springfield, Lancaster-Fairfield, Knox County Transit, WayGo and BGSU Shuttle GTFS feeds: share of residents… · BTS National Transit Map · BTS transportation atlas · Springfield City Area Transit GTFS feed · Lancaster-Fairfield Public Transit GTFS feed · Knox County Transit GTFS feed · WayGo GTFS feed · BGSU Shuttle GTFS feed
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Walkability
Below average (5.76 to 10.5)Walkability 6.8 of 2030 intersections per square mile · 0% near transit
Source: EPA National Walkability Index (Smart Location Database 3.0, 2021) by block group, population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census block points; car-free household share from Census ACS 2020 to 2024 table B25044, or where missing the Smart… · EPA walkability index · Smart Location Database · Census ACS
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Rail crossings
1 to 3 crossings3 public crossings3 gated · up to 54 trains a day · Norfolk Southern
Source: FRA Grade Crossing Inventory (current records, Ohio): open at-grade crossings inside each ZIP, gates, trains a day at the busiest, timetable speed, railroads; nearest crossing to the population-weighted center; FRA highway-rail grade… · FRA crossing inventory (Form 71, current) · FRA crossing incidents (Form 57) · FRA rail equipment accidents (Form 54) · FRA safety data · DOT open data
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Bridges
5 to 10%41 bridges, 2 rated poortypical build year 1966 · busiest SR 2, 53,088 vehicles a day
Bridges rated poor inside ZIP 44001
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Cooper-Foster Pk. over Beaver Cr C.p.parkPoor · built 1941 · 2.3 mi
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1941
- Length
- 11 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 10,706
- Coordinates
- 41.41827, -82.20642
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Gifford Rd. over Creek Gifford Rd.Poor · built 1900 · 4.2 mi
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1900
- Length
- 8 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 300
- Coordinates
- 41.34844, -82.28992
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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025 (26,713 Ohio structures; 26,616 fall inside a ZIP area and are counted, the other 97 land outside every ZIP polygon): bridges inside each ZIP, poor-condition ratings, ages, traffic · FHWA bridge inventory · ODOT TIMS bridge inventory (live)
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Traffic
50,000 to 100,00054,856 vehicles a day on SR 22,688 trucks · 902K vehicle-miles a day inside the ZIP
Source: ODOT traffic count segments (2025 annual average daily traffic by road segment, ODOT Transportation Information Mapping System): segments assigned to the ZIP holding their midpoint; NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System 2020 to 2024… · ODOT TIMS traffic count segments · NHTSA FARS
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Airports and Amtrak
15 to 30 milesCLE · 19.6 miCleveland-Hopkins International · Amtrak at Elyria 7.1 mi
Source: FAA airport facilities (NASR landing-facility record) and Amtrak stations via USDOT BTS National Transportation Atlas Database, fetched September 2026: nearest airport with scheduled airline service (Part 139 class I), nearest public-use… · BTS transportation atlas
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Land, air and risk
The ground itself and what can go wrong on it: radon, flood risk, air quality, old mines and wells, and the parks, wetlands and open land still left.
Radon
4 to 8 pCi/L4.0 pCi/L average radon887 tests · 33% above 4 pCi/L · median 2.7
Source: Ohio Department of Health radon test results by ZIP code since 2010 (pre-mitigation), ZIPs with five or more tests · ODH radon program
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Flood
Under 2% of residents0.5% of residents in the 1% floodplain4% of the land is floodplain, 0% more in the 0.2% zone · zone AE
Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, flood hazard zones, fetched 2026-09-08; OpenFEMA NFIP redacted claims for Ohio (frozen June 2026), by reported ZIP; USGS NWIS annual peak flows for the nearest active stream gauge; NOAA Atlas 14… · FEMA flood hazard layer · FEMA Map Service Center · OpenFEMA · NOAA Atlas 14 · USGS stream gauges
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Hazard risk
Under 20 (lowest fifth of US tracts)Risk score 17 · higher than about 17% of US tractsIce storm 75 · Hail 69
Source: FEMA National Risk Index, census tracts, December 2025 release, population-weighted to ZIPs · FEMA National Risk Index · NRI census tract layer (ArcGIS)
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Climate
45 to 70 inches47" of snow a year · 50.2°F averageJanuary low 20° · July high 82° · 37" of precipitation
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals, annual and monthly, 261 Ohio stations; each ZIP takes the nearest station reporting each element from its population-weighted center; U.S. Drought Monitor weekly county statistics 2000 to 2026… · NOAA climate normals · NOAA climate at a glance · U.S. Drought Monitor
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Air
7.5 to 8.5PM2.5 8.1 µg/m³ at Chippewa, 27.8 miozone 66 ppb at Sheffield · Lorain County median AQI 39
Source: EPA Air Quality System 2025 annual summaries: nearest PM2.5 and ozone monitors from each ZIP's population-weighted center, county AQI day counts; EPA ECHO Clean Air Act permitted sources in Ohio (air_rest_services, September 2026); EPA… · EPA air data files · EPA AirToxScreen · EPA Green Book · EPA ECHO
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Toxic sites
3 to 8 milesNearest NPL site 6.3 mi: Republic Steel Corp. Quarry2 toxic-release reporters · 0 Superfund program sites in the ZIP
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service: Superfund NPL and SEMS sites, Toxics Release Inventory reporters (EPA geoplatform), fetched 2026-09-08; the nearest NPL site also considers sites in PA, WV, KY, IN and MI within about 20 miles of the border… · EPA Facility Registry · EPA Superfund sites · Ohio EPA cleanup sites · EPA UST Finder · EPA ECHO
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Toxic releases
No dataNo TRI-reporting facility
Facilities reporting toxic releases inside ZIP 44001
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Nordson Corp Amherst MfgToxics Release Inventory · Amherst · 0.7 mi
- Address
- 555 Jackson Street, Amherst, OH 44001
- County
- Lorain County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44001NRDSN555JA
- EPA registry ID
- 110000840298
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Mid-States Intl Motocross IncToxics Release Inventory · Amherst · 1.5 mi
- Address
- 7455 South Dewey Road, Amherst, OH 44001
- County
- Lorain County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44001MDSTT7455S
- EPA registry ID
- 110009425522
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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.
Source: EPA Toxics Release Inventory basic data files, Ohio, reporting years 2020 to 2024 (2024 shown, 2020 for the trend); facilities placed in the ZCTA holding their coordinates; dioxin rows reported in grams left out of pound totals · EPA TRI data files
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Dams
1 or 22 high-hazard dams within 10 milesNearest: Oberlin Upground Reservoir, 8.4 mi, condition fair
High-hazard dams within 10 miles
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Oberlin Upground ReservoirOffstream · condition: fair · 8.4 mi
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Fair (assessed 08/14/2024)
- River or stream
- Offstream
- Purpose
- Water Supply;Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 20 ft
- Storage
- 1,070 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1960
- Owner type
- Local Government
- County
- Lorain County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Oberlin
- Last inspection
- 10/18/2023
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH00112
National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Willoway Upground No. 5 DamSlater Ditch · condition: satisfactory · 9.7 mi
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Satisfactory (assessed 08/22/2024)
- River or stream
- Slater Ditch
- Purpose
- Water Supply
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 12 ft
- Storage
- 71 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1999
- Owner type
- Private
- County
- Lorain County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Avon
- Last inspection
- 11/29/2023
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH02990
National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, August 2026. "High hazard" rates what a failure would cost downstream, not how likely one is; the condition is the state's assessment. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (1,376 Ohio dams, August 2026; 26 Corps levees and dikes counted with their parent dam): high-hazard dams near each ZIP's population-weighted center, with the state's condition… · National Inventory of Dams
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Disasters
3 to 55 tornado tracks within 5 miles since 19502 rated F2/EF2+ · 22 federal declarations for Lorain County · 2 quakes M2+ within 25 mi
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database 1950-2025 (tracks within 5 miles of each ZIP's population-weighted center), OpenFEMA disaster declarations by county since 1956, USGS earthquake catalog M2+ since 1970 within 25 miles… · NOAA SPC tornado data · OpenFEMA · USGS earthquakes · NOAA storm events · IEM warning archive
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Spills
15 to 3922 spills reported since 2021mostly diesel and fuel oil · 3 reached water
Spills reported since 2021 inside ZIP 44001
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Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon2022-07-05 · Amherst · 0.7 mi
- Reported
- 2022-07-05
- What spilled
- Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
- Where
- Amherst, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2207EPA0001011
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Material Undetermined / Other Reached water2023-04-12 · Amherst · 0.7 mi
- Reported
- 2023-04-12
- What spilled
- Material Undetermined / Other
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Amherst, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2304EPA0000574
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2021-12-16 · Amherst · 0.8 mi
- Reported
- 2021-12-16
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 15 gallons
- Where
- Amherst, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2112EPA0001867
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Material Undetermined / Other2026-02-25 · Amherst Twp · 0.9 mi
- Reported
- 2026-02-25
- What spilled
- Material Undetermined / Other
- Where
- Amherst Twp, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2602EPA0000240
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2026-08-31 · Amherst Twp · 0.9 mi
- Reported
- 2026-08-31
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 150 gallons
- Where
- Amherst Twp, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2608EPA0001629
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2023-05-26 · Amherst Twp · 0.9 mi
- Reported
- 2023-05-26
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Where
- Amherst Twp, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2305EPA0000871
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2022-03-23 · Amherst Twp · 0.9 mi
- Reported
- 2022-03-23
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 125 gallons
- Where
- Amherst Twp, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2203EPA0000397
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2026-01-14 · Amherst Twp · 0.9 mi
- Reported
- 2026-01-14
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Where
- Amherst Twp, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2601EPA0000042
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Material White2024-02-19 · Amherst Twp · 1.1 mi
- Reported
- 2024-02-19
- What spilled
- Material White
- Where
- Amherst Twp, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2402EPA0000263
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-04-02 · Amherst Twp · 1.1 mi
- Reported
- 2025-04-02
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 60 gallons
- Where
- Amherst Twp, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2504EPA0000474
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Oil/ Home Heating / Heating Oil Reached water2022-01-21 · Amherst Twp · 1.1 mi
- Reported
- 2022-01-21
- What spilled
- Fuel Oil/ Home Heating / Heating Oil
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Amherst Twp, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2201EPA0000062
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-05-27 · Amherst Twp · 1.1 mi
- Reported
- 2025-05-27
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 75 gallons
- Where
- Amherst Twp, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2505EPA0000846
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2022-02-03 · Amherst Twp · 1.2 mi
- Reported
- 2022-02-03
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 75 gallons
- Where
- Amherst Twp, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2202EPA0000122
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-08-21 · Amherst · 1.8 mi
- Reported
- 2025-08-21
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 80 gallons
- Where
- Amherst, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2508EPA0001430
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2025-08-20 · Amherst · 2.2 mi
- Reported
- 2025-08-20
- What spilled
- Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
- Where
- Amherst, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2508EPA0001420
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2023-10-04 · Amherst · 2.3 mi
- Reported
- 2023-10-04
- What spilled
- Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
- Largest amount reported
- 45 gallons
- Where
- Amherst, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2310EPA0001716
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Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon Reached water2025-05-08 · Brownhelm Twp · 2.4 mi
- Reported
- 2025-05-08
- What spilled
- Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Brownhelm Twp, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2505EPA0000730
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Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2026-02-24 · Amherst Twp · 2.7 mi
- Reported
- 2026-02-24
- What spilled
- Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
- Largest amount reported
- 20 gallons
- Where
- Amherst Twp, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2602EPA0000234
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2022-02-03 · Brownhelm Twp · 2.7 mi
- Reported
- 2022-02-03
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 150 gallons
- Where
- Brownhelm Twp, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2202EPA0000116
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2026-05-21 · Brownhelm Twp · 3.2 mi
- Reported
- 2026-05-21
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Where
- Brownhelm Twp, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2605EPA0000857
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Orphan Drum(S)2023-03-05 · Henrietta Twp · 3.7 mi
- Reported
- 2023-03-05
- What spilled
- Orphan Drum(S)
- Where
- Henrietta Twp, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2303EPA0000340
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Soap Nos (Not Specified)2023-11-18 · Brownhelm Twp · 4.1 mi
- Reported
- 2023-11-18
- What spilled
- Soap Nos (Not Specified)
- Where
- Brownhelm Twp, Lorain County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NEDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2311EPA0001950
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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports (geo.epa.ohio.gov EmergResponse/Spills2_OpenData): cases with a location inside each ZIP, 2021 to date · Ohio EPA spills data · Ohio EPA Office of Emergency Response
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Oil and gas wells
51 to 20051 wells in the ZIP4 producing · 0 shale · 16 orphan · nearest 0.08 mi
Source: ODNR Division of Oil and Gas Resources public well inventory (242,324 well heads, fetched 2026-09-08): wells inside each ZIP by status, horizontal shale wells, injection wells, orphan-program wells · ODNR oil and gas · ODNR GIS services
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Abandoned mines
No mapped underground mineNo mapped minenearest mapped non-coal mine 30.7 mi
Source: ODNR Mines of Ohio: abandoned underground coal and industrial-mineral mines mapped before 1977 (5,116 polygons), overlaid on ZCTAs in Albers equal-area: share of each ZCTA's total area (land plus inland water) over a mapped mine; ODNR… · ODNR mines of Ohio · ODNR Geological Survey
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Soils
Somewhat limitedHaskins loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesseptic somewhat limited · somewhat poorly drained
Source: USDA NRCS SSURGO via Soil Data Access: the soil map unit under each ZIP's population-weighted center with its dominant component, drainage, hydric and farmland class, flooding, and the Ohio septic and basement interpretation ratings… · USDA Soil Data Access · Web Soil Survey · Open-Meteo elevation
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Parks
2 to 5%2.4% public land · 507 acresMill Hollow - Bacon Woods Park · Findley State Park 17.4 mi
Source: USGS Protected Areas Database 4.1 (Ohio state package, flattened combined layer, open-access fee, designation and easement polygons plus the six ODNR state parks PAD-US codes closed by default: Buckeye Lake, Forked Run, Hueston Woods, Lake… · USGS PAD-US · ODNR GIS services
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Wetlands
3 to 7%3.8% wetland · 803 acresforested/shrub wetland 597 · pond 155 · emergent wetland 52
Source: USFWS National Wetlands Inventory, Ohio geodatabase (imagery mostly 2004 to 2007, Lake Erie basin 2021), freshwater wetlands and ponds clipped to each ZIP (lakes and rivers excluded); Ohio EPA potential high-quality vernal pools… · USFWS wetlands inventory · Ohio EPA GIS services
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Land cover
15% to 40%32% developed · 29% tree canopyforest 28% · cropland 24% · pasture 10%
Source: National Land Cover Database, 2021 edition (USGS and the MRLC consortium; MRLC has since published Annual NLCD and annual tree canopy through 2025, not yet pulled here): land cover, percent impervious surface and tree canopy at 30 m… · NLCD · USDA Cropland Data Layer · ODNR pre-settlement vegetation
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People and health
Who lives here and how well: education, jobs, health and life expectancy, and how far the nearest hospital, police station or grocery store sits.
People
25 to 40%29.3% bachelor's or higher86.4% white · 1.4% Black · 7.8% Hispanic · 1.3% Asian · 3.5% foreign-born
Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year by ZCTA: educational attainment (B15003), race and Hispanic origin (B03002), nativity (B05002), veterans (B21001); IRS Statistics of Income county migration flows 2022 to 2023 for the county; Census Bureau… · Census ACS · Census population estimates · IRS migration data · USDA ERS county codes · USDA ERS commuting area codes · 2020 Census redistricting data · Census SAIPE · IRS exempt organizations
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Jobs
0.6 to 16,474 jobs · 10,683 employed residentsManufacturing leads · residents mostly work in Elyria (44035)
Source: Census LEHD LODES 8, 2023, all jobs: workplace and residence counts by census block summed into ZCTAs (workplace-only blocks by block-group or tract majority), origin-destination flows for where residents work; Census ZIP Code Business… · Census LEHD · BLS local unemployment · BLS QCEW · BEA county GDP · USAspending · OSHA enforcement data · Census ZIP Business Patterns · Census ACS · USDA ERS county typology · CDFI Fund Opportunity Zones
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Economic history
Lake ErieLake Erie, drawn from an intake crib about 26.5 feet deep and 2,800 feet offshore outside the breakwall, west of the Black River harborLorain Water Purification Plant · Amherst City
Source: Historical economic data: Census Bureau historical county population via the NBER mirror (1900) and Census Bureau population estimates (current and peak), Census County Business Patterns, USDA Census of Agriculture, FHFA House Price Index… · FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) · Census County Business Patterns · USDA Census of Agriculture · FHFA House Price Index · BEA GDP by county · Census American Community Survey · IPUMS NHGIS historical census · Zillow Home Value Index
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Upward mobility
40th to 45thPercentile rank 44.5income rank at 35 for children of low-income parents · 1.18% incarcerated in 2010
Source: Opportunity Atlas (Chetty, Friedman, Hendren, Jones and Porter, Census Bureau): tract outcomes for children born 1978 to 1983, population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census blocks · Opportunity Atlas · Opportunity Insights data
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Social vulnerability
20th to 40th percentile29th percentile of Ohio tractssocioeconomic 29 · household 26 · minority status 37 · housing and transport 44
Source: CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 by census tract (percentile ranks among Ohio tracts), population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census blocks · CDC/ATSDR SVI
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Health
16 to 20%16.4% in fair or poor healthobesity 34.2% · diabetes 12.9% · smoking 13.1% · depression 25%
Source: CDC PLACES 2025 release, ZCTA model-based estimates of adult health (BRFSS 2023, ACS): fair or poor health, obesity, diabetes, smoking, depression, lack of health insurance among adults 18-64 and more; County Health Rankings 2025… · CDC PLACES · County Health Rankings · CDC overdose data · NCI cancer profiles · HRSA data
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Life expectancy
79 to 8280.5 years life expectancy9 tracts, from 73.5 to 83.9
Source: CDC/NCHS U.S. Small-area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (USALEEP, deaths 2010-2015, 2010 census tracts) weighted into ZIPs by 2020 block population · CDC USALEEP
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Hospitals
3 to 6 milesMercy Health - Regional Medical Center, Llc · 3.2 miLorain · 331 beds · 3 within 10 miles
Hospitals within 5 miles
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Specialty Hosp. of Lorain Trauma level IIISpecialty hospital · Amherst · 0.7 mi
- What it is
- Specialty hospital
- Address
- 254 Cleveland Ave, Amherst, OH 44001
- County
- Lorain County
- Beds
- 30
- Trauma center
- Level IIi
- Helipad
- Yes
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Phone
- (440) 988-6260
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Mercy Health - Regional Medical Center, LlcGeneral hospital · Lorain · 3.2 mi
- What it is
- General hospital
- Address
- 3700 Kolbe Road, Lorain, OH 44053
- County
- Lorain County
- Beds
- 331
- Helipad
- Yes
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Medicare overall rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Emergency department (Medicare)
- Yes
- Medicare reports it as
- Mercy Regional Medical Center
- Phone
- (440) 960-4000
- Medicare ID
- 360172
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Clearvista Health and WellnessPsychiatric hospital · Lorain · 3.4 mi
- What it is
- Psychiatric hospital
- Address
- 3364 Kolbe Road, Lorain, OH 44053
- County
- Lorain County
- Beds
- 52
- Ownership
- Proprietary
- Medicare overall rating
- not rated
- Emergency department (Medicare)
- No
- Medicare reports it as
- Clear Vista Health & Wellness
- Phone
- (440) 960-7960
- Medicare ID
- 364052
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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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
The nearest health centers
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Lorain County Health & DentistryHealth center · Lorain · 5.8 mi
- Run by
- a federally qualified health center
- Setting
- Clinic
- City
- Lorain
- Coordinates
- 41.46052, -82.17021
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Lorain County Health and DentistryHealth center · Lorain · 6.6 mi
- Run by
- a federally qualified health center
- Setting
- Clinic
- City
- Lorain
- Coordinates
- 41.43647, -82.11885
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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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Dialysis centers within 5 miles
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Fmc - Elyria Renal Care Group - AmherstDialysis · Amherst · 0.0 mi
- Address
- 100 Cooper Foster Park Rd., Amherst, OH 44001
- Dialysis stations
- 22
- Medicare star rating
- 2 of 5 stars
- Services
- in-center hemodialysis
- Ownership
- for profit
- Chain
- Fresenius Medical Care
- Medicare certified since
- 2001-09-26
- Phone
- (440) 985-2280
- Medicare ID
- 362636
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Davita Amherst DialysisDialysis · Lorain · 2.2 mi
- Address
- 3200 Cooper Foster Park Rd. W., Lorain, OH 44053
- Dialysis stations
- 19
- Medicare star rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Services
- in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis training
- Ownership
- for profit
- Chain
- DaVita
- Medicare certified since
- 2011-01-19
- Phone
- (440) 989-1410
- Medicare ID
- 362766
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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). Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Source: Nearest hospital: miles from each ZIP's population-weighted center to the nearest open general or critical-access hospital in Ohio, or, within 40 miles of the state line in Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Michigan, the… · CMS Care Compare data · HIFLD · HRSA data · CMS NPI files
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Nursing homes
Under 1 mileAMHERST MANOR NURSING HOME · 0.8 mi2 of 5 stars · 114 beds · 5 within 5 miles
Nursing homes within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond
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Amherst Manor Nursing Home2 of 5 stars · Amherst · 0.8 mi
- Address
- 175 N Lake Street, Amherst, OH 44001
- Certified beds
- 114
- Residents on an average day
- 97
- 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 - Corporation
- Chain
- SPRENGER HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (440) 988-4415
- Medicare ID
- 365924
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Oak Hills Nursing Center3 of 5 stars · Lorain · 3.4 mi
- Address
- 3650 Beavercrest Drive, Lorain, OH 44053
- Certified beds
- 80
- Residents on an average day
- 62
- Medicare overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 3 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 1 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- 1 payment denial (latest 2025-06-05)
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- EMBASSY HEALTHCARE
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (440) 282-9171
- Medicare ID
- 365550
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Lake Pointe Health Care5 of 5 stars · Lorain · 3.4 mi
- Address
- 3364 Kolbe Rd, Lorain, OH 44053
- Certified beds
- 99
- Residents on an average day
- 91
- Medicare overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 4 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 2 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- 1 fine totalling $8,021 (latest 2024-09-17)
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- COMMUNICARE HEALTH
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (440) 282-2244
- Medicare ID
- 365623
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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider file (922 Ohio homes), addresses geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (67 unmatched placed at their ZIP center); CMS penalties file (fines and payment denials since 2023, matched by name and… · CMS Care Compare data
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Crime
1 to 2.52.4 violent offenses per 1,000Amherst Police · 10.1 property per 1,000 · 12 months · 65% of violent cleared
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer NIBRS incident files for Ohio, 2024 (2023 file for the trend), as downloaded in September 2026; the FBI keeps accepting agency revisions after release, so an agency's live Explorer totals for the same year can… · FBI Crime Data Explorer · USGS structures service
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Police
1 to 2 milesAmherst Police Department · 1.2 mi2 stations within 3 miles · post office 1.7 mi
Police stations within 3 miles
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Amherst Police DepartmentAmherst · 1.2 mi
- Address
- 911 North Lake Street, Amherst, OH 44001
- Coordinates
- 41.40675, -82.23813
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South Amherst Police DepartmentSouth Amherst · 2.3 mi
- Address
- 103 West Main Street, South Amherst, OH 44001
- Coordinates
- 41.35728, -82.24051
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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Source: USGS National Map structures: police stations (772 Ohio points: the inventory's 731 less 4 closed or duplicate records, with 4 wrong names corrected, plus 45 departments and sheriff's offices it lacks, placed from OpenStreetMap or the… · USGS structures service · OpenStreetMap · Census Bureau geocoder
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Fire and EMS
Under 1 mileAmherst Fire Department · 0.5 mi2 stations within 3 miles, 20 within 8
Fire and EMS stations within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond
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Amherst Fire DepartmentAmherst · 0.5 mi
- Address
- 414 Church Street, Amherst, OH 44001
- Coordinates
- 41.39627, -82.22558
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South Amherst Fire DepartmentSouth Amherst · 2.3 mi
- Address
- 105 West Main Street, South Amherst, OH 44001
- Coordinates
- 41.35723, -82.24094
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Lorain Fire Department Station 7Lorain · 4.2 mi
- Address
- 2111 West Park Drive, Lorain, OH 44053
- Coordinates
- 41.44909, -82.21196
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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Source: USGS National Map structures inventory (fire and EMS stations; most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022): 1,772 Ohio stations after removing duplicate records and checking Columbus- and Cleveland-area stations against the cities'… · USGS structures service · Columbus fire stations · Cleveland fire stations
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Libraries
Under 1 mileAmherst Public Library · 0.7 mi1 within 3 miles, 8 within 8
Public libraries within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond
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Amherst Public LibraryCentral library · Amherst · 0.7 mi
- Address
- 221 Spring St, Amherst, OH 44001
- What it is
- Central library
- Library system
- Amherst Public Library
- Open
- 3,120 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 20,293 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 64,532
- System's loans, FY2024
- 193,029
- People the system serves
- 31,302
- Phone
- (440) 988-4230
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Lorain Public LibraryCentral library · Lorain · 5.9 mi
- Address
- 351 W. Sixth St., Lorain, OH 44052
- What it is
- Central library
- Library system
- Lorain Public Library
- Open
- 3,067 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 60,900 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 450,372
- System's loans, FY2024
- 1,343,185
- People the system serves
- 145,206
- Phone
- (440) 244-1192
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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos inside ZIP 44001
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Amherst Historical SocietyHistorical society · Amherst · 0.1 mi
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Amherst
- Coordinates
- 41.38858, -82.23273
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
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International Society Of Talking Clock CollectorsHistorical society · Amherst · 0.5 mi
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Amherst
- Coordinates
- 41.39079, -82.24147
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The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
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Loraine County HeritageHistorical society · Amherst · 1.4 mi
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Amherst
- Coordinates
- 41.37721, -82.21018
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.
Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 outlet and system files (720 open Ohio central libraries and branches of 251 systems, plus 62 bookmobiles); straight-line miles from each ZIP's population-weighted center to the nearest Ohio library… · IMLS Public Libraries Survey · IMLS Museum Data Files
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Groceries
10 to 33%10.7% in low-income, low-access tracts57% over 1 mile from a supermarket · 5% of households on SNAP (ACS)
Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas 2019 Large Retailer Access Map (2010 tracts, ERS's name for the file since July 2026) weighted by 2020 block population: distance to the nearest supermarket and low-income low-access flags; Census ACS… · USDA ERS Large Retailer Access Map · USDA SNAP retailers · Census ACS
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History, schools and government
How the place began, who governs it now, and the schools that serve it, from the district boundary to its state report card.
Local history
1800 to 1814Amherst · settled 1811first settled, platted or incorporated (earliest year recorded)
Source: Local history researched from Wikipedia, the 1880 county histories on archive.org, Ohio History Connection, National Register listings, Ohio historical markers, local historical societies and Wikimedia Commons, one file per municipality… · Ohio History Connection · Internet Archive (county histories) · Wikimedia Commons · Remarkable Ohio (historical markers)
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Historic places
3 to 63 listed historic placesAmherst Town Hall
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Amherst Town HallBuilding · Amherst · listed 1975
- Address
- 206 S. Main St.
- Where
- Amherst, Lorain County · ZIP 44001
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1975
- NRIS reference number
- 75001459
- Coordinates
- 41.39845, -82.22721
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Central SchoolBuilding · Amherst · listed 1987
- Address
- 474 Church St.
- Where
- Amherst, Lorain County · ZIP 44001
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1987
- NRIS reference number
- 87001985
- Coordinates
- 41.38658, -82.22555
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Old Amherst Freight DepotBuilding · Amherst · listed 1978
- Address
- Franklin St.
- Where
- Amherst, Lorain County · ZIP 44001
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1978
- NRIS reference number
- 78002103
- Coordinates
- 41.39517, -82.21877
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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.
See them on the full map · every historic place in Lorain County
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file (3,286 points for 3,232 of Ohio's roughly 4,200 listings; listings without a point are not counted, and a listing with several points is counted once); listings inside… · National Register data · USGS GNIS
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Schools
49 exempted village school districtsAmherst Exempted VillageExempted village school district · 77% of residents, then Firelands Local
Public schools inside ZIP 44001
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Powers Elementary School3.5 of 5 stars · Amherst · 0.4 mi
- Address
- 393 S Lake St, Amherst, OH 44001
- School district
- Amherst Ex Vill School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 1,140
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 59.8
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 77.3%
- Ohio building IRN
- 030635
- NCES school ID
- 390451902117
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Amherst Junior High School4.5 of 5 stars · Amherst · 0.4 mi
- Address
- 548 Milan Ave, Amherst, OH 44001
- School district
- Amherst Ex Vill School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 856
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 46
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 80.8%
- Ohio building IRN
- 064113
- NCES school ID
- 390451902119
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Marion L Steele High School4.5 of 5 stars · Amherst · 1.1 mi
- Address
- 450 Washington St, Amherst, OH 44001
- School district
- Amherst Ex Vill School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 1,065
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 51.5
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 82.6%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 98.9%
- Ohio building IRN
- 022871
- NCES school ID
- 390451902116
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Walter G. Nord Middle School4.5 of 5 stars · Amherst · 1.2 mi
- Address
- 501 Lincoln St, Amherst, OH 44001
- School district
- Amherst Ex Vill School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 551
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 31
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 87.1%
- Ohio building IRN
- 034553
- NCES school ID
- 390451902118
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. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.
Private schools inside ZIP 44001
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St Joseph Elementary SchoolPrivate, Catholic · Amherst · 1.1 mi
- Address
- 175 Saint Joseph Dr, Amherst, OH 44001
- Kind
- Catholic
- Students, 2023-24
- 181
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 16
- Students per teacher
- 11.3125
- Phone
- (440) 988-4244
- NCES private school ID
- 01058628
Source: NCES Private School Survey 2023-24. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.
Source: Ohio school district boundaries (U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line school districts, as of January 1, 2026) by resident share; NCES EDGE 2024-25 school buildings; NCES Private School Survey 2023-24 public-use file (schools inside the ZIP by… · ODOT GIS · NCES EDGE · NCES Common Core of Data · NCES private schools · Census SAIPE · Census school finances (F-33)
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School ratings
4 stars4 stars overallAmherst Exempted Village · performance index 83.5% of the year's maximum · 98.9% graduate in four years
Source: Ohio School Report Cards 2024-2025 (Department of Education and Workforce): district overall and component star ratings, performance index, graduation rates, spending per pupil and teacher measures, for the district holding the largest… · Ohio school report cards
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Colleges
3 to 8 milesNorthern Institute of Cosmetology · 6 miLorain · 6 campuses within 10 miles
The nearest colleges
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Northern Institute of CosmetologyFor-profit career school · Lorain · 6.0 mi
- What it is
- For-profit career school
- City
- Lorain
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 82
- IPEDS unit ID
- 204431
College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Ross Medical Education Center-ElyriaFor-profit career school · Elyria · 6.5 mi
- What it is
- For-profit career school
- City
- Elyria
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 101
- IPEDS unit ID
- 488952
College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oberlin CollegePrivate nonprofit college · Oberlin · 6.8 mi
- What it is
- Private nonprofit college
- City
- Oberlin
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 4,160
- Tuition and fees, in state
- $64,646
- Graduation rate
- 79% of bachelor's students, within six years (a class of 726)
- IPEDS unit ID
- 204501
College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES IPEDS 2024 directory, 2023-24 enrollment and tuition, graduation rates for the 2017 (four-year) and 2020 (two-year) entering classes. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.
Source: NCES IPEDS: 2024 institutional directory (269 active Ohio institutions with coordinates, less the administrative units and the colleges that have closed since; plus 145 in Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Michigan within… · NCES IPEDS
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Local government
255 citiesAmherst (city)61% of residents, then Amherst Township, Lorain County
Source: ODOT municipal corporation and township boundaries by resident share of 2020 census blocks; Ohio EPA grants awarded in 2025 (OEPA_Achievements, MapServer layer 8); Auditor of State unauditable entities list · ODOT GIS · Auditor of State · Ohio EPA grants (OEPA_Achievements)
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Representatives
OH-5 · Bob Latta (R)Senate 13 vacant · House 53 Joseph A. Miller III
Source: ODOT TIMS Boundaries US_House_District, Ohio_Senate_District and Ohio_House_District (fetched 2026-09-08) by resident share of 2020 census blocks; members from the U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House directories, September 2026 · U.S. House · Ohio Senate · Ohio House · ODOT GIS
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Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on 44001 (Amherst), day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 2.24 in
- 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
- rain so far in 2026
- 35.2 in
- 2.4 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 19.8 in
- a normal year brings 45.5 in
- a normal year
- 38.8 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 2.24 | — | 29 |
| September 2026 | 2.35 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 6.26 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 3.52 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 4.43 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 4.89 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 6.44 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 3.16 | — | 31 |
| February 2026 | 0.29 | 1.9 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.63 | 17.9 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 3.17 | 11.3 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 1.44 | 1.1 | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 57.8 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1963 — 17.9 in |
| Snowiest year | 1910 — 78.2 in |
| Wettest day on record | 12 August 1948 — 4.38 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 1 March 1954 — 15.52 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 27 March 1896 — 19.02 in |
Mostly estimated. Only 3% of these days come from a gauge standing inside 44001 (Amherst) - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.
48,412 days of records, 1893-04-01 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 44001 (Amherst): 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
- 41
- those placed on the map inside 44001 (Amherst)
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 20 |
| Hazardous waste | 8 |
| Air pollution | 4 |
| Landfills | 2 |
| Public drinking water | 2 |
| Wetland and stream fill | 2 |
| Scrap tires | 1 |
| Sewer and water-line construction | 1 |
| Site assessment | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| SOUTH AMHERST VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| AMHERST LANDFILL | Landfills director's approval | |
| SOUTH AMHERST VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| SOUTH AMHERST VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| NORDSON CORPORATION | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| PYLE SOUTH AMHERST ROAD | Wetland and stream fill violation resolved | |
| AMHERST CITY PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| SANDSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCH | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| SANDSTONE COMMUNITY CHURCH | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| AMHERST CITY PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| NORDSON CORPORATION | Air pollution report | |
| BUTCHKO PROPERTIES PHASE 2 | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| SOUTH AMHERST VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| AMHERST CITY PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| MARTIN ST AMRP | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| 132 EAST MAIN STREET INDUSTRIES LLC | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| 132 EAST MAIN STREET INDUSTRIES LLC | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| SANDSTONE CROSSING SKILLED NURSING FACILITY | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| AMHERST LANDFILL | Landfills inspection | |
| AMHERST LANDFILL | Landfills report | |
| AMHERST CITY PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| AMHERST CITY PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| SOUTH AMHERST VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water violation resolved | |
| AMHERST CITY PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| SOUTH AMHERST VILLAGE PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation |
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.
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Places in this ZIP
- Amherstcity61% of residents
- Amherst Townshiptownship21% of residents
- South Amherstvillage7% of residents
- Brownhelm Townshiptownship6% of residents
- Henrietta Townshiptownship4% of residents
- New Russia Townshiptownship1% of residents
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The county
Lorain County: 15 ZIP codes, 32 cities, villages and townships, 304,042 people. The county in numbers.
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Quick answers
What city is ZIP code 44001?
ZIP code 44001 is the Amherst, Ohio post office area in Lorain County, home to 20,837 residents. Of its residents, 61% live in the city of Amherst, 21% in Amherst Township, 7% in the village of South Amherst and 6% in Brownhelm Township.
What county is ZIP code 44001 in?
ZIP code 44001 is in Lorain County, Ohio.
Where does the tap water in ZIP code 44001 come from?
Lake Erie, drawn from an intake crib about 26.5 feet deep and 2,800 feet offshore outside the breakwall, west of the Black River harbor. Lorain Water Purification Plant · Amherst City. Amherst City buys its water from Elyria Water Department. Elyria Water Department treats water from Lake Erie.
What school district is ZIP code 44001 in?
ZIP code 44001 is mostly in the Amherst Exempted Village School District; parts are in the Firelands Local School District.
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