ZIP code 44833: Galion

Crawford County · 16,786 residents

Black Fork/Rocky Fork of Olentangy River via Amman, Amick & Powers Reservoirs. Galion Water Treatment Plant · Galion City. The water here

Crawford County

44833 in 10 facts

The 10 things that stand out about this ZIP against the other 1,232 in Ohio, each with its source.

  1. Where the water comes from Where the water here comes from: Black Fork/Rocky Fork of Olentangy River via Amman, Amick & Powers Reservoirs. Source: EPA SDWIS
  2. Local history 1817 The town here was settled around 1817, later than 62% of the Ohio ZIPs with a researched town. Source: Ohio History Connection
  3. Power plants 41.5 mi This ZIP sits far from a large power plant: the nearest 100+ MW plant is 41.5 miles away, farther than 98% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: EIA-860
  4. Hospitals 0.7 mi This ZIP sits close to a hospital: the nearest general or critical-access hospital is 0.7 miles away, closer than 96% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: CMS Care Compare data
  5. Rail crossings 24 This ZIP has a lot of rail crossings: 24 public at-grade crossings, more than 96% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: FRA crossing inventory (Form 71, current)
  6. Violations 3 This ZIP's water system has more health-based violations than most: 3 since 2015, more than 94% of Ohio ZIPs on a public system. Source: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts)
  7. Airports and Amtrak 50.7 mi This ZIP sits far from a scheduled-service airport: the nearest is 50.7 miles away, farther than 93% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: BTS transportation atlas
  8. Algal toxins 0.0 µg/L Algal toxins run low here: raw water has tested up to 0.0 µg/L of microcystin, lower than 85% of Ohio ZIPs with a result. Source: Ohio EPA HAB information for public water systems
  9. Building permits 1.1 units per 1,000 residents New housing has grown slowly here: 1.1 units permitted per 1,000 residents from 2016 through 2025, fewer than 90% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Census building permits
  10. Home prices +123% Home prices have risen fast here: +123% over ten years, more than 89% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: FHFA house price index

Local events in 44833

22 events in the next 90 days from 3 public calendars. All local events in 44833

  1. MOVE

    10:30 to 11:30 a.m. · From Galion Public Library

  2. Fall Storytime

    10:30 to 11 a.m. · From Galion Public Library

Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.

Your ballot

Who represents 44833, and what is on its ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election.

Locator: Crawford County and Crawford's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districtsLocator: Crawford County and Crawford's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districts.Crawford CountyU.S. House district 5: Bob Latta (R)Ohio Senate district 26: not on the 2026 ballot; the sitting member is Bill Reineke (R)Ohio House district 87: Riordan T. McClain (R)
Crawford County and 44833's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districts.
44833's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districts
ChamberDistrictMemberParty
U.S. HouseDistrict 5 (84% of residents)——
U.S. HouseDistrict 4 (16% of residents)——
Ohio SenateDistrict 26 (97% of residents)Bill ReinekeR
Ohio SenateDistrict 22 (3% of residents)Mark RomanchukR
Ohio HouseDistrict 87 (97% of residents)Riordan T. McClainR
Ohio HouseDistrict 76 (3% of residents)Marilyn JohnR

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:

44833's district races:

Local questions and issues on 44833's 2026 ballot
JurisdictionTypeQuestion
Galion CityMiscellaneousMiscellaneous, for Proposed ordinance changing term for president of council.
Galion CityMiscellaneousMiscellaneous, for Proposed ordinance changing terms for at-large members.

Matched to this ZIP by jurisdiction name: Galion, Galion City, Jefferson Township, Jefferson Township Township, North Bloomfield Township, North Bloomfield Township Township, Polk Township, Polk Township Township, Sandusky Township, Sandusky Township Township, Tully Township, Tully Township Township, Washington Township, Washington Township Township, Whetstone Township, Whetstone Township Township.

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.

What's on my ballot in 44833 · Election 2026

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

Reservoirs & inland lakes

Black Fork/Rocky Fork of Olentangy River via Amman, Amick & Powers ReservoirsGalion Water Treatment Plant · Galion 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 969–1,410 ft, averaging 1,162 ft · Galion 1,108–1,234 ft, averaging 1,164 · Crawford County 856–1,236 ft (USGS 3DEP)

Black Fork/Rocky Fork of Olentangy River via Amman, Amick & Powers Reservoirs
Reservoir or inland lake · via Galion City
Drawn from: Black Fork/Rocky Fork of Olentangy River via Amman, Amick & Powers Reservoirs
Treated at Galion Water Treatment Plant, 625 W Railroad St, Galion, OH 44833
  • primaryAmman Reservoir intake · Rocky Fork (of the Black Fork of the Olentangy River)
    In-stream dam/reservoir on the Rocky Fork southeast of Galion; water is pumped from here onward into Amick and Powers reservoirs for storage
  • storageAmick Reservoir · Amick Reservoir (off-stream storage, filled from Amman/Rocky Fork)
    Upground storage reservoir south of Amman Reservoir that holds water pumped from the Rocky Fork system before treatment
  • storagePowers Reservoir · Powers Reservoir (off-stream storage, filled from Amman/Rocky Fork)
    Storage reservoir on West Railroad Street immediately beside the treatment plant, final holding pond before the plant intake
Show everything served from this plant

Galion City is owned by a local government, with 4,963 service connections serving 10,453 people. Office: 419-468-1857 (SDWIS).

EPA modeled the service boundary of Galion 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 $681 a year for water ($57 a month; $410 at 2,500 gallons, $1,006 at 8,000) (Ohio EPA rate survey, inside-city rates).

Ohio EPA loans since 2016 for projects inside this ZIP: $237,000 across 1 project (wastewater $237K); largest: Iberia Area Sewer System (Morrow County, 2018, $237K).

Water bodies
Amman Reservoir, Amick Reservoir, Powers Reservoir, Black Fork Mohican River, Rocky Fork
Raw intakes
Amick Reservoir
Rocky Fork Amman Reservoir
Powers Reservoir
Serves
10,453 people · Crawford County
EPA ID
OH1700211

About this area's water

Galion City Township, Ohio
Galion City Township, OhioPhoto: JBTHEMILKER, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Did you know
  • Galion's water plant is rated for 4 million gallons a day but treats only about 1.3 million — roughly a third of capacity most days.
  • The city's three reservoirs hold about 527 million gallons of raw water for a system serving roughly 10,450 people, but the source reservoir itself is tiny: Ohio EPA measured Amann Reservoir at just 24 acres and 13.1…
  • Galion's water is not really from Galion — Amann Reservoir sits south of town in Morrow County, and the water is pumped from there into two more reservoirs before it ever reaches the plant.
  • Water rates in Galion are set administratively by the Safety-Service Director; only sewer and electric rates go through a City Council ordinance.
  • If Galion ever runs short, it can open a connection to the City of Crestline — an option it did not use in either 2024 or 2025.

Source: galion.citygalion.citydam.assets.ohio.gov

History6
  • 2003Ohio EPA completed a Source Water Assessment for Galion, finding the system susceptible to agricultural runoff, industrial/commercial sources, oil and gas production activity and…
  • 2019Ohio EPA published its Amann Reservoir inland lake water quality report (2016-17 sampling), classifying the reservoir as eutrophic to hyper-eutrophic and placing it on a watch list for nitrate.
  • 2023-08-31The City and Ohio EPA agreed to terms on Director's Final Findings and Orders, setting deadlines for a list of plant projects and requiring the city to come into compliance for Total Trihalomethanes…
  • 2024Galion operated under a conditioned license to operate its public water system, with conditions requiring it to address ongoing violations; the same conditioned status continued in 2025.
  • 2024-04Clarifier rehabilitation completed under the EPA orders.
  • 2024-06Elevated tank mixing completed under the EPA orders.

Source: galion.citygalion.citydam.assets.ohio.gov

Treatment & pressure

How it is treated

Surface water only, no wells. Raw water is the Rocky Fork of the Olentangy River, impounded in Amann Reservoir south of Galion in Morrow County, then pumped into the Amick and Powers upground reservoirs, which feed the treatment plant at 625 W Railroad St. Conventional treatment — clarification and…

Source: galion.citygalion.citydam.assets.ohio.gov

Water pressure

Not published — no citywide psi figure appears in the City of Galion's Water Department pages, either annual drinking water report, the fee schedule, or the Ohio EPA lake report.…

Source: galion.citygalion.city

What it costs

$13.81 per 1,000 gallons

Typical household bill about $80 a month for water.

From the City of Galion Consolidated Fee Schedule (updated March 1, 2023), the most recent schedule published on the city site; it shows identical in-town water rates in the Jan…

Source: galion.citygalion.city

Water quality & impurities10
ContaminantLevelLimitYear
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)
Running annual average, range of individual detections 36.8-98.9 ppb — single samples above the MCL. The CCR reports no…
74.65 ppb802025
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Range 13.4-26.1 ppb. Byproduct of disinfection.
22.9 ppb602025
Total chlorine
Range 1.42-1.70 ppm.
1.54 ppm4 (MRDL)2025
Turbidity
Highest single result of the year; 97% of samples met the standard (down from 100% and a 0.16 NTU maximum in 2024).
0.91 NTUTreatment…2025
Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
Lowest running annual average removal ratio; monthly range 1.80-2.65. TOC is the TTHM precursor.
2.24 removal…Treatment…2025
Nitrate
Range <0.10-0.47 ppm; well below the MCL in finished water.
0.47 ppm102025
Fluoride
Includes added fluoride.
0.165 ppm42025
Atrazine
Not detected in 2025 finished water; detected at 0.21 ppb in 2024. Ohio EPA found atrazine above the 3.0 ug/L MCL in…
0.0 ppb32025
Lead (90th percentile)
Zero of 30 samples exceeded the action level.
<2.0 ppb15 (action…2025
Copper (90th percentile)
Zero of 30 samples exceeded the action level.
0.034 ppm1.3 (action…2025

Source: galion.citygalion.city

EPA compliance record

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).

EPA health-based violations since 2015:

  • 2023Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) · above the legal limit on average · measured 0.083 MG/L (limit 0.08 MG/L) · returned to compliance
  • 2022Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) · above the legal limit on average · measured 0.086 MG/L (limit 0.08 MG/L) · returned to compliance
  • 2021Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) · above the legal limit on average · measured 0.081 MG/L (limit 0.08 MG/L) · returned to compliance

7 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 3 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 1 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records); 3 health-based.

Projects & plans6

Recent and current work

  • Clarifier rehabilitation · 2024 · completed
    Completed April 2024 under the August 2023 Ohio EPA Director's Final Findings and Orders. Cost not published by the city.
  • Elevated tank mixing · 2024 · completed
    Completed June 2024 under the same EPA orders, to reduce water age and TTHM formation in storage. Cost not published.
  • General plant improvements · 2025 · completed
    Reported complete November 2025 in the 2025 CCR (still listed as ongoing in the 2024 CCR). Cost not published.
  • Clearwell mixing and aeration · 2025 · under construction
    Listed as ongoing in the 2025 CCR; the 2024 CCR described it as conditional ('if necessary'). Aeration strips TTHM out of finished water. Cost not published in…

Source: galion.citygalion.city

Planned or needed

  • TTHM compliance demonstration under the 2023 Ohio EPA orders · 2026 · needed
    Once the ordered projects are complete, the city has 12 months to achieve TTHM compliance and must then maintain it for six consecutive quarters. Until that is…
  • Amann pump house / pump station work · planned
    Reported by the local investigative outlet Marion Watch, citing Ohio EPA compliance schedules, as a remaining item with plans due to Ohio EPA in March 2026 and…

Source: galion.citynews.marionwatch.com

Supply stress

The vulnerability here is water quality in a very small, very shallow reservoir, not scarcity. Ohio EPA's inland lake report on Amann Reservoir (2016-17 sampling, published July 2019) found a lake of only 24 acres with a maximum depth of 4.0 meters (13.1 feet), 262 acre-feet behind a 550-foot dam plus another 220 acre-feet behind an…

Source: dam.assets.ohio.govgalion.citygalion.city

Sewers

Sanitary

The City of Galion operates its own sanitary sewer system and wastewater treatment plant, billed separately from water on the customer's utility bill. Sewer is charged on metered water usage per 100 cubic feet using the same ladder as water: in-town $7.51/month minimum plus $10.33 per 100 cu ft for the first block, declining to $4.13…

Storm

Galion charges a stormwater fee of $6.00 per month as a flat rate to all residential customers; undeveloped property is not charged. Non-single-family and commercial property is billed by equivalent residential units, where one ERU is 2,204 square feet of…

Source: galion.citygalion.citynews.marionwatch.com

Sourcesverified

Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.

Water systems in this ZIP

  • Galion City64% of residentsBlack Fork/Rocky Fork of Olentangy River via Amman, Amick & Powers Reservoirs
  • Del-co Water Company, Inc.9% of residentsOlentangy River, O'Shaughnessy and Alum Creek reservoirs, plus Knox County wells

27% 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

Violations3 health-based since 2015, lead 0 ppbRadon6.5 pCi/L avg, 42% above 4Stream health68% of land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeNearest sewage plantGalion Wwtp, 1.2 mi, 11/12 quarters in violationGroundwaterDRASTIC 100, 2,041 well logsElectricCity of Galion Electric DepartmentGas pipelinenearest transmission line 1.4 mi, 14.3 mi in the ZIPNearest power plantAEUG Union Solar, LLC 41.5 mi, 325 MW solarGasColumbia Gas of Ohio, 61% on gasSchool districtGalion CitySocial vulnerability53rd percentile in OhioUpward mobilityrank 41.5 for low-income childrenPeople16.8% with a degree, 0.7% born abroadJobs5K jobs hereSchool tax24.4 mills, ~$1,708 on a $200K homePhoneFrontier NorthFlood3.3% in floodplainInternet98% served, fiber 69%Hazard risk22, above 22% of US tractsOil and gas wells189 in the ZIP, 5 producingSoilsUrban land, septic not ratedAbandoned minesnone mappedSpills15 reported since 2021, mostly diesel and fuel oilDisasters6 tornado tracks within 5 mi, 18 FEMA declarationsDams4 high-hazard within 10 mi, nearest 0.9 miTraffic18K a day on US 30Bridges10 of 71 rated poorRail crossings24 public crossings, up to 17 trains a dayTransit0% within half a mile of a stopWalkability6.4 of 20, below averageAirportCMH 50.7 mi, Amtrak 49.5 miClimate26" snow, 50°F averageAlgal toxinsmonitored, none foundPFASdetected below limitsLeadnone at the 90th-percentile tap, 118 lead or galvanized lines, 4,620 unknownByproductsTTHM 53 µg/L (2019)Fluoridenot fluoridated, 7 treatment stepsWatershedUpper Scioto, Headwaters Olentangy RiverLocal governmentGalion (city)Cell signal5G on 99% of landU.S. HouseOH-5 Bob Latta (R)Life expectancy75.4 yearsHealth22% fair or poor health, obesity 39%Nearest hospitalGalion Community Hospital, 0.7 mi, 3★Toxic sitesSuperfund 22.6 mi away, 10 TRIToxic releases1,457 lb on site, 2 facilitiesAirPM2.5 9 µg/m³, monitor 44.9 miFire/EMSGalion Fire Department, 0.5 miLibraryGalion Public Library Association, 0.6 miGroceries21% in low-income, low-access tractsEV chargersfast charger 11.2 mi, 0 stations hereHistorysettled 1817Historic places5 listed, incl. Big Four DepotWetlands1.8% of land, 1,047 acresLand cover14% developed, 13% tree canopyParks0.6% public land, Mt. Gilead State Park 12.2 miNursing homeGalion Meadows Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation, 0.9 mi, 1★PoliceGalion Police Department, 0.5 miCrime2.4 violent per 1,000, Galion PoliceAquifer25% sensitive settingCollegeRoss Medical Education Center-Ontario, 10.9 miSchool ratings3 stars, Galion CityHome prices$174K typical, +123% in ten yearsBuilding permits11 units 2016 to 2025 in Galion; 21 permits on housesHomes and income$146K home, $60K incomeHousesbuilt 1956, 6,757 homes

Infrastructure in this ZIP

60.0 mi of highway (SR 19, SR 61, US 30) · 22.3 mi of railroad (CSX, Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern Railroad, Norfolk Southern) · 14.3 mi of gas transmission pipeline (Columbia Gas Transmission (TC Energy)) · 17.9 mi of oil, fuel or NGL pipeline (Marathon Pipe Line) · 55.2 mi of electric transmission line (AEP Ohio, AEP) · 4 airfields or heliports (Horning, Galion Municipal, Galion Community Hospital) · 1 sewage plant (Galion WWTP) · 5 dams (Amick Upground Reservoir, Amann Reservoir Upper Dam, Powers Upground Reservoir) · 2 power plants (Galion, Galion Generating Station) · 11 substations · 24 grade crossings (CSX, Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern) · 7 registered towers · 2 landfills or waste sites, open and closed (Willig Tire Recycling Llc, Galion City) · 1 hospital (Galion Community Hospital) · 3 fire or EMS stations · 1 police station · 2 post offices · 3 water towers or tanks in OpenStreetMap · 2 water works or pumping stations in OpenStreetMap · 10.1 mi of trail and bike route · 72 bridges and culverts in the inventory · 10 sites with underground fuel tanks in use · 4 open leaking-tank releases · 4 other permitted dischargers (Automated Petroleum Inc Dba Jen Cor Food Store, Glen-Gery Corp - Iberia Plant, Mac Resources Llc Mt Gilead) · 1 quarry or pit (Iberia Quarry) · 11 source water protection zones (Galion City, Valley View Golf Course, Spring Valley Mobile Home Park) · 1 stormwater (MS4) permit area (City of Galion) · 40 biosolids application fields (sludge from Galion WWTP, Lexington WWTP, Crestline WWTP) · 9 brownfield or cleanup sites · 2 broadcast transmitters (WFXN-FM, WYKL) · 2 mining permit areas (Glen Gery Corp (permit IM-0309), Glen Gery Corp (permit IM-2378)).

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Intakes and plants

Inland rivers

Black Fork/Rocky Fork of Olentangy River via Amman, Amick & Powers ReservoirsGalion Water Treatment Plant · Galion 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

Two or three

3 health-based violations since 2015Galion City · lead 0 ppb (2025) · 7 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 60

TTHM 53 µg/L (2019)Galion City · HAA5 20 · worst year 70

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

Trace PFAS, under the federal limit

PFAS detected below the federal limitGalion City · UCMR 5, 4 samples · Ohio EPA 2020

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

No lead detected

No lead at the 90th-percentile tapGalion City · period ending 2025-12 · 118 of 5,229 service lines lead or galvanized, 4,620 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

Not fluoridated

Not fluoridatedGalion City · 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

Monitored, no microcystin found

Monitored, none foundGalion City

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 120

DRASTIC 100 · Interbedded Sandstone and Shale2,041 well logs · median 74 ft deep · 2 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

10 to 30%

25% 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

8 to 11 quarters

Galion Wwtp · 1.2 mi11 of 12 quarters in violation · 2.7 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

Half to three quarters

68% of the land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeHeadwaters Olentangy River · bacteria (pathogens), nutrients

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 the Ohio River

Upper Scioto subbasinHeadwaters Olentangy River · drains to the Ohio River

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

$100,000 to $175,000

Median home $145,500household income $60,151 · rent $823 · 68% 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

1940 to 1959

Median year built 19566,757 homes · $116K 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… · Crawford County Auditor · Marion County Auditor · Morrow County Auditor · Richland County Auditor

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Building permits

Under 5 units per 1,000 residents

11 housing units permitted 2016 to 2025Galion · 1.1 per 1,000 residents · 1 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

100 to 150%

+123% in ten years+66% in five · +6% 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

22 to 25 mills

24.4 effective school millsGalion City · about $1,708 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 systems

City of Galion Electric DepartmentMunicipal electric system · 62% of residents, then AEP Ohio

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 Ohio

Columbia Gas of OhioPUCO-regulated utility · 61% 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

35 miles or more

AEUG Union Solar, LLC · 41.5 misolar, 325 MW · 2 plants within 10 miles

Power plants within 10 miles

  1. GalionPetroleum · 5 MW · 0.3 mi
    Capacity
    5 MW
    Main source
    Petroleum
    Technology
    Petroleum Liquids
    Operator
    American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
    Sector
    Electric Utility
    Where
    Galion, Crawford County
    Generating units
    3
    Built
    2001
    EIA plant code
    7918
  2. Galion Generating StationNatural gas · 38 MW · 0.7 mi
    Capacity
    38 MW
    Main source
    Natural gas
    Technology
    Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
    Operator
    American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
    Sector
    Electric Utility
    Where
    Galion, Crawford County
    Generating units
    2
    Built
    2000
    EIA plant code
    55263

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 miles

Nearest transmission line 1.4 miColumbia Gas Trans Co (interstate) · 14.3 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

Frontier

Frontier NorthIncumbent 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

2 to 5% lack it

98% can get 100/20 Mbpsfiber 69% · cable 86% · 8,065 locations · 2% unserved

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 everywhere

5G on 99% of the land4G or better 100% · AT&T 100% · T-Mobile 97% · 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

10 to 20 miles

Fast charger 11.2 mi: BUCYRUS BUCYRUS-MAIN0 public stations in the ZIP (0 Level 2, 0 DC fast ports) · 0 within 5 miles of its center

None inside the ZIP; the nearest public charging sites

  1. BUCYRUS BUCYRUS-MAIN DC fast1 DC fast · Bucyrus · 11.2 mi
    Address
    117 Washington Square, Bucyrus, OH 44820
    Ports
    1 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS, CHAdeMO
    Network
    ChargePoint Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-758-4389
  2. Spitzer Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram2 Level 2 · Ontario · 11.4 mi
    Address
    1777 West 4th Street, Ontario, OH 44906
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Blink Network
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    888-998-2546

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

0% within half a mile of a stop0 stops in the ZIP

None inside the ZIP; the nearest station or terminal

  1. 7-elevenIntercity bus stop · Greyhound Lines · 14.9 mi
    What it is
    Intercity bus stop
    Operator
    Greyhound Lines
    City
    Mansfield
    Coordinates
    40.68663, -82.51130

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 6.4 of 2047 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

11 to 25

24 public crossings23 gated · up to 17 trains a day · CSX

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

10 to 20%

71 bridges, 10 rated poortypical build year 1982 · busiest New US 30, 13,031 vehicles a day

Bridges rated poor inside ZIP 44833

  1. E Church Street over Wash Blmr Pierce Sts & RPoor · built 1975 · 0.6 mi
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1975
    Length
    277 ft
    Owner
    City
    Vehicles a day
    2,663
    Coordinates
    40.73510, -82.78459
  2. S Jefferson Street over Olentangy RiverPoor · built 1979 · 0.8 mi
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1979
    Length
    18 ft
    Owner
    City
    Vehicles a day
    100
    Coordinates
    40.73698, -82.79797
  3. N. Market Street over Olentangy RiverPoor · built 1950 · 0.8 mi
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1950
    Length
    16 ft
    Owner
    City
    Vehicles a day
    1,786
    Coordinates
    40.73886, -82.78923
  4. Cummings Road over Olentangy RiverPoor · built 1900 · 1.6 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
    16 ft
    Owner
    City
    Vehicles a day
    1,295
    Coordinates
    40.73930, -82.76502
  5. SR 288 over Flat RunPoor · built 1940 · 3.4 mi
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1940
    Length
    45 ft
    Owner
    State
    Vehicles a day
    2,532
    Coordinates
    40.68027, -82.81273
  6. Cr30 over Flat RunPoor · built 1988 · 4.7 mi
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1988
    Length
    14 ft
    Owner
    County
    Vehicles a day
    280
    Coordinates
    40.67296, -82.84491
  7. S.r. 19 over Snyder RunPoor · built 1959 · 4.8 mi
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1959
    Length
    16 ft
    Owner
    State
    Vehicles a day
    2,246
    Coordinates
    40.66000, -82.76562
  8. S.r. 19 over Whetstone CreekPoor · built 1959 · 5.2 mi
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1959
    Length
    16 ft
    Owner
    State
    Vehicles a day
    2,246
    Coordinates
    40.65460, -82.76573
  9. Cr46 over Trib of Whetstone CreekPoor · built 1991 · 6.3 mi
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1991
    Length
    9 ft
    Owner
    County
    Vehicles a day
    267
    Coordinates
    40.64167, -82.74667
  10. County Road 114i over Br Over Flat Run WestPoor · built 1955 · 7.6 mi
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1955
    Length
    18 ft
    Owner
    County
    Vehicles a day
    58
    Coordinates
    40.65167, -82.89667

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

5,000 to 20,000

18,457 vehicles a day on US 306,422 trucks · 424K 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

50 to 60 miles

CMH · 50.7 miJohn Glenn Columbus International · Amtrak at Sandusky 49.5 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/L

6.5 pCi/L average radon229 tests · 42% above 4 pCi/L · median 2.9

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

2 to 5%

3.3% of residents in the 1% floodplain3% 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

20 to 40

Risk score 22 · higher than about 22% of US tractsIce storm 88 · Hail 81

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

20 to 30 inches

26" of snow a year · 50.1°F averageJanuary low 18° · July high 84° · 43" 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

8.5 to 9

PM2.5 9 µg/m³ at Smoky Row Near Road, 44.9 miozone 70 ppb at Delaware

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

15 miles or more

Nearest NPL site 22.6 mi: Little Scioto River10 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

1,000 to 10,000 lb

1,457 lb released on site in 20242 facilities · Glen-Gery Corp

Facilities reporting toxic releases inside ZIP 44833

  1. Innovative RecyclingToxics Release Inventory · Galion · 0.4 mi
    Address
    352 South St, Galion, OH 44833
    County
    Crawford County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44833DRSSR352SO
    EPA registry ID
    110002112400
  2. Hydraulic Technologies LlcToxics Release Inventory · Galion · 0.6 mi
    Address
    850 South Street, Galion, OH 44833
    County
    Crawford County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (closed)
    EPA program ID
    44833DRSSR1MILE
    EPA registry ID
    110000825126
  3. Urban Ind of OhioToxics Release Inventory · Galion · 0.6 mi
    Address
    224 S Riblet St, Galion, OH 44833
    County
    Crawford County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44833RBNND224SO
    EPA registry ID
    110000850641
  4. Mcclain E-Z Pack IncToxics Release Inventory · Galion · 1.0 mi
    Address
    500 Sherman Street, Galion, OH 44833
    County
    Crawford County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44833PBDYG500SH
    EPA registry ID
    110002112428
  5. Galion LlcToxics Release Inventory · Galion · 1.0 mi
    Address
    515 North East Street, Galion, OH 44833
    County
    Crawford County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (open)
    EPA program ID
    44833VLNTC515NO
    EPA registry ID
    110001619801
  6. Carter Machine Co Plant 1Toxics Release Inventory · Galion · 1.2 mi
    Address
    820 Edward St, Galion, OH 44833
    County
    Crawford County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44833CRTRM820ED
    EPA registry ID
    110000907485
  7. A & G Manufacturing Co IncToxics Release Inventory · Galion · 1.6 mi
    Address
    280 Gelsanliter Rd., Galion, OH 44833
    County
    Crawford County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44833GMNFC280GE
    EPA registry ID
    110002112419
  8. Peco Ii Inc.Toxics Release Inventory · Galion · 2.0 mi
    Address
    1376 St. Rte. 598, Galion, OH 44833
    County
    Crawford County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    44833TTPWR1376S
    EPA registry ID
    110000391629
  9. Glen-Gery CorpToxics Release Inventory · Galion · 6.1 mi
    Address
    3785 Cardington Iberia Rd, Galion, OH 44833
    County
    Morrow County County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43325GLNGR3785C
    EPA registry ID
    110000608110
  10. Mac Resources Llc Mt GileadToxics Release Inventory · Mount Gilead · 6.4 mi
    Address
    3795 County Rd. 29, Mount Gilead, OH 43338
    County
    Morrow County
    Status
    Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
    EPA program ID
    43338SMSGP3795C
    EPA registry ID
    110000605391

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

3 to 5

4 high-hazard dams within 10 milesNearest: Powers Upground Reservoir, 0.9 mi, condition poor

High-hazard dams within 10 miles

  1. Powers Upground Reservoir PoorOffstream · condition: poor · 0.9 mi
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Poor (assessed 12/08/2020)
    River or stream
    Offstream
    Purpose
    Water Supply;Recreation
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    28 ft
    Storage
    612 acre-feet
    Completed
    1954
    Owner type
    Local Government
    County
    Crawford County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Galion
    Last inspection
    12/08/2020
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH00150
  2. Amick Upground Reservoir PoorOffstream · condition: poor · 2.3 mi
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Poor (assessed 12/08/2020)
    River or stream
    Offstream
    Purpose
    Water Supply;Recreation
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    40 ft
    Storage
    1,035 acre-feet
    Completed
    1968
    Owner type
    Local Government
    County
    Morrow County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Iberia
    Last inspection
    12/08/2020
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH00686
  3. Candlewood Lake DamWhetstone Creek · condition: fair · 7.7 mi
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Fair (assessed 10/30/2020)
    River or stream
    Whetstone Creek
    Purpose
    Recreation
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    58 ft
    Storage
    7,125 acre-feet
    Completed
    1974
    Owner type
    Private
    County
    Morrow County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Mt. Gilead
    Last inspection
    10/30/2020
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH00688
  4. Clear Fork Reservoir Dam PoorClear Fork Mohican River · condition: poor · 9.8 mi
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Poor (assessed 11/20/2019)
    River or stream
    Clear Fork Mohican River
    Purpose
    Water Supply;Recreation
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    44 ft
    Storage
    26,532 acre-feet
    Completed
    1949
    Owner type
    Local Government
    County
    Richland County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Lexington
    Last inspection
    11/21/2024
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH00778

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

6 to 10

6 tornado tracks within 5 miles since 19504 rated F2/EF2+ · 18 federal declarations for Crawford County · 0 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 39

15 spills reported since 2021mostly diesel and fuel oil · 5 reached water

Spills reported since 2021 inside ZIP 44833

  1. Fish Kill Reached water2023-04-01 · Springfield Twp · 0.3 mi
    Reported
    2023-04-01
    What spilled
    Fish Kill
    Reached a waterway
    Clear Fork Mohican River
    Where
    Springfield Twp, Richland County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2304EPA0000489
  2. Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2021-10-04 · Galion · 0.3 mi
    Reported
    2021-10-04
    What spilled
    Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
    Where
    Galion, Crawford County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2110EPA0001571
  3. Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)2024-11-19 · Galion · 0.7 mi
    Reported
    2024-11-19
    What spilled
    Oil Hydraulic Fluid(S)
    Where
    Galion, Crawford County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2411EPA0001899
  4. Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2024-06-20 · Galion · 0.8 mi
    Reported
    2024-06-20
    What spilled
    Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
    Largest amount reported
    75 gallons
    Where
    Galion, Crawford County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2406EPA0001042
  5. Asphalt / Bitumen2023-06-26 · Galion · 1.1 mi
    Reported
    2023-06-26
    What spilled
    Asphalt / Bitumen
    Largest amount reported
    300 gallons
    Where
    Galion, Crawford County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2306EPA0001052
  6. Waste Water Reached water2024-05-10 · Galion · 1.2 mi
    Reported
    2024-05-10
    What spilled
    Waste Water
    Reached a waterway
    17 - Olentangy River
    Where
    Galion, Crawford County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2405EPA0000782
  7. Sewage Human Reached water2023-08-31 · Galion · 1.2 mi
    Reported
    2023-08-31
    What spilled
    Sewage Human
    Reached a waterway
    17 - Olentangy River
    Where
    Galion, Crawford County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2308EPA0001541
  8. Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon Reached water2021-09-29 · Jefferson Twp · 2.4 mi
    Reported
    2021-09-29
    What spilled
    Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon
    Reached a waterway
    99 - Unnamed
    Where
    Jefferson Twp, Crawford County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2109EPA0001541
  9. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-03-18 · Jefferson Twp · 2.4 mi
    Reported
    2025-03-18
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    60 gallons
    Where
    Jefferson Twp, Crawford County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2503EPA0000391
  10. Bentonite / Drilling Mud2026-02-04 · Washington Twp · 2.4 mi
    Reported
    2026-02-04
    What spilled
    Bentonite / Drilling Mud
    Where
    Washington Twp, Morrow County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2602EPA0000126
  11. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2026-01-09 · Washington Twp · 2.4 mi
    Reported
    2026-01-09
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Largest amount reported
    5 gallons
    Where
    Washington Twp, Morrow County
    Ohio EPA district office
    CDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2601EPA0000026
  12. Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos) Reached water2021-06-29 · Jefferson Twp · 3.9 mi
    Reported
    2021-06-29
    What spilled
    Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)
    Reached a waterway
    17 - Allen Run
    Where
    Jefferson Twp, Crawford County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2106EPA0000951
  13. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2026-06-02 · Jefferson Twp · 4.0 mi
    Reported
    2026-06-02
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    100 gallons
    Where
    Jefferson Twp, Crawford County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2606EPA0000967
  14. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2026-02-16 · Jefferson Twp · 4.0 mi
    Reported
    2026-02-16
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road); Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85); Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
    Largest amount reported
    50 gallons
    Where
    Jefferson Twp, Crawford County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2602EPA0000183
  15. Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2022-08-15 · Tully Twp · 7.5 mi
    Reported
    2022-08-15
    What spilled
    Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
    Largest amount reported
    110 gallons
    Where
    Tully Twp, Marion County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2208EPA0001239

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 200

189 wells in the ZIP5 producing · 0 shale · 1 orphan · nearest 1.12 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 mine

No mapped minenearest mapped non-coal mine 33.1 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

No data

Urban landseptic not rated

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

0.5 to 2%

0.6% public land · 362 acresGallion Country Club · Mt. Gilead State Park 12.2 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

1 to 3%

1.8% wetland · 1,047 acresforested/shrub wetland 520 · pond 346 · emergent wetland 180

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

5% to 15%

14% developed · 13% tree canopycropland 57% · forest 17% · 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

15 to 25%

16.8% bachelor's or higher93.5% white · 0.2% Black · 1.7% Hispanic · 0.6% Asian · 0.7% 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 1

5,013 jobs · 7,614 employed residentsHealth care and social assistance leads

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

Reservoirs & inland lakes

Black Fork/Rocky Fork of Olentangy River via Amman, Amick & Powers ReservoirsGalion Water Treatment Plant · Galion 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 45th

Percentile rank 41.5income rank at 35 for children of low-income parents · 2.76% 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

40th to 60th

53rd percentile of Ohio tractssocioeconomic 62 · household 55 · minority status 9 · housing and transport 52

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

20 to 25%

21.6% in fair or poor healthobesity 39.3% · diabetes 14.5% · smoking 18.2% · depression 26.8%

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

73 to 76

75.4 years life expectancy12 tracts, from 70.2 to 79.5

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

Under 3 miles

Galion Community Hospital · 0.7 miGalion · 50 beds · 1 within 10 miles

Hospitals within 5 miles, and the nearest beyond

  1. Galion Community HospitalCritical access hospital · Galion · 0.7 mi
    What it is
    Critical access hospital
    Address
    269 Portland Way South, Galion, OH 44833
    County
    Crawford County
    Beds
    50
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    No
    Phone
    (419) 468-4841
    Medicare ID
    361325
  2. Avita Ontario HospitalGeneral hospital · Ontario · 10.7 mi
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    715 Richland Mall, Ontario, OH 44906
    County
    Richland County
    Beds
    26
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Medicare reports it as
    Avita Ontario
    Phone
    (567) 307-7666
    Medicare ID
    360365
  3. Bucyrus Community HospitalCritical access hospital · Bucyrus · 11.5 mi
    What it is
    Critical access hospital
    Address
    629 North Sandusky Avenue, Bucyrus, OH 44820
    County
    Crawford County
    Beds
    25
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    not rated
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Phone
    (419) 562-4677
    Medicare ID
    361316

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.

Community health centers within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond

  1. Galion Family HealthHealth center · Galion · 0.5 mi
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Galion
    Coordinates
    40.73401, -82.78830
  2. Community Counseling and Wellness Centers-BucyrusHealth center · Bucyrus · 10.0 mi
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Bucyrus
    Coordinates
    40.81629, -82.93984

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

  1. Davita Galion DialysisDialysis · Galion · 0.9 mi
    Address
    856 Harding Way West, Galion, OH 44833
    Dialysis stations
    17
    Medicare star rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis training
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    DaVita
    Medicare certified since
    2014-09-17
    Phone
    (419) 462-0897
    Medicare ID
    362816

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 mile

Galion Meadows Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation · 0.9 mi1 of 5 stars · 62 beds · 2 within 5 miles

Nursing homes within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond

  1. Galion Meadows Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation1 of 5 stars · Galion · 0.9 mi
    Address
    935 Rosewood Dr, Galion, OH 44833
    Certified beds
    62
    Residents on an average day
    53
    Medicare overall rating
    1 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    1 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    1 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    1 payment denial (latest 2025-09-16)
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 468-7544
    Medicare ID
    365351
  2. Mill Creek Nursing & Rehabilitation4 of 5 stars · Galion · 1.3 mi
    Address
    900 Wedgewood Circle, Galion, OH 44833
    Certified beds
    79
    Residents on an average day
    75
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    3 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    3 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    FOUNDATIONS HEALTH SOLUTIONS
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 462-0173
    Medicare ID
    366370
    Map point
    the ZIP's center (the address did not geocode)
  3. Crestline Rehabilitation and Nursing Center2 of 5 stars · Crestline · 5.0 mi
    Address
    327 West Main Street, Crestline, OH 44827
    Certified beds
    30
    Residents on an average day
    22
    Medicare overall rating
    2 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    2 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    3 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    NORTHWOOD HEALTHCARE GROUP
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 683-3255
    Medicare ID
    366002

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 2.5

2.4 violent offenses per 1,000Galion Police · 5.5 property per 1,000 · 12 months · 52% 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

Under 1 mile

Galion Police Department · 0.5 mi1 station within 3 miles · post office 0.6 mi

Police stations within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond

  1. Galion Police DepartmentGalion · 0.5 mi
    Address
    301 Harding Way East, Galion, OH 44833
    Coordinates
    40.73354, -82.78582
  2. Crestline Police DepartmentCrestline · 4.8 mi
    Address
    100 North Seltzer Street, Crestline, OH 44827
    Coordinates
    40.78455, -82.73739

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 mile

Galion Fire Department · 0.5 mi1 station within 3 miles, 7 within 8

Fire and EMS stations within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond

  1. Galion Fire DepartmentGalion · 0.5 mi
    Address
    301 Harding Way East, Galion, OH 44833
    Coordinates
    40.73343, -82.78582
  2. Jefferson Township Fire DepartmentGalion · 3.8 mi
    Address
    2119 State Highway 598, Galion, OH 44833
    Coordinates
    40.78200, -82.78922
  3. Crestline Fire DepartmentCrestline · 4.8 mi
    Address
    100 North Seltzer Street, Crestline, OH 44827
    Coordinates
    40.78431, -82.73758

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 mile

Galion Public Library Association · 0.6 mi1 within 3 miles, 2 within 8

Public libraries within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond

  1. Galion Public Library AssociationCentral library · Galion · 0.6 mi
    Address
    123 N. Market St., Galion, OH 44833
    What it is
    Central library
    Library system
    Galion Public Library Association
    Open
    2,924 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    10,186 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    54,652
    System's loans, FY2024
    112,906
    People the system serves
    10,464
    Phone
    (419) 468-3203
  2. Crestline Public LibraryCentral library · Crestline · 5.0 mi
    Address
    324 N. Thoman St., Crestline, OH 44827
    What it is
    Central library
    Library system
    Crestline Public Library
    Open
    3,068 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    15,700 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    22,100
    System's loans, FY2024
    53,918
    People the system serves
    8,318
    Phone
    (419) 683-3909

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 44833

  1. Galion Historical SocietyHistorical society · Galion · 0.4 mi
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Galion
    Coordinates
    40.73301, -82.79132

    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%

21% in low-income, low-access tracts58% over 1 mile from a supermarket · 14% 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

1815 to 1829

Galion · settled 1817first 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 6

5 listed historic placesBig Four Depot

  1. Big Four DepotBuilding · Galion · listed 1975
    Address
    SE corner of Church and Washington Sts.
    Where
    Galion, Crawford County · ZIP 44833
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1975
    NRIS reference number
    75001350
    Coordinates
    40.73461, -82.78384
  2. Brownella Cottage and Grace Episcopal Church and RectoryBuilding · Galion · listed 1980
    Address
    S. Union and Walnut Sts.
    Where
    Galion, Crawford County · ZIP 44833
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1980
    NRIS reference number
    80002975
    Coordinates
    40.73306, -82.79102
  3. Central Hotel, Hackedorn and Zimmerman BuildingBuilding · Galion · listed 1976
    Address
    SW corner of Harding Way E. and Market Sts.
    Where
    Galion, Crawford County · ZIP 44833
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1976
    NRIS reference number
    76001386
    Coordinates
    40.73353, -82.78985
  4. Hosford HouseBuilding · Galion · listed 1976
    Address
    6288 Hosford Rd.
    Where
    Galion, Crawford County · ZIP 44833
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1976
    NRIS reference number
    76001387
    Coordinates
    40.72336, -82.81776
  5. Howard, Adam, HouseBuilding · Galion · listed 1978
    Address
    230 S. Boston St.
    Where
    Galion, Crawford County · ZIP 44833
    What it is
    Building
    Listed on the National Register
    1978
    NRIS reference number
    78002032
    Coordinates
    40.73113, -82.79322

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 Crawford 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

193 city school districts

Galion CityCity school district · 79% of residents, then Northmor Local

Public schools inside ZIP 44833

  1. Galion Online AcademyGalion · 1.0 mi
    Address
    472 Portland Way N, Galion, OH 44833
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    0
    NCES school ID
    390440206210
  2. Galion High School3 of 5 stars · Galion · 1.2 mi
    Address
    472 Portland Way N, Galion, OH 44833
    School district
    Galion City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    403
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    21.74
    Report card, 2025-26
    3 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    70.7%
    Four-year graduation rate
    96.7%
    Ohio building IRN
    012773
    NCES school ID
    390440200983
  3. Galion Middle School4 of 5 stars · Galion · 1.3 mi
    Address
    474 Portland Way N, Galion, OH 44833
    School district
    Galion City School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    354
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    25
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    69.5%
    Ohio building IRN
    012781
    NCES school ID
    390440200984
  4. Primary Elementary SchoolGalion · 1.3 mi
    Address
    478 Portland Way N, Galion, OH 44833
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    441
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    25.5
    NCES school ID
    390440200981
  5. Intermediate Elementary SchoolGalion · 1.4 mi
    Address
    476 Portland Way N, Galion, OH 44833
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    358
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    22.5
    NCES school ID
    390440200986
  6. Northmor Elementary School3.5 of 5 stars · Galion · 6.1 mi
    Address
    7819 State Route 19, Galion, OH 44833
    School district
    Northmor Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    571
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    30
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    80.4%
    Ohio building IRN
    017269
    NCES school ID
    390488103412
  7. Northmor High School4.5 of 5 stars · Galion · 6.1 mi
    Address
    7819 State Route 19, Galion, OH 44833
    School district
    Northmor Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    446
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    36
    Report card, 2025-26
    4.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    83.1%
    Four-year graduation rate
    100%
    Ohio building IRN
    027722
    NCES school ID
    390488103414

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.

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

3 stars

3 stars overallGalion City · performance index 70.6% of the year's maximum · 96.7% 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

8 to 15 miles

Ross Medical Education Center-Ontario · 10.9 miOntario · 0 campuses within 10 miles

The nearest colleges

  1. Ross Medical Education Center-OntarioFor-profit career school · Ontario · 10.9 mi
    What it is
    For-profit career school
    City
    Ontario
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    86
    IPEDS unit ID
    480532
  2. Apex Academy Hair Skin Nails School of CosmetologyFor-profit career school · Ontario · 11.5 mi
    What it is
    For-profit career school
    City
    Ontario
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    58
    IPEDS unit ID
    490434
  3. North Central State CollegePublic community or technical college · Mansfield · 12.0 mi
    What it is
    Public community or technical college
    City
    Mansfield
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    3,211
    Tuition and fees, in state
    $4,624
    Tuition and fees, out of state
    $9,102
    Graduation rate
    34% (all programs, within 150% of normal time) (a class of 354)
    IPEDS unit ID
    204422

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 cities

Galion (city)62% of residents, then Polk Township, Crawford 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 26 Bill Reineke · House 87 Riordan T. McClain

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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Notable people from 44833 (Galion)

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History from 44833 (Galion)

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Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on 44833 (Galion), day by day, from 1892 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
0.96 in
2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
rain so far in 2026
41.6 in
5.0 in above normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
28.0 in
a normal year brings 31.5 in
a normal year
43.1 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 0.96 — 29
September 2026 5.26 — 30
August 2026 8.02 — 31
July 2026 3.43 — 31
June 2026 4.06 — 30
May 2026 6.10 — 31
April 2026 6.16 — 30
March 2026 4.58 0.5 31
February 2026 1.01 6.0 28
January 2026 2.00 21.5 31
December 2025 2.82 12.8 31
November 2025 1.63 1.8 30
On the record, 1892–2026
Wettest year2011 — 61.9 in
Driest year1934 — 22.8 in
Snowiest year1910 — 70.2 in
Wettest day on record21 August 2007 — 6.11 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day23 December 2004 — 12.01 in
Deepest snow on the ground17 February 2010 — 20.00 in

57% of these days are measurements from a gauge inside 44833 (Galion); the rest are estimated from the nearest gauges around it.

48,736 days of records, 1892-12-01 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 44833 (Galion): 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
74
those placed on the map inside 44833 (Galion)

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:

  • BLOSSOM SOLAR SUBSTATION (wastewater and stormwater discharge, latest Sep 15, 2025)
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Hazardous waste24
Wastewater and stormwater discharge22
Air pollution14
Public drinking water3
State sewer loans3
Contaminated-site cleanup2
Scrap tires2
Brownfield1
Composting1
Sewer and water-line construction1
Voluntary cleanup1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
GLEN-GERY CORP IBERIA PLANT Air pollution permit
GALION CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
MOSIER INDUSTRIAL SERVICES CORP Air pollution report
GALION WWTP Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
WILLIG TIRE RECYCLING LLC Scrap tires notice of violation
CLEAR FORK PRESERVE OHIO MITIGATION PROGRAM SITE - PHASE 1 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
GALION CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
WILLIG TIRE RECYCLING LLC Scrap tires notice of violation
GALION CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
GALION CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
BLOSSOM SOLAR 138KV GEN TIE Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
GALION CITY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
GALION WWTP Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection
GALION CITY PWS Public drinking water plan
AMP GALION GENERATION STATION Air pollution permit
AMP GALION GENERATION STATION Air pollution permit
GALION WWTP Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
A&G MFG PLANT 1 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
GALION WWTP Wastewater and stormwater discharge report
AUTOMATED PETROLEUM INC DBA JEN COR FOOD STORE Wastewater and stormwater discharge violation resolved
AMP GALION GENERATION STATION Air pollution permit
GALION WWTP Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection
SPRING VALLEY MOBILE HOME PARK PWS Public drinking water inspection
GALION WWTP Wastewater and stormwater discharge letter on director's orders
GALION WWTP Wastewater and stormwater discharge report

Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.

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Quick answers

What city is ZIP code 44833?

ZIP code 44833 is the Galion, Ohio post office area in Crawford County, home to 16,786 residents. Of its residents, 62% live in the city of Galion, 12% in Polk Township, 10% in North Bloomfield Township and 5% in Jefferson Township.

What county is ZIP code 44833 in?

ZIP code 44833 lies mostly in Crawford County, Ohio, and reaches into Marion County.

Where does the tap water in ZIP code 44833 come from?

Black Fork/Rocky Fork of Olentangy River via Amman, Amick & Powers Reservoirs. Galion Water Treatment Plant · Galion City.

What school district is ZIP code 44833 in?

ZIP code 44833 is mostly in the Galion City School District; parts are in the Northmor Local School District and the Colonel Crawford Local School District.

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