ZIP code 44857: Norwalk
Huron County · 23,619 residents
Tap water here comes from Three city reservoirs, treated at Norwalk City Water Treatment Plant. The water here
44857 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: Three city reservoirs (Upper, Memorial, Lower; 159 acres, about 700 million gallons) on Old State Road south of State Route 18, fed mainly by rainwater runoff from an 8-square-mile area east of the city, with a river pump station adding East Branch Huron River water to Memorial Reservoir in dry years.. Source: EPA SDWIS
- 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
- Disasters 9 This ZIP has a lot of tornado history: 9 recorded with a track within 5 miles since 1950, more than 94% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: NOAA SPC tornado data
- Colleges 0.6 mi This ZIP sits close to a college or university: the nearest is 0.6 miles away, closer than 95% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: NCES IPEDS
- Hospitals 1.1 mi This ZIP sits close to a hospital: the nearest general or critical-access hospital is 1.1 miles away, closer than 93% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: CMS Care Compare data
- Wetlands 5.7% This ZIP has a lot of mapped wetland: 5.7% of the land, more than 89% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: USFWS wetlands inventory
- Historic places 6 This ZIP has a lot of listed historic places: 6 on the National Register, more than 88% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: National Register data
- Sewage plants 12 quarters The nearest sewage plant has a rough record: in violation 12 of the last 12 quarters, more than 78% of Ohio ZIPs' nearest plants. Source: EPA ECHO
- Rail crossings 12 This ZIP has a lot of rail crossings: 12 public at-grade crossings, more than 87% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: FRA crossing inventory (Form 71, current)
- Crime 0.4 per 1,000 residents Violent crime runs low for this ZIP's police agency: 0.4 violent offenses per 1,000 residents of its territory in 2024, lower than 83% of Ohio ZIPs with a reporting agency. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Local events in 44857
4 events in the next 90 days from 2 public calendars. All local events in 44857
Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.
Your ballot
Who represents 44857, and what is on its ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election.
| Chamber | District | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. House | District 5 (99% of residents) | — | — |
| U.S. House | District 9 (1% of residents) | — | — |
| Ohio Senate | District 13 | — | R |
| Ohio House | District 54 | 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)
44857's district races:
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Norwalk Township | Tax Levy (Additional) | Authorizes an additional 0.75-mill property tax levy for the current expenses of Norwalk Township for 5 years, beginning in 2026. |
| Bronson Township | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 1-mill property tax levy for the current expenses of Bronson Township for 5 years, beginning in 2027. |
| Norwalk City | Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous, for Charter Amendment: Article III, Chapter 3.07. |
| Norwalk City | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 0.9-mill property tax levy for the fire protection & EMS of Norwalk City for 5 years, beginning in 2027. |
| Townsend Township | Tax Levy (Renewal) | Renews a 1.5-mill property tax levy for the fire protection of Townsend Township for 5 years, beginning in 2027. |
Matched to this ZIP by jurisdiction name: Berlin Township, Berlin Township Township, Bronson Township, Bronson Township Township, Hartland Township, Hartland Township Township, Milan Township, Milan Township Township, Norwalk, Norwalk City, Norwalk Township, Norwalk Township Township, Peru Township, Peru Township Township, Ridgefield Township, Ridgefield Township Township, Townsend Township, Townsend 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.
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
Inland riversThree city reservoirs (Upper, Memorial, Lower; 159 acres, about 700 million gallons) on Old State Road south of State Route 18, fed mainly by rainwater runoff from an 8-square-mile area east of the city, with a river pump station adding East Branch Huron River water to Memorial Reservoir in dry years.Norwalk City Water Treatment Plant · Norwalk 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 588–988 ft, averaging 818 ft · Norwalk 645–832 ft, averaging 730 · Huron County 601–1,200 ft (USGS 3DEP)
- primaryMemorial Reservoir intake · Reservoir on Old State Road, fed mainly by rainwater runoff
Middle and largest reservoir in the chain (built 1954, 54.2-ft dam, ~2,022 acre-ft capacity); its raw-water intake is the main supply point for the plant - secondaryLower Reservoir intakes (1 and 2) · Reservoir on Old State Road, fed mainly by rainwater runoff
Downstream-most reservoir in the chain, in service since 1898 with an adjacent pump station; has two intake structures (Intake 1 and Intake 2) drawing to the plant - storageUpper Reservoir · Reservoir on Old State Road, fed mainly by rainwater runoff
First (uppermost) of three in-line city reservoirs along the East Branch Huron River south of town; its spillway is an overflow structure, not a withdrawal point - supplementalEast Branch Huron River intake · East Branch Huron River
River Pump Station on Old West Main Street (built 1977) that pumps East Branch Huron River water into Memorial Reservoir to add supply in dry years.
Norwalk City is owned by a local government, with 7,130 service connections serving 17,466 people; it has substantially implemented source water protection under Ohio's program. Office: 419-663-6736 (SDWIS).
EPA modeled the service boundary of Norwalk City (random forest) rather than drawing it from the utility's map, so its edges are approximate.
Ohio EPA loans since 2016 for projects inside this ZIP: $25.0 million across 9 projects, $1.0 million of it forgiven (wastewater $24.0M, nonpoint runoff $950K); largest: WWTP Improvements NRD (Norwalk, 2025, $20.3M); Washington and Cline Street CSO Interceptor Sewer (Norwalk, 2024, $3.8M); 2026 HSTS Repair & Replacement Program (Huron County, 2026, $150K).
- Water bodies
- Huron River, East Branch Huron River, Upper Reservoir, Memorial Reservoir, Lower Reservoir
- Raw intakes
- Huron River
Memorial Reservoir
Reservoir
Reservoir Spillway
E Branch Huron River - Serves
- 17,466 people · Huron County
- EPA ID
- OH3901111
About this area's water
Did you know
- Norwalk's municipal water system dates to 1871, when fewer than 20 towns in the entire state of Ohio had one.
- The reservoirs were nicknamed Laning's Lakes after the city councilman who spent six years pushing the project through before construction began in 1896.
- In 1969 the Lower Reservoir dam failed after nine inches of rain fell on Norwalk in nine hours.
- Norwalk buys supplemental water almost every day of the year: over 54 million gallons came through the Northern Ohio Rural Water connection on 350 days in 2025, and the city says that connection is used about 355 days a…
- The 1927 filtration plant building is still the working water plant, upgraded rather than replaced.
History6
- 1871First water plant built on the East Branch of the Huron River near the current river pump station, at a time when fewer than 20 towns in Ohio had municipal water systems.
- 1896After roughly six years of debate, construction begins on the Upper and Lower reservoirs and an adjacent pump station; the site was chosen partly for its abundant springs. The reservoirs were…
- 1898First water pumped from Lower Reservoir with no additional treatment; a tall standpipe is erected next to the pump station to improve pressure.
- 1924Norwalk begins chlorinating its water at the urging of the Ohio Department of Health.
- 1927Water filtration plant, at Old State Road and Woodlawn Avenue, put into service and still the plant building in use.
- 1952750,000-gallon water tower built near Maple and Chestnut streets, replacing the tower at the plant; high service pumps installed to feed it.
Treatment & pressure
How it is treated
The plant draws surface water directly from an intake in Lower Reservoir, immediately next to the treatment plant at Old State Road and Woodlawn Avenue (Water Treatment Department, 201 Woodlawn Avenue). Upper, Memorial and Lower Reservoirs form a three-reservoir system holding nearly 700 million…
Source: norwalkoh.comnorwalkoh.comnorwalkoh.com
Water pressure
No psi figure is published. The city states that two water towers maintain system pressure and supply: a 750,000-gallon tower built in 1952 near Maple and Chestnut streets and a…
Source: norwalkoh.comnorwalkoh.com
What it costs
$9.00 per 1,000 gallons
Typical household bill about $32 a month for water.
Inside city limits: minimum charge $4.50/month for 1,000 gallons or less, then $0.90 per 100 gallons, which is $9.00 per 1,000 gallons. Outside city limits is exactly double…
Water quality & impurities10
| Contaminant | Level | Limit | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total trihalomethanes (TTHM) Locational running average; no violation, but individual detections ran above the 80 ppb MCL and this is the… | 59.6 (range of… ppb | MCL 80 | 2025 |
| Haloacetic acids (HAA5) Locational running average; no violation. | 35.5 (range… ppb | MCL 60 | 2025 |
| Total chlorine Residual disinfectant. | 1.57 (range… ppm | MRDL 4 | 2025 |
| Total organic carbon Value is the ratio of TOC actually removed to TOC required to be removed; above 1.0 means compliance. | 1.45 (range -1… removal… | treatment… | 2025 |
| Turbidity Filtration performance indicator. | 0.26 highest… NTU | treatment… | 2025 |
| Fluoride No violation. | 0.94 (range… ppm | MCL 4 | 2025 |
| Barium No violation. | 0.019 (range… ppm | MCL 2 | 2025 |
| Nitrate The CCR prints a level found of 0.8 ppm alongside a detection range of 0.12-0.57 ppm, which is internally inconsistent… | 0.8 ppm | MCL 10 | 2025 |
| Lead 0 of 30 samples above the 15 ppb action level. | 0 (90th… ppb | AL 15 | 2025 |
| Copper 0 of 30 samples above the 1.3 ppm action level. | 0.2 (90th… ppm | AL 1.3 | 2025 |
Source: norwalkoh.com
EPA compliance record
Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 0 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).
EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.
4 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 4 for required testing that was missed or reported late.
Projects & plans3
Recent and current work
- Water plant rebuild and expansion · 1992 · completed
Raised plant capacity from 2.85 to 4.0 MGD. No cost figure is published by the city. - Northern Ohio Rural Water interconnection · 2010 · completed
Supplemental supply connection now used roughly 355 days a year. No cost published. - Source Water Protection Plan for the Norwalk Creek watershed · 2025 · completed
Developed with the Ohio Rural Water Association and Ohio EPA and endorsed by Ohio EPA in 2025; calls for the city to work with watershed property owners to…
Source: norwalkoh.comnorwalkoh.com
Supply stress
Norwalk's own supply depends entirely on a small, roughly 8-square-mile Norwalk Creek watershed feeding three shallow reservoirs, and the city already covers the gap by buying supplemental water from Northern Ohio Rural Water on about 355 days a year. During drought it also pumps from the East Branch of the Huron River into Memorial…
Source: norwalkoh.comnorwalkoh.com
Sewers
Sanitary
The City of Norwalk operates its own wastewater treatment plant at 201 Plank Road, designed for an average flow of 3.5 million gallons per day with a peak of 8.2 MGD; actual 2024 average daily flow was 2.45 MGD. Flow reaches the plant through two 24-inch interceptor sewers. Treated effluent discharges to the west branch of Rattlesnake…
Storm
Norwalk has COMBINED sewers, not separate ones: the city publishes combined sewer overflow (CSO) explainers, annual CSO reports and event notifications, with 25 separate four-hour CSO events and matching seven-day notifications logged for 2024 alone. A…
Source: norwalkoh.comnorwalkoh.com
Sourcesverified
Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources.
Water systems in this ZIP
- Norwalk City73% of residentsHuron River / East Branch Huron River (via Upper, Memorial, and Lower Reservoirs)
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
Infrastructure in this ZIP
43.3 mi of highway (SR 61, US 250, US 20) · 13.1 mi of railroad (Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway) · 16.7 mi of gas transmission pipeline (North Coast Gas Transmission, Columbia Gas Transmission (TC Energy)) · 46.0 mi of oil, fuel or NGL pipeline (Buckeye Partners, Kinder Morgan, Sunoco (Energy Transfer)) · 3 airfields or heliports (Lake Air Ranch, Norwalk/Huron County, Fisher-Titus Medical Center) · 1 sewage plant (City of Norwalk WWTP) · 3 combined sewer overflows · 4 dams (Norwalk Memorial Reservoir, Realty Investment Property Dam, Norwalk Upper Reservoir) · 5 substations · 16 grade crossings (Wheeling & Lake Erie, Ashland Railway) · 7 registered towers · 3 public EV charger listings · 3 landfills or waste sites, open and closed (Norwalk City Landfill, Sand Road Ent Inc, Huron County Fair Grounds) · 1 hospital (Fisher - Titus Medical Center) · 1 fire or EMS station · 2 police stations · 1 post office · 4 water towers or tanks in OpenStreetMap · 1 water works or pumping station in OpenStreetMap · 3.52 mi of trail and bike route · 68 bridges and culverts in the inventory · 17 sites with underground fuel tanks in use · 5 open leaking-tank releases · 5 other permitted dischargers (Eagles Wing Wwtp, Huron County Airport Authority, Norwalk Water Treatment Plant) · 1 prison or jail (Huron County Jail) · 6 source water protection zones (Norwalk City PWS) · 1 stormwater (MS4) permit area (City of Norwalk) · 8 brownfield or cleanup sites · 4 broadcast transmitters (WLKR-FM, WLKR, W225DG) · 1 911 call center (Huron County Sheriffs Office) · 1 ODOT facility (Huron Full Service Facility) · 2 traffic signals.
Draw them32 layers on the mapIntakes and plants
Inland riversThree city reservoirs (Upper, Memorial, Lower; 159 acres, about 700 million gallons) on Old State Road south of State Route 18, fed mainly by rainwater runoff from an 8-square-mile area east of the city, with a river pump station adding East Branch Huron River water to Memorial Reservoir in dry years.Norwalk City Water Treatment Plant · Norwalk 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 2015Norwalk City · lead 0 ppb (2025) · 4 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 53 µg/L (2019)Norwalk City · HAA5 32 · worst year 53
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 limitPFAS detected below the federal limitNorwalk 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 detectedNo lead at the 90th-percentile tapNorwalk City · period ending 2025-12 · 209 of 6,566 service lines lead or galvanized, 3,236 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
FluoridatedFluoridatedNorwalk 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
Under 5 µg/L in raw waterRaw water up to 0.289 µg/L microcystinNorwalk City · 2025-09 · 1 treated-water detection
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 101 · Shale1,251 well logs · median 59 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%64% 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
Every quarter in violationCity of Norwalk Wwtp · 1.5 mi12 of 12 quarters in violation · combined sewer overflows · 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
Under a quarter of the land drains to impaired streams23% of the land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeNorwalk Creek · bacteria (pathogens), algae
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 ErieHuron-Vermilion subbasinNorwalk 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 $175,300household income $64,297 · rent $820 · 71% 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 19727,450 homes · $170K 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… · Huron County Auditor · Erie County Auditor
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Building permits
15 to 30324 housing units permitted 2016 to 2025Norwalk · 19.3 per 1,000 residents · 36 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%+76% in ten years+48% in five · +5% 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
25 to 30 mills27.5 effective school millsNorwalk City · about $1,928 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
Ohio EdisonOhio EdisonInvestor-owned utility
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 · 64% 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
20 to 35 milesWest Lorain · 21.9 migas, 500 MW · 3 plants within 10 miles
Power plants within 10 miles
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Monroeville RTO BTMPetroleum · 3 MW · 5.4 mi
- Capacity
- 3 MW
- Main source
- Petroleum
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- American Mun Power-Ohio, Inc
- Sector
- Electric Utility
- Where
- Monroeville, Huron County
- Generating units
- 1
- Built
- 2020
- EIA plant code
- 66434
EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Monroeville SolarSolar · 3 MW · 5.6 mi
- Capacity
- 3 MW
- Main source
- Solar
- Technology
- Solar Photovoltaic
- Operator
- Solar Planet Power
- Sector
- IPP Non-CHP
- Where
- Monroeville, Huron County
- Generating units
- 1
- Built
- 2017
- EIA plant code
- 63181
EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Renewable Energy Services of OhioBiomass · 2 MW · 6.6 mi
- Capacity
- 2 MW
- Main source
- Biomass
- Technology
- Landfill Gas
- Operator
- Bio-Gas Technologies LTD
- Sector
- IPP Non-CHP
- Where
- Milan, Erie County
- Generating units
- 2
- Built
- 2010 (first unit); newest unit 2014
- EIA plant code
- 57249
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 1.1 miNorth Coast Gas Transmission Co (intrastate) · 16.7 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
FrontierFrontier 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 it97% can get 100/20 Mbpsfiber 71% · cable 89% · 9,712 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 everywhere5G on 100% of the land4G or better 100% · AT&T 100% · T-Mobile 93% · 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 milesFast charger 12 mi: Meijer - Tesla Supercharger3 public stations in the ZIP (6 Level 2, 0 DC fast ports) · 4 within 5 miles of its center
Public EV charging inside ZIP 44857
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EV CITY CHARGER STATION 22 Level 2 · Norwalk · 0.6 mi
- Address
- 38 Whittlesey Ave, Norwalk, OH 44857
- Ports
- 2 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 ↗
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EV CITY CHARGER STATION12 Level 2 · Norwalk · 0.6 mi
- Address
- 30 W Seminary St, Norwalk, OH 44857
- Ports
- 2 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 ↗
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EVANS CARES EVANS CARES2 Level 2 · Norwalk · 1.1 mi
- Address
- 314 E Main St (Route 61 East), Norwalk, OH 44857
- Ports
- 2 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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Friendship Food StoreIntercity bus stop · Greyhound Lines · 14.7 mi
- What it is
- Intercity bus stop
- Operator
- Greyhound Lines
- City
- Sandusky
- Coordinates
- 41.42076, -82.75644
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 6.6 of 2038 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 2512 public crossings10 gated · up to 13 trains a day · Wheeling & Lake Erie
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
Under 5% of bridges poor71 bridges, 3 rated poortypical build year 1973 · busiest USR 250, 14,942 vehicles a day
Bridges rated poor inside ZIP 44857
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SR 61 over Over W&l.e. RrPoor · built 1906 · 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
- 1906
- Length
- 9 ft
- Owner
- State
- Vehicles a day
- 6,311
- Coordinates
- 41.24054, -82.61944
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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County Road 228 over CO Rd 228/e Br Hrn RvrPoor · built 1925 · 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
- 1925
- Length
- 26 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 1,158
- Coordinates
- 41.22868, -82.64535
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Peru Oleana 164 over Peru Olena / Co Di 1300Poor · built 1966 · 5.7 mi
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1966
- Length
- 10 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 384
- Coordinates
- 41.16085, -82.63253
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
5,000 to 20,00013,363 vehicles a day on US 250791 trucks · 396K 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
30 to 50 milesCLE · 40.6 miCleveland-Hopkins International · Amtrak at Sandusky 15 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/L6.0 pCi/L average radon550 tests · 36% above 4 pCi/L · median 2.4
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%2.3% 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
40 to 60Risk score 51 · higher than about 51% of US tractsLightning 98 · Strong wind 88
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
30 to 45 inches33" of snow a year · 50.5°F averageJanuary low 19° · July high 83° · 40" 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, 37.6 miozone 66 ppb at Sheffield
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 moreNearest NPL site 26.5 mi: Republic Steel Corp. Quarry12 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
Under 1,000 lb a year1 lb released on site in 20243 facilities · Duramax Marine Industries
Facilities reporting toxic releases inside ZIP 44857
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Duramax Marine IndustriesToxics Release Inventory · Norwalk · 0.6 mi
- Address
- 55 St Mary's St, Norwalk, OH 44857
- County
- Huron County County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
- EPA program ID
- 4485WDRMXM55STM
- EPA registry ID
- 110071732319
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Duramax Marine IndustriesToxics Release Inventory · Norwalk · 0.6 mi
- Address
- 55 St. Marys Street, Norwalk, OH 44857
- County
- Huron County County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
- EPA program ID
- 4485WDRMXM55STB
- EPA registry ID
- 110071732361
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Mayflower Vehicle Systems Inc *Toxics Release Inventory · Norwalk · 1.2 mi
- Address
- 55 North Garfield Street, Norwalk, OH 44857
- County
- Huron County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44857MYFLW55NOR
- EPA registry ID
- 110009606952
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Norwalk Furniture CorporationToxics Release Inventory · Norwalk · 1.4 mi
- Address
- 100 Furniture Pky., Norwalk, OH 44857
- County
- Huron County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44857NRWLKRTS18
- EPA registry ID
- 110000391718
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Faulhaber CoToxics Release Inventory · Norwalk · 1.4 mi
- Address
- 117 Jefferson St, Norwalk, OH 44857
- County
- Huron County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44857FLHBR117JE
- EPA registry ID
- 110004731078
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Industrial Power Coating Inc Plant 2Toxics Release Inventory · Norwalk · 1.4 mi
- Address
- 203 Republic Street, Norwalk, OH 44857
- County
- Huron County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44857NDSTR203RE
- EPA registry ID
- 110000391709
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Johns ManvilleToxics Release Inventory · Norwalk · 1.5 mi
- Address
- 202 Republic Street, Norwalk, OH 44857
- County
- Huron County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44857NDSTR202RE
- EPA registry ID
- 110012520762
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Clevite Ind IncToxics Release Inventory · Norwalk · 1.5 mi
- Address
- 202 Republic Street, Norwalk, OH 44857
- County
- Huron County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44857CLVTN202RE
- EPA registry ID
- 110009425005
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Epic TechToxics Release Inventory · Norwalk · 1.5 mi
- Address
- 200 East Bluegrass Drive, Norwalk, OH 44857
- County
- Huron County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44857PCTCH20EBL
- EPA registry ID
- 110001129804
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Industrial Powder Coatings IncToxics Release Inventory · Norwalk · 1.6 mi
- Address
- 204 Republic St., Norwalk, OH 44857
- County
- Huron County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44857NDSTR204RE
- EPA registry ID
- 110002112455
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Polyone CorpToxics Release Inventory · Norwalk · 1.6 mi
- Address
- 80 N. W. St., Norwalk, OH 44857
- County
- Huron County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44857PMSCN80NOR
- EPA registry ID
- 110004624292
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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American Timber and SteelToxics Release Inventory · Norwalk · 2.2 mi
- Address
- 4832 Plank Rd., Norwalk, OH 44857
- County
- Huron County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 44857MDWST4832P
- EPA registry ID
- 110000391683
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
3 to 53 high-hazard dams within 10 milesNearest: Norwalk Lower Reservoir, 0.8 mi, condition satisfactory
High-hazard dams within 10 miles
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Norwalk Lower ReservoirNorwalk Creek - Offstream · condition: satisfactory · 0.8 mi
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Satisfactory (assessed 05/03/2022)
- River or stream
- Norwalk Creek - Offstream
- Purpose
- Water Supply;Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 34 ft
- Storage
- 439 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1896
- Owner type
- Local Government
- County
- Huron County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Norwalk
- Last inspection
- 05/18/2021
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH00763
National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Norwalk Memorial ReservoirNorwalk Creek · condition: fair · 0.9 mi
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Fair (assessed 05/18/2021)
- River or stream
- Norwalk Creek
- Purpose
- Water Supply;Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 54 ft
- Storage
- 2,022 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1954
- Owner type
- Local Government
- County
- Huron County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Norwalk
- Last inspection
- 05/18/2021
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH00761
National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Norwalk Upper ReservoirNorwalk Creek · condition: satisfactory · 1.1 mi
- Hazard class
- High: a failure would probably cost a life
- Condition
- Satisfactory (assessed 05/03/2022)
- River or stream
- Norwalk Creek
- Purpose
- Water Supply;Recreation
- Type
- Earth
- Height
- 39 ft
- Storage
- 854 acre-feet
- Completed
- 1896
- Owner type
- Local Government
- County
- Huron County
- Nearest town (NID)
- Norwalk
- Last inspection
- 05/18/2021
- Emergency action plan
- Yes
- NID ID
- OH00762
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
6 to 109 tornado tracks within 5 miles since 19502 rated F2/EF2+ · 17 federal declarations for Huron County · 1 quake 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 3918 spills reported since 2021mostly other chemicals · 2 reached water
Spills reported since 2021 inside ZIP 44857
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Oil Transformer Non Pcb2021-07-08 · Norwalk · 1.0 mi
- Reported
- 2021-07-08
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Non Pcb
- Largest amount reported
- 25 gallons
- Where
- Norwalk, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2107EPA0001016
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Latex2025-02-20 · Norwalk · 1.0 mi
- Reported
- 2025-02-20
- What spilled
- Latex
- Largest amount reported
- 6,000 gallons
- Where
- Norwalk, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2502EPA0000235
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Latex2023-06-19 · Norwalk · 1.0 mi
- Reported
- 2023-06-19
- What spilled
- Latex
- Largest amount reported
- 6,000 gallons
- Where
- Norwalk, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2306EPA0001008
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2024-04-26 · Norwalk · 1.1 mi
- Reported
- 2024-04-26
- What spilled
- Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
- Largest amount reported
- 120 gallons
- Where
- Norwalk, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2404EPA0000691
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2024-12-16 · Norwalk Twp · 1.3 mi
- Reported
- 2024-12-16
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road); Coal
- Where
- Norwalk Twp, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2412EPA0002018
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Waste Chemical(S) Nos2025-07-21 · Norwalk · 1.7 mi
- Reported
- 2025-07-21
- What spilled
- Waste Chemical(S) Nos
- Where
- Norwalk, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2507EPA0001211
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Transformer Non Pcb2022-06-27 · Bronson Twp · 2.8 mi
- Reported
- 2022-06-27
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Non Pcb
- Largest amount reported
- 30 gallons
- Where
- Bronson Twp, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2206EPA0000973
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Drum(S) Reached water2021-08-10 · Norwalk Twp · 3.3 mi
- Reported
- 2021-08-10
- What spilled
- Drum(S)
- Largest amount reported
- 50 gallons
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Norwalk Twp, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2108EPA0001219
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2022-05-06 · Townsend Twp · 3.4 mi
- Reported
- 2022-05-06
- What spilled
- Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
- Where
- Townsend Twp, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2205EPA0000642
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Ink / Printing Ink2022-01-12 · Townsend Twp · 3.4 mi
- Reported
- 2022-01-12
- What spilled
- Ink / Printing Ink
- Where
- Townsend Twp, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2201EPA0000037
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2021-07-27 · Townsend Twp · 3.4 mi
- Reported
- 2021-07-27
- What spilled
- Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
- Where
- Townsend Twp, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2107EPA0001132
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2021-06-21 · Townsend Twp · 3.4 mi
- Reported
- 2021-06-21
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 200 gallons
- Where
- Townsend Twp, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2106EPA0000903
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2024-01-25 · Norwalk Twp · 3.4 mi
- Reported
- 2024-01-25
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 125 gallons
- Where
- Norwalk Twp, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2401EPA0000124
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Ink / Printing Ink2022-07-06 · Townsend Twp · 3.4 mi
- Reported
- 2022-07-06
- What spilled
- Ink / Printing Ink
- Largest amount reported
- 150 gallons
- Where
- Townsend Twp, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2207EPA0001015
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2021-01-14 · Townsend Twp · 3.8 mi
- Reported
- 2021-01-14
- What spilled
- Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
- Where
- Townsend Twp, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2101EPA0000050
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fish Kill Reached water2023-08-14 · Townsend Twp · 4.6 mi
- Reported
- 2023-08-14
- What spilled
- Fish Kill
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Townsend Twp, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2308EPA0001402
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Milk2025-01-16 · Bronson Twp · 4.7 mi
- Reported
- 2025-01-16
- What spilled
- Milk
- Where
- Bronson Twp, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2501EPA0000055
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Natural Gas2025-04-14 · Bronson Twp · 7.2 mi
- Reported
- 2025-04-14
- What spilled
- Natural Gas
- Where
- Bronson Twp, Huron County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2504EPA0000560
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 20065 wells in the ZIP10 producing · 0 shale · 15 orphan · nearest 0.41 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 17.5 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
Very limitedTuscola fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesseptic very limited · moderately well 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
0.5 to 2%1.6% public land · 832 acresMemorial Lake Park · Findley State Park 21.1 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%5.7% wetland · 2,989 acresforested/shrub wetland 2,536 · other 180 · pond 168
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%16% developed · 14% tree canopycropland 60% · forest 17% · pasture 6%
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%19.7% bachelor's or higher87.2% white · 0.9% Black · 7.3% Hispanic · 0.1% Asian · 1.7% 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 110,723 jobs · 11,118 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
Inland riversThree city reservoirs (Upper, Memorial, Lower; 159 acres, about 700 million gallons) on Old State Road south of State Route 18, fed mainly by rainwater runoff from an 8-square-mile area east of the city, with a river pump station adding East Branch Huron River water to Memorial Reservoir in dry years.Norwalk City Water Treatment Plant · Norwalk 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 41.3income rank at 35 for children of low-income parents · 1.15% 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 60th52nd percentile of Ohio tractssocioeconomic 49 · household 53 · minority status 40 · 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%20.4% in fair or poor healthobesity 35.1% · diabetes 13.8% · smoking 17.1% · depression 25.8%
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
76 to 7977.2 years life expectancy9 tracts, from 73.8 to 82.4
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 milesFisher - Titus Medical Center · 1.1 miNorwalk · 114 beds · Level III trauma · 1 within 10 miles
Hospitals within 5 miles, and the nearest beyond
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Fisher - Titus Medical Center Trauma level IIIGeneral hospital · Norwalk · 1.1 mi
- What it is
- General hospital
- Address
- 272 Benedict Avenue, Norwalk, OH 44857
- County
- Huron County
- Beds
- 114
- Trauma center
- Level IIi
- Helipad
- Yes
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Medicare overall rating
- 4 of 5 stars
- Emergency department (Medicare)
- Yes
- Medicare reports it as
- Fisher-Titus Hospital
- Phone
- (419) 668-8101
- Medicare ID
- 360065
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Firelands Regional Medical Center Trauma level IIIGeneral hospital · Sandusky · 14.6 mi
- What it is
- General hospital
- Address
- 1111 Hayes Avenue, Sandusky, OH 44870
- County
- Erie County
- Beds
- 287
- Trauma center
- Level IIi
- Helipad
- Yes
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Medicare overall rating
- 4 of 5 stars
- Emergency department (Medicare)
- Yes
- Phone
- (419) 557-7400
- Medicare ID
- 360025
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Bellevue HospitalGeneral hospital · Bellevue · 14.7 mi
- What it is
- General hospital
- Address
- 1400 W Main Street, Bellevue, OH 44811
- County
- Sandusky County
- Beds
- 59
- Helipad
- Yes
- Ownership
- Non-profit
- Medicare overall rating
- 4 of 5 stars
- Emergency department (Medicare)
- No
- Phone
- (419) 483-4040
- Medicare ID
- 360107
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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.
Community health centers within 3 miles
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ECCHC Norwalk Health CenterHealth center · Norwalk · 0.6 mi
- Run by
- a federally qualified health center
- Setting
- Clinic
- City
- Norwalk
- Coordinates
- 41.24778, -82.59688
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Norwalk Health CenterHealth center · Norwalk · 0.8 mi
- Run by
- a federally qualified health center
- Setting
- Clinic
- City
- Norwalk
- Coordinates
- 41.23022, -82.59907
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FHS Norwalk - 265 Benedict AveHealth center · Norwalk · 1.0 mi
- Run by
- a federally qualified health center
- Setting
- Clinic
- City
- Norwalk
- Coordinates
- 41.22680, -82.60131
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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 - NorwalkDialysis · Norwalk · 1.2 mi
- Address
- 290 Benedict Avenue, Norwalk, OH 44857
- Dialysis stations
- 13
- Medicare star rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Services
- in-center hemodialysis
- Ownership
- for profit
- Chain
- Fresenius Medical Care
- Medicare certified since
- 1995-01-05
- Phone
- (419) 668-2121
- Medicare ID
- 362539
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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 mileCarecore at Gaymont · 0.8 mi3 of 5 stars · 88 beds · 4 within 5 miles
Nursing homes within 3 miles
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Carecore at Gaymont3 of 5 stars · Norwalk · 0.8 mi
- Address
- 66 Norwood Ave, Norwalk, OH 44857
- Certified beds
- 88
- Residents on an average day
- 77
- Medicare overall rating
- 3 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 3 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 3 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (419) 668-8258
- Medicare ID
- 365430
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Norwalk Memorial Home4 of 5 stars · Norwalk · 1.0 mi
- Address
- 272 Benedict Ave, Norwalk, OH 44857
- Certified beds
- 69
- Residents on an average day
- 59
- Medicare overall rating
- 4 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 4 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 4 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 3 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- Non profit - Corporation
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (419) 668-8101
- Medicare ID
- 365668
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Twilight Gardens Nursing and Rehabilitation4 of 5 stars · Norwalk · 1.4 mi
- Address
- 196 W Main St, Norwalk, OH 44857
- Certified beds
- 94
- Residents on an average day
- 77
- Medicare overall rating
- 4 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 4 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 4 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- CCH HEALTHCARE
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (419) 668-2086
- Medicare ID
- 365517
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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
Under 1 violent offense per 1,0000.4 violent offenses per 1,000Norwalk Police · 6.1 property per 1,000 · 12 months · 27% of property 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 mileNorwalk Police Department · 0.6 mi2 stations within 3 miles · post office 0.6 mi
Police stations within 3 miles
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Norwalk Police DepartmentNorwalk · 0.6 mi
- Address
- 37 North Linwood Avenue, Norwalk, OH 44857
- Coordinates
- 41.24424, -82.61611
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Huron County Sheriff's OfficeNorwalk · 1.3 mi
- Address
- 255 Shady Lane Drive, Norwalk, OH 44857
- Coordinates
- 41.22265, -82.60952
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Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance. 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 mileNorwalk Fire Department · 0.8 mi1 station within 3 miles, 6 within 8
Fire and EMS stations within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond
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Norwalk Fire DepartmentNorwalk · 0.8 mi
- Address
- 108 Whittlesey Avenue, Norwalk, OH 44857
- Coordinates
- 41.24644, -82.61822
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Milan Township Fire Department Station 1Milan · 3.9 mi
- Address
- 1 South Center Street, Milan, OH 44846
- Coordinates
- 41.29839, -82.60488
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Milan Township Fire Department Station 2Milan · 4.9 mi
- Address
- 12707 State Highway 13, Milan, OH 44846
- Coordinates
- 41.31216, -82.60626
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Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance. 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 mileNorwalk Public Library · 0.7 mi1 within 3 miles, 3 within 8
Public libraries within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond
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Norwalk Public LibraryCentral library · Norwalk · 0.7 mi
- Address
- 46 W. Main St., Norwalk, OH 44857
- What it is
- Central library
- Library system
- Norwalk Public Library
- Open
- 2,574 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 11,550 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 43,108
- System's loans, FY2024
- 167,089
- People the system serves
- 18,856
- Phone
- (419) 668-6063
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Milan Public LibraryCentral library · Milan · 3.9 mi
- Address
- 19 E. Church St., Milan, OH 44846
- What it is
- Central library
- Library system
- Milan-Berlin Library District
- Open
- 2,912 hours a year, 52 weeks
- Building
- 17,935 sq ft
- System's visits, FY2024
- 18,616
- System's loans, FY2024
- 128,953
- People the system serves
- 9,249
- Phone
- (419) 499-4117
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Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library. 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 44857
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Wolf Creek Pine Run Grist MillHistorical society · Londonville · 0.2 mi
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Londonville
- Coordinates
- 41.23893, -82.60400
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The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
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Firelands Historical SocietyHistorical society · Norwalk · 0.2 mi
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Norwalk
- Coordinates
- 41.23893, -82.60400
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Firelands MuseumHistorical society · Norwalk · 0.6 mi
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Norwalk
- Coordinates
- 41.24152, -82.61739
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The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018. 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%18.1% in low-income, low-access tracts50% over 1 mile from a supermarket · 12% 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 1829Norwalk · 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 66 listed historic placesBenedict, Dr. David De Forest, House
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Benedict, Dr. David De Forest, HouseBuilding · Norwalk
- Address
- 80 Seminary St.
- Where
- Norwalk, Huron County · ZIP 44857
- What it is
- Building
- Latest NPS certification action
- 2016
- NRIS reference number
- 75001439
- Coordinates
- 41.24284, -82.61179
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Dunton HouseBuilding · Norwalk · listed 1982
- Address
- 130 Benedict Ave.
- Where
- Norwalk, Huron County · ZIP 44857
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1982
- NRIS reference number
- 82001469
- Coordinates
- 41.23681, -82.61176
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Huron County Children's HomeBuilding · Norwalk · listed 2004
- Address
- 190 Benedict Ave.
- Where
- Norwalk, Huron County · ZIP 44857
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 2004
- NRIS reference number
- 04001200
- Coordinates
- 41.23199, -82.60830
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Huron County Courthouse And JailHistoric district · Norwalk · listed 1974
- Address
- E. Main St. and Benedict Ave.
- Where
- Norwalk, Huron County · ZIP 44857
- What it is
- Historic district
- Listed on the National Register
- 1974
- NRIS reference number
- 74001534
- Coordinates
- 41.24208, -82.61511
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Macksville TavernBuilding · Peru · listed 1976
- Address
- Peru Hollow Rd.
- Where
- Peru, Huron County · ZIP 44857
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 1976
- NRIS reference number
- 76001457
- Coordinates
- 41.16973, -82.64194
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Norwalk Memorial HospitalBuilding · Norwalk · listed 2007
- Address
- 269 W. Main St.
- Where
- Norwalk, Huron County · ZIP 44857
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 2007
- NRIS reference number
- 07000582
- Coordinates
- 41.23361, -82.63782
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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 Huron 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 districtsNorwalk CityCity school district
Public schools inside ZIP 44857
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Main Street School3 of 5 stars · Norwalk · 0.4 mi
- Address
- 80 E Main St, Norwalk, OH 44857
- School district
- Norwalk City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 353
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 22
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 86%
- Ohio building IRN
- 000270
- NCES school ID
- 390445605290
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Norwalk Middle School3.5 of 5 stars · Norwalk · 0.7 mi
- Address
- 64 Christie Ave, Norwalk, OH 44857
- School district
- Norwalk City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 373
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 27
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 74.9%
- Ohio building IRN
- 028050
- NCES school ID
- 390445601456
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League Elementary School3 of 5 stars · Norwalk · 0.8 mi
- Address
- 16 E League St, Norwalk, OH 44857
- School district
- Norwalk City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 198
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 11
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 69.4%
- Ohio building IRN
- 019968
- NCES school ID
- 390445601454
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Maplehurst Elementary School1 of 5 stars · Norwalk · 0.9 mi
- Address
- 195 Saint Marys St, Norwalk, OH 44857
- School district
- Norwalk City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 448
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 24
- Report card, 2025-26
- 1 of 5 stars
- Ohio building IRN
- 022632
- NCES school ID
- 390445601455
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Pleasant Elementary School5 of 5 stars · Norwalk · 0.9 mi
- Address
- 16 S Pleasant St, Norwalk, OH 44857
- School district
- Norwalk City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 390
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 21
- Report card, 2025-26
- 5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 92.1%
- Ohio building IRN
- 030221
- NCES school ID
- 390445601458
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Norwalk High School3 of 5 stars · Norwalk · 1.1 mi
- Address
- 350 Shady Lane Dr, Norwalk, OH 44857
- School district
- Norwalk City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 732
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 37.3
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 76.8%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 93.4%
- Ohio building IRN
- 028068
- NCES school ID
- 390445601457
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Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district. 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 stars3 stars overallNorwalk City · performance index 80.4% of the year's maximum · 93.4% 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
Under 3 milesElite School of Cosmetology · 0.6 miNorwalk · 2 campuses within 10 miles
Colleges within 5 miles, and the nearest beyond
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Elite School of CosmetologyFor-profit two-year college · Norwalk · 0.6 mi
- What it is
- For-profit two-year college
- City
- Norwalk
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 332
- Graduation rate
- 59% within three years (a class of 66)
- IPEDS unit ID
- 461999
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EHOVE Career CenterPublic career school · Milan · 6.4 mi
- What it is
- Public career school
- City
- Milan
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 512
- IPEDS unit ID
- 202657
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Bowling Green State University-FirelandsRegional campus of a public university · Huron · 10.8 mi
- What it is
- Regional campus of a public university
- City
- Huron
- Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
- 2,389
- Tuition and fees, in state
- $6,206
- Tuition and fees, out of state
- $13,895
- Graduation rate
- 10% (all programs, within 150% of normal time) (a class of 364)
- IPEDS unit ID
- 201432
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Source: NCES IPEDS 2024 directory, 2023-24 enrollment and tuition, graduation rates for the 2017 (four-year) and 2020 (two-year) entering classes. 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 citiesNorwalk (city)74% of residents, then Norwalk Township, Huron 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 54 Kellie Deeter
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 44857 (Norwalk)
Ohioans tied to this place, each with a sourced profile. All notable Ohioans
History from 44857 (Norwalk)
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Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on 44857 (Norwalk), day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 2.56 in
- 2026-09-29 to 2026-10-28
- rain so far in 2026
- 34.8 in
- about normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 17.3 in
- a normal year brings 32.2 in
- a normal year
- 40.1 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 2.56 | — | 28 |
| September 2026 | 3.52 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 5.07 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 4.68 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 4.16 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 4.82 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 5.83 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 2.87 | — | 31 |
| February 2026 | 0.04 | 1.0 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.28 | 16.3 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 1.69 | 4.2 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 1.21 | — | 30 |
| Wettest year | 2011 — 54.8 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year | 1963 — 20.9 in |
| Snowiest year | 1910 — 81.7 in |
| Wettest day on record | 5 July 1969 — 9.02 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day | 26 December 1926 — 14.02 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground | 5 February 1978 — 22.01 in |
Almost every day here is a measurement: 98% of them come from a rain gauge standing inside 44857 (Norwalk) itself.
48,364 days of records, 1893-04-01 to 2026-10-28. 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 44857 (Norwalk): 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
- 94
- those placed on the map inside 44857 (Norwalk)
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Hazardous waste | 32 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 17 |
| State sewer loans | 10 |
| Voluntary cleanup | 10 |
| Air pollution | 9 |
| Public drinking water | 7 |
| Composting | 2 |
| Contaminated-site cleanup | 2 |
| Site assessment | 2 |
| Underground injection wells | 2 |
| Landfills | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| PERSYS ENGINEERING INC | Hazardous waste notice of violation | |
| NORWALK CITY LANDFILL | Landfills inspection | |
| NEW HORIZONS BAKING COMPANY | Air pollution permit | |
| NORWALK CITY PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| NEW HORIZONS BAKING COMPANY | Air pollution permit | |
| NORWALK CITY LANDFILL | Landfills report | |
| NEW HORIZONS BAKING COMPANY | Air pollution permit | |
| NEW HORIZONS BAKING CO INC | Air pollution permit | |
| SEALCORE LLC | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| NORWALK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT PK-8 BUILDING | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| HURON COUNTY WPCLF HSTS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | State sewer loans | |
| NEW HORIZONS BAKING CO INC | Air pollution permit | |
| STORAGE MASTERS | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| NEW HORIZONS BAKING COMPANY | Air pollution permit | |
| NORWALK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT PK-8 BUILDING | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit | |
| STORAGE MASTERS | Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection | |
| MAYFLOWER VEHICLE SYSTEMS INC | Hazardous waste inspection | |
| SMITH PAVING AND EXCAVATING | Air pollution report | |
| PAT RILEY TRUCKING | Air pollution report | |
| DAN MAR CORP | Air pollution report | |
| EXTOL OF OHIO INC | Air pollution report | |
| AVIENT CORPORATION-NORWALK FACILITY | Air pollution report | |
| NEW HORIZONS BAKING CO INC | Air pollution permit | |
| NORWALK CITY PWS | Public drinking water violation resolved | |
| HUR-NORWALK RESERVOIR TRAIL | Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit |
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.
Around here
Places in this ZIP
- Norwalkcity74% of residents
- Norwalk Townshiptownship11% of residents
- Bronson Townshiptownship8% of residents
- Hartland Townshiptownship2% of residents
- Townsend Townshiptownship1% of residents
- Ridgefield Townshiptownship1% of residents
- Peru Townshiptownship1% of residents
- Milan Townshiptownship1% of residents
- Berlin Townshiptownship1% of residents
School districts
ZIP codes next door
The county
Huron County: 10 ZIP codes, 30 cities, villages and townships, 60,416 people. The county in numbers.
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Quick answers
What city is ZIP code 44857?
ZIP code 44857 is the Norwalk, Ohio post office area in Huron County, home to 23,619 residents. Of its residents, 74% live in the city of Norwalk, 11% in Norwalk Township, 8% in Bronson Township and 2% in Hartland Township.
What county is ZIP code 44857 in?
ZIP code 44857 lies mostly in Huron County, Ohio, and reaches into Erie County.
Where does the tap water in ZIP code 44857 come from?
Three city reservoirs (Upper, Memorial, Lower; 159 acres, about 700 million gallons) on Old State Road south of State Route 18, fed mainly by rainwater runoff from an 8-square-mile area east of the city, with a river pump station adding East Branch Huron River water to Memorial Reservoir in dry years. Norwalk City Water Treatment Plant · Norwalk City.
What school district is ZIP code 44857 in?
ZIP code 44857 is mostly in the Norwalk City School District; parts are in the Berlin-Milan Local School District and the Western Reserve Local School District.
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