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Sinking Spring

Highland County · 116 residents

Mostly private wells. No community water system mapped here. The water here

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45172 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: Mostly private wells. Source: EPA SDWIS
  2. Local history 1796 The town here was settled around 1796, earlier than 86% of the Ohio ZIPs with a researched town. Source: Ohio History Connection
  3. Pipelines 30.2 mi This ZIP sits far from a gas transmission line: the nearest is 30.2 miles away, farther than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: EIA U.S. Energy Atlas
  4. EV chargers 28.3 mi This ZIP sits far from a DC fast charger: the nearest is 28.3 miles away, farther than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Alternative Fuels Data Center
  5. Internet 94.1% Broadband access runs poor here: 94.1% of homes and businesses lack 100/20 Mbps service, more than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: FCC broadband map
  6. Groceries 100.0% Grocery access runs poor here: 100.0% of residents live in a USDA low-income, low-access tract, more than 97% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: USDA ERS Large Retailer Access Map
  7. Toxic sites 45.0 mi This ZIP sits far from a federal Superfund NPL site (listed, proposed or deleted after cleanup): the nearest is 45.0 miles away, farther than 98% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: EPA Facility Registry
  8. People 1% Educational attainment runs low here: 1% of adults 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, lower than 98% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Census ACS
  9. Nursing homes 12.6 mi This ZIP sits far from a nursing home: the nearest certified nursing home is 12.6 miles away, farther than 98% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: CMS Care Compare data
  10. Aquifer 0% This ZIP sits over a well-protected aquifer setting: 0% of the land is in an Ohio EPA sensitive geologic setting, lower than 90% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Ohio EPA geology layers

Local events in 45172

Nothing is posted for ZIP 45172 itself yet; here is what is on within 20 miles. All local events in 45172

  1. Check 'Em Out! Book Club

    5 to 6 p.m. · Paxton (Bainbridge) Branch · Bainbridge · 12 mi · Free · From Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library

  2. Storytime

    10:30 to 11:30 a.m. · Paxton (Bainbridge) Branch · Bainbridge · 12 mi · Free · From Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library

  3. Build A Turkey

    3:30 to 5 p.m. · Paxton (Bainbridge) Branch · Bainbridge · 12 mi · Free · From Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library

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Your ballot

Who represents 45172, and what is on its ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election.

Locator: Highland County and Highland's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districtsLocator: Highland County and Highland's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districts.Highland CountyU.S. House district 15: Mike Carey (R)Ohio Senate district 17: Shane Wilkin (R)Ohio House district 91: Bob Peterson (R)
Highland County and 45172's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districts.
ChamberDistrictMemberParty
U.S. HouseDistrict 15——
Ohio SenateDistrict 17Shane WilkinR
Ohio HouseDistrict 91Bob PetersonR

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.

Statewide races:

45172's district races:

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 45172 · 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

Mostly private wells

Mostly private wellsNo community water system mapped here

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 786–996 ft, averaging 885 ft · Sinking Spring 791–1,011 ft, averaging 886 · Highland County 698–1,337 ft (USGS 3DEP)

Mostly private wells
No community water system is mapped here, so homes likely rely on private wells or small non-community systems.

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

Violationsprivate wellsRadon3 tests, too fewStream health100% of land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeNearest sewage plantVillage of Peebles Wastewater Plant, 8.9 mi, 10/12 quarters in violationGroundwaterDRASTIC 144, 13 well logsElectricAEP OhioGas pipelinenearest transmission line 30.2 miNearest power plantWillowbrook Solar I, LLC 17.4 mi, 150 MW solarGasPike Natural Gas Company, 2% on gasSchool districtAdams County/Ohio Valley LocalSocial vulnerability75th percentile in OhioUpward mobilityrank 41.4 for low-income childrenPeople1.2% with a degree, 0% born abroadJobs3 jobs here, residents mostly work in HillsboroSchool tax24.5 mills, ~$1,718 on a $200K homePhoneFrontier NorthFlood0% in floodplainInternet6% served, fiber 0%Hazard risk54, above 54% of US tractsOil and gas wellsnone inside, nearest 0.82 miSoilsOpequon, septic very limitedAbandoned minesnone mappedSpills0 reported since 2021Disasters1 tornado track within 5 mi, 15 FEMA declarationsDams3 high-hazard within 10 mi, nearest 3.2 miTraffic2K a day on SR 124Bridgesnone insideRail crossingsnone; nearest 8.6 miTransit0% within half a mile of a stopWalkability4.7 of 20, least walkableAirportLCK 56.7 mi, Amtrak 33.4 miClimate18" snow, 52°F averageAlgal toxinsprivate wellsPFASprivate wellsLeadprivate wellsByproductsno samples on fileFluorideprivate wellsWatershedOhio Brush-Whiteoak, Baker ForkLocal governmentSinking Spring (village)Cell signal5G on 90% of landU.S. HouseOH-2 David Taylor (R)Life expectancy77.0 yearsHealth23% fair or poor health, obesity 41%Nearest hospitalAdams County Regional Medical Center, 14.4 mi, 3★Toxic sitesSuperfund 45 mi away, 0 TRIToxic releasesno TRI reporterAirPM2.5 7.3 µg/m³, monitor 33.6 miFire/EMSBrushcreek Township Fire Department, 0.1 miLibraryPeebles Public Library, 8.6 miGroceries100% in low-income, low-access tractsEV chargersfast charger 28.3 mi, 0 stations hereHistorysettled 1796Historic placesnearest Eubanks-Tytus House, 5.3 miWetlands0.1% of land, under 1 acreLand cover22% developed, 27% tree canopyParks0% public land, Rocky Fork State Park 8 miNursing homeMONARCH MEADOWS NURSING AND REHABILITATION, 12.6 mi, 3★PolicePeebles Police Department, 8.6 miCrime0.9 violent per 1,000, Highland County SheriffAquifer0% sensitive setting, karst, thin driftCollegeSouthern State Community College, 16.6 miSchool ratings3 stars, Adams County/Ohio Valley LocalHome pricesno indexBuilding permitshouses not surveyed in Highland CountyHomes and income$149K home, $108K incomeHouses45 homes (appraisal records)

Infrastructure in this ZIP

0.98 mi of highway (SR 41, SR 124) · 1 fire or EMS station · 1 post office · 1.34 mi of trail and bike route · 1 site with underground fuel tanks in use.

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Intakes and plants

Mostly private wells

Mostly private wellsNo community water system mapped here

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 data

Mostly private wells, no system record

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

No data

No byproduct samples on file

Source: EPA Six-Year Review 4 compliance monitoring data, 2012 to 2019: total trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids (HAA5) sampled in the distribution system, nitrate, arsenic, combined radium, gross alpha and uranium at entry points; yearly means…

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PFAS

No data

Mostly private wells, untested

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 data

Mostly private wells, no system record

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

No record

Mostly private wells

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

No data

Mostly private wells

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

140 to 160

DRASTIC 144 · Limestone13 well logs · median 70 ft deep · 9 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

Under 10% sensitive

0% sensitive geologic settingkarst-prone bedrock, thin drift at the center · 6 verified sinkholes · under 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

Village of Peebles Wastewater Plant · 8.9 mi10 of 12 quarters in violation · 0.42 MGD

Source: EPA ECHO Clean Water Act facilities, Ohio NPDES permits with a publicly owned treatment works component, plants of 0.1 MGD or more or designated major: nearest plant, design flow, significant-noncompliance status, quarters in… · EPA ECHO · EPA CSO inventory · Ohio EPA GIS services · EPA Facility Finder

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Stream health

Three quarters or more

100% of the land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeBaker Fork · bacteria (pathogens), sediment and silt

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

Ohio Brush-Whiteoak subbasinBaker Fork · 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 $149,100household income $107,951 · 94% 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

No data

Appraisal records without year built45 homes · $70K 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… · Highland County Auditor

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Building permits

No data

Houses not surveyed; county reports 4+ unit buildings onlyHighland County building department

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

No data

No FHFA index for this ZIP

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

24.5 effective school millsAdams County/Ohio Valley Local · about $1,718 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

AEP Ohio

AEP OhioInvestor-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

15 small regulated companies

Pike Natural Gas CompanySmall PUCO-regulated company · 2% 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

10 to 20 miles

Willowbrook Solar I, LLC · 17.4 misolar, 150 MW · 0 plants within 10 miles

The nearest power plant

  1. Willowbrook Solar I, LLC 100 MW or moreSolar · 150 MW · 17.4 mi
    Capacity
    150 MW
    Main source
    Solar
    Technology
    Solar Photovoltaic
    Operator
    RWE Renewables Americas, LLC
    Sector
    IPP Non-CHP
    Where
    Morystown, Highland County
    Generating units
    1
    Built
    2024
    EIA plant code
    63877

    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

10 miles or more

Nearest transmission line 30.2 miColumbia Gas Trans Co (interstate)

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

25% or more lack it

6% can get 100/20 Mbpsfiber 0% · cable 0% · 68 locations · 94% 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 on 75 to 95%

5G on 90% of the land4G or better 100% · AT&T 90% · T-Mobile 90% · Verizon 90%

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

20 miles or more

Fast charger 28.3 mi: YOCTANGEE COC0 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. Murphin Ridge Inn, a Select Registry Property - Tesla Destination2 Level 2 · West Union · 14.2 mi
    Address
    750 Murphin Ridge Rd, West Union, OH 45693
    Ports
    2 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772, Tesla (NACS)
    Network
    Tesla Destination
    Phone
    877-798-3752

    Station Locator (NREL) ↗ Alternative Fuels Data Center (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. WAI PROP PIKE SQ 2A4 Level 2 · Piketon · 20.1 mi
    Address
    425 E 2nd St, Piketon, OH 45661
    Ports
    4 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 anyone

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

None inside the ZIP; the nearest station or terminal

  1. 1st Stop Gas StationIntercity bus stop · Greyhound Lines · 9.9 mi
    What it is
    Intercity bus stop
    Operator
    Greyhound Lines
    City
    Pebbles
    Coordinates
    38.93270, -83.41780

    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

Least walkable (1 to 5.75)

Walkability 4.7 of 201 intersection 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

No public rail crossing in the ZIP

0 public crossingsnearest crossing 8.6 mi (Cincinnati Eastern Railroad)

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

No data

No bridges inside this ZIP

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

Under 5,000 vehicles a day

1,573 vehicles a day on SR 124530 trucks · 1K 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

LCK · 56.7 miRickenbacker International · Amtrak at South Shore-South Portsmouth, KY 33.4 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

Too few tests

Too few radon tests3 tests reported

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

No residents in the floodplain

0.0% of residents in the 1% floodplain0% of the land is floodplain

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 60

Risk score 54 · higher than about 54% of US tractsLandslide 98 · Drought 95

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

Under 20 inches of snow a year

18" of snow a year · 52.3°F averageJanuary low 19° · July high 85° · 47" 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

Under 7.5 µg/m³ PM2.5

PM2.5 7.3 µg/m³ at Portsmouth WTP, 33.6 miozone 68 ppb at Wilmington

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 45 mi: Bowers Landfill0 toxic-release reporters · 0 Superfund program sites in the ZIP

Source: EPA Facility Registry Service: Superfund NPL and SEMS sites, Toxics Release Inventory reporters (EPA geoplatform), fetched 2026-09-08; the nearest NPL site also considers sites in PA, WV, KY, IN and MI within about 20 miles of the border… · EPA Facility Registry · EPA Superfund sites · Ohio EPA cleanup sites · EPA UST Finder · EPA ECHO

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Toxic releases

No data

No TRI-reporting facility

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

3 high-hazard dams within 10 milesNearest: Cave Lake Dam, 3.2 mi, condition fair

High-hazard dams within 10 miles

  1. Cave Lake DamSunfish Creek · condition: fair · 3.2 mi
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Fair (assessed 10/03/2023)
    River or stream
    Sunfish Creek
    Purpose
    Recreation
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    29 ft
    Storage
    1,000 acre-feet
    Completed
    1962
    Owner type
    Private
    County
    Pike County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Cedar Fork
    Last inspection
    11/22/2022
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH00197

    National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Long's Retreat Lake Dam PoorSunfish Creek · condition: poor · 3.8 mi
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Poor (assessed 10/02/2023)
    River or stream
    Sunfish Creek
    Purpose
    Recreation
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    28 ft
    Storage
    309 acre-feet
    Completed
    1970
    Owner type
    Private
    County
    Pike County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Cedar Fork
    Last inspection
    11/22/2022
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH00198

    National Inventory of Dams record ↗ National Inventory of Dams (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Rocky Fork Lake Dam PoorRocky Fork of Paint Creek · condition: poor · 8.1 mi
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Poor (assessed 03/22/2024)
    River or stream
    Rocky Fork of Paint Creek
    Purpose
    Recreation
    Type
    Concrete
    Height
    74 ft
    Storage
    87,050 acre-feet
    Completed
    1952
    Owner type
    State
    County
    Highland County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Mccoppin Mill
    Last inspection
    06/06/2023
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH00302

    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

1 or 2 tracks

1 tornado track within 5 miles since 19500 rated F2/EF2+ · 15 federal declarations for Highland County · 4 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

No spill reported since 2021

0 spills reported since 2021none reported

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

No oil or gas well in the ZIP

0 wells in the ZIP0 producing · 0 shale · 0 orphan · nearest 0.82 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 29.9 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 limited

Opequon silt loam, 6 to 18 percent slopes, moderately erodedseptic very limited · 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

Under 0.5% of the area

0% public land · 0 acresRocky Fork State Park 8 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

Under 1% of the land

0.1% wetland · under 1 acre

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%

22% developed · 27% tree canopypasture 37% · forest 30% · cropland 11%

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

Under 15% with a bachelor's degree

1.2% bachelor's or higher93.5% white · 0% Black · 0% Hispanic · 0% Asian · 0% 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

Under 0.25 jobs per employed resident

3 jobs · 32 employed residentsHealth care and social assistance leads · residents mostly work in Hillsboro (45133)

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

Mostly private wells

Mostly private wellsNo community water system mapped here

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 41.4income rank at 35 for children of low-income parents · 1.87% 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

60th to 80th

75th percentile of Ohio tractssocioeconomic 77 · household 49 · minority status 39 · housing and transport 81

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%

23.1% in fair or poor healthobesity 40.6% · diabetes 14.9% · smoking 19% · depression 28%

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 79

77.0 years life expectancy1 tract, 77

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

10 to 20 miles

Adams County Regional Medical Center · 14.4 miSeaman · 25 beds · 0 within 10 miles

The nearest hospitals

  1. Adams County Regional Medical CenterCritical access hospital · Seaman · 14.4 mi
    What it is
    Critical access hospital
    Address
    230 Medical Center Drive, Seaman, OH 45679
    County
    Adams County
    Beds
    25
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Government - local
    Medicare overall rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Phone
    (937) 386-3400
    Medicare ID
    361326

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ Hospital's website ↗ Where HIFLD got this record ↗ HIFLD hospitals (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Highland District HospitalCritical access hospital · Hillsboro · 15.7 mi
    What it is
    Critical access hospital
    Address
    1275 North High Street, Hillsboro, OH 45133
    County
    Highland County
    Beds
    35
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Government - district/authority
    Medicare overall rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Phone
    (937) 393-6100
    Medicare ID
    361332

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  3. Greenfield Area Medical CenterGeneral hospital · Greenfield · 19.0 mi
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    550 Mirabeau Street, Greenfield, OH 45123
    County
    Highland County
    Beds
    25
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    not rated
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Phone
    (937) 981-9400
    Medicare ID
    361304

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ Where HIFLD got this record ↗ HIFLD hospitals (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: HIFLD hospitals inventory via FEMA (closed hospitals it still lists left out, hospitals opened since added), with Medicare Care Compare ratings matched by name and address. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

The nearest health centers

  1. Highland Health Providers - Rocky Fork Medical CenterHealth center · Hillsboro · 10.0 mi
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Hillsboro
    Coordinates
    39.19852, -83.48270

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

  2. HealthSource SeamanHealth center · Seaman · 13.8 mi
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Seaman
    Coordinates
    38.92998, -83.56451

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

Source: HRSA health center service delivery sites, active, September 2026 (school-based sites left out). Health centers see patients whether or not they have insurance, with fees on a sliding scale. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

The nearest dialysis center

  1. Dci - SeamanDialysis · Seaman · 12.3 mi
    Address
    65 Commerce Dr, Seaman, OH 45679
    Dialysis stations
    13
    Medicare star rating
    1 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis training
    Ownership
    nonprofit
    Chain
    Dialysis Clinic, Inc.
    Medicare certified since
    2005-09-01
    Phone
    (937) 386-0818
    Medicare ID
    362682

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS dialysis facility list (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: CMS dialysis facility list, September 2026, geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (an address it could not place sits at its ZIP center). 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

12 miles or more

MONARCH MEADOWS NURSING AND REHABILITATION · 12.6 mi3 of 5 stars · 50 beds · 0 within 5 miles

The nearest nursing homes

  1. Monarch Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation3 of 5 stars · Seaman · 12.6 mi
    Address
    299 Commerce Dr, Seaman, OH 45679
    Certified beds
    50
    Residents on an average day
    47
    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 - Corporation
    Chain
    CONTINUING HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (937) 386-6375
    Medicare ID
    365906
    Map point
    the ZIP's center (the address did not geocode)

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Hillsboro Health and Rehab LLC1 of 5 stars · Hillsboro · 14.4 mi
    Address
    175 Chillicothe Avenue, Hillsboro, OH 45133
    Certified beds
    99
    Residents on an average day
    86
    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 fine totalling $119,308, 1 payment denial (latest 2023-10-05)
    Ownership
    For profit - Individual
    Chain
    RHG HEALTHCARE SERVICES
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (937) 393-1925
    Medicare ID
    365994

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Hillsboro Post Acute5 of 5 stars · Hillsboro · 15.4 mi
    Address
    1141 Northview Drive, Hillsboro, OH 45133
    Certified beds
    99
    Residents on an average day
    71
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    5 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    1 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Chain
    PACS GROUP
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (937) 393-5766
    Medicare ID
    365621

    Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider file (922 Ohio homes), addresses geocoded with the Census Bureau batch geocoder (67 unmatched placed at their ZIP center); CMS penalties file (fines and payment denials since 2023, matched by name and… · CMS Care Compare data

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Crime

Under 1 violent offense per 1,000

0.9 violent offenses per 1,000Highland County Sheriff · 5.4 property per 1,000 · 12 months · 35% 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

7 miles or more

Peebles Police Department · 8.6 mi0 stations within 3 miles · post office 0.1 mi

The nearest police stations

  1. Peebles Police DepartmentPeebles · 8.6 mi
    Address
    1 Simmons Avenue, Peebles, OH 45660
    Coordinates
    38.95118, -83.41046

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

  2. Seaman Police DepartmentSeaman · 13.5 mi
    Address
    17806 State Route 247, Seaman, OH 45679
    Coordinates
    38.94140, -83.57036

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

Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: USGS National Map structures: police stations (772 Ohio points: the inventory's 731 less 4 closed or duplicate records, with 4 wrong names corrected, plus 45 departments and sheriff's offices it lacks, placed from OpenStreetMap or the… · USGS structures service · OpenStreetMap · Census Bureau geocoder

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Fire and EMS

Under 1 mile

Brushcreek Township Fire Department · 0.1 mi1 station within 3 miles, 3 within 8

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

  1. Brushcreek Township Fire DepartmentSinking Spring · 0.1 mi
    Address
    7 North Chestnut Street, Sinking Spring, OH 45172
    Coordinates
    39.07448, -83.38483

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

  2. Franklin Township Fire DepartmentPeebles · 5.9 mi
    Address
    29670 State Highway 41, Peebles, OH 45660
    Coordinates
    38.98853, -83.37757

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

  3. Marshall Township Volunteer Fire DepartmentHillsboro · 7.5 mi
    Address
    11085 State Highway 506, Hillsboro, OH 45133
    Coordinates
    39.15222, -83.48439

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

Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: USGS National Map structures inventory (fire and EMS stations; most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022): 1,772 Ohio stations after removing duplicate records and checking Columbus- and Cleveland-area stations against the cities'… · USGS structures service · Columbus fire stations · Cleveland fire stations

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Libraries

7 miles or more

Peebles Public Library · 8.6 miAdams County Public Library · 0 within 3 miles, 0 within 8

The nearest libraries

  1. Peebles Public LibraryBranch · Peebles · 8.6 mi
    Address
    157 High St., Peebles, OH 45660
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Adams County Public Library
    Open
    2,600 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    7,985 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    90,012
    System's loans, FY2024
    283,020
    People the system serves
    27,477
    Phone
    (937) 587-2085

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

  2. Rocky Fork BranchBranch · Hillsboro · 10.0 mi
    Address
    11125 North Shore Drive, Hillsboro, OH 45133
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Highland County District Library
    Open
    1,768 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    3,775 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    115,752
    System's loans, FY2024
    258,208
    People the system serves
    42,139
    Phone
    (937) 661-6866

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

Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 (outlets and their systems). Any Ohio resident can get a free card at any Ohio public library. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

None inside the ZIP; the nearest museum

  1. Serpent Mound MuseumHistorical society · Peebles · 6.9 mi
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Peebles
    Coordinates
    38.97378, -83.39311

    Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

    The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.

Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

Source: IMLS Public Libraries Survey FY2024 outlet and system files (720 open Ohio central libraries and branches of 251 systems, plus 62 bookmobiles); straight-line miles from each ZIP's population-weighted center to the nearest Ohio library… · IMLS Public Libraries Survey · IMLS Museum Data Files

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Groceries

Two thirds or more

100% in low-income, low-access tracts100% over 1 mile from a supermarket

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

Settled before 1800

Sinking Spring · settled 1796first settled, platted or incorporated (earliest year recorded)

Mounds and earthworks within 5 miles

  1. Fort Hill State MemorialEarthwork · Middle Woodland · 2.9 mi
    What it is
    Earthwork
    Also named
    Fort Hill
    Age
    Middle Woodland, Hopewell culture, roughly 100 BC - AD 500
    Where
    Brush Creek Township, on a hilltop above Ohio Brush Creek near Sinking Spring; now Fort Hill State Memorial / Fort Hill Earthworks & Nature Preserve
    County
    Highland County
    Named in the history of
    Brush Creek Township, Highland County, Highland County
    Map point
    from the site's Wikipedia article

    Wikipedia article (point and source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

    Many mounds stand on private land; visit only those open to the public.

  2. Serpent MoundEarthwork · disputed: Fort Ancient (c. AD 1025-1215) or Adena (c. 300 BC · 4.1 mi
    What it is
    Earthwork
    Age
    disputed: Fort Ancient (c. AD 1025-1215) or Adena (c. 300 BC, repaired c. AD 1100)
    Where
    near Locust Grove, Bratton Township, Adams County
    County
    Adams County
    Named in the history of
    Bratton Township, Adams County, Adams County
    Map point
    from the site's Wikipedia article

    Wikipedia article (point and source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

    Many mounds stand on private land; visit only those open to the public.

Source: the History records' native sites, each placed by its own Wikipedia article; sites no article places are named on the History card but not pinned. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

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

No listed place in the ZIP

0 listed historic placesnearest: Eubanks-Tytus House, 5.3 mi

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

369 local school districts

Adams County/Ohio Valley LocalLocal school district

None inside the ZIP; the nearest public schools

  1. Western Elementary School2.5 of 5 stars · Latham · 7.4 mi
    Address
    7959 State Route 124, Latham, OH 45646
    School district
    Western Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    153
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    7
    Report card, 2025-26
    2.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    64%
    Ohio building IRN
    029157
    NCES school ID
    390491503510

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Western High School3 of 5 stars · Latham · 7.4 mi
    Address
    7959 State Route 124, Latham, OH 45646
    School district
    Western Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    281
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    18
    Report card, 2025-26
    3 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    64.5%
    Four-year graduation rate
    98.3%
    Ohio building IRN
    040667
    NCES school ID
    390491503511

    NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center.

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 overallAdams County/Ohio Valley Local · performance index 73.6% of the year's maximum · 96.3% 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

15 to 25 miles

Southern State Community College · 16.6 miHillsboro · 0 campuses within 10 miles

The nearest colleges

  1. Southern State Community CollegePublic two-year college · Hillsboro · 16.6 mi
    What it is
    Public two-year college
    City
    Hillsboro
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    2,903
    Tuition and fees, in state
    $5,687
    Tuition and fees, out of state
    $10,368
    Graduation rate
    26% within three years (a class of 126)
    IPEDS unit ID
    205966

    College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Pike County Joint Vocational School DistrictPublic career school · Piketon · 20.4 mi
    What it is
    Public career school
    City
    Piketon
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    115
    IPEDS unit ID
    409537

    College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  3. Scioto County Career Technical CenterPublic career school · Lucasville · 26.6 mi
    What it is
    Public career school
    City
    Lucasville
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    188
    IPEDS unit ID
    407577

    College Navigator (NCES) ↗ IPEDS data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

Source: NCES IPEDS 2024 directory, 2023-24 enrollment and tuition, graduation rates for the 2017 (four-year) and 2020 (two-year) entering classes. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: NCES IPEDS: 2024 institutional directory (269 active Ohio institutions with coordinates, less the administrative units and the colleges that have closed since; plus 145 in Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Michigan within… · NCES IPEDS

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Local government

669 villages

Sinking Spring (village)Local government for nearly all residents

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-2 · David Taylor (R)Senate 17 Shane Wilkin · House 91 Bob Peterson

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Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on 45172 (Sinking Spring), day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
1.28 in
2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
rain so far in 2026
38.1 in
about normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
15.0 in
a normal year brings 17.7 in
a normal year
44.8 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 1.28 — 29
September 2026 6.14 — 30
August 2026 5.28 — 31
July 2026 3.35 — 31
June 2026 4.49 — 30
May 2026 5.67 — 31
April 2026 3.37 — 30
March 2026 5.96 0.7 31
February 2026 0.94 6.2 28
January 2026 1.65 8.1 31
December 2025 2.48 9.1 31
November 2025 3.67 2.7 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year2018 — 59.5 in
Driest year1901 — 27.0 in
Snowiest year1917 — 50.2 in
Wettest day on record10 March 1964 — 4.65 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day6 January 1910 — 11.76 in
Deepest snow on the ground21 January 1978 — 21.02 in

Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside 45172 (Sinking Spring), so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.

48,842 days of records, 1893-01-01 to 2026-10-29. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-10-31): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-10-31 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.

Environmental permits and filings

What Ohio EPA has on file for 45172 (Sinking Spring): 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
1
those placed on the map inside 45172 (Sinking Spring)
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Wastewater and stormwater discharge1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
PATHWAY TO CHRIST CHURCH Wastewater and stormwater discharge inspection

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

School districts

ZIP codes next door

45133 Hillsboro

The county

Highland County: 7 ZIP codes, 26 cities, villages and townships, 42,302 people. The county in numbers.

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Quick answers

What city is ZIP code 45172?

ZIP code 45172 is the Sinking Spring, Ohio post office area in Highland County, home to 116 residents. Of its residents, 100% live in the village of Sinking Spring.

What county is ZIP code 45172 in?

ZIP code 45172 is in Highland County, Ohio.

Where does the tap water in ZIP code 45172 come from?

Mostly private wells. No community water system mapped here.

What school district is ZIP code 45172 in?

ZIP code 45172 is in the Adams County/Ohio Valley Local School District.

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