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Symmes Township and Waterloo

Lawrence County · 403 residents · Waterloo post office; 89% of residents live in the township of Symmes Township

Tap water here comes from Ohio River surface water, treated at Ironton Water Treatment Plant. The water here

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45688 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: Ohio River surface water, treated at the Ironton Water Treatment Plant (built 1993, approved capacity 4 million gallons per day, about 1.3 MGD produced). The foot-of-Vernon-Street siting describes the original 1872 waterworks, not the current intake location.. Source: EPA SDWIS
  2. Local history 1820 The town here was settled around 1820, later than 67% of the Ohio ZIPs with a researched town. Source: Ohio History Connection
  3. Fire and EMS 7.7 mi This ZIP sits far from a fire or EMS station: the nearest is 7.7 miles away, farther than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: USGS structures service
  4. Walkability 1.9 This ZIP is less walkable than most: an EPA walkability index of 1.9 out of 20, lower than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: EPA walkability index
  5. Parks 66.7% This ZIP has a lot of protected land: 66.7% of the land is park, forest or wildlife area, more than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: USGS PAD-US
  6. Internet 96.6% Broadband access runs poor here: 96.6% of homes and businesses lack 100/20 Mbps service, more than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: FCC broadband map
  7. Land cover 4% This ZIP is less developed than most: 4% of the land, lower than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: NLCD
  8. Police 13.6 mi This ZIP sits far from a police station: the nearest is 13.6 miles away, farther than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: USGS structures service
  9. Homes and income $52,700 Home values run low here: a median of $52,700, lower than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Census ACS
  10. Nursing homes 13.2 mi This ZIP sits far from a nursing home: the nearest certified nursing home is 13.2 miles away, farther than 98% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: CMS Care Compare data

Local events in 45688

Nothing is posted for ZIP 45688 itself yet; here is what is on within 20 miles. All local events in 45688

  1. Adult-Murder Mystery Game. BE A COLD CASE DETECTIVE

    6 to 7:30 p.m. · South Webster Library · South Webster · 14 mi · From Scioto County Public Library

  2. Teens- Magical Athlete-game

    4 to 5 p.m. · South Webster Library · South Webster · 14 mi · From Scioto County Public Library

  3. Freestyle Painting

    4 to 5 p.m. · Wheelersburg Library · Porter Township · 18 mi · From Scioto County Public Library

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Your ballot

Who represents 45688, and what is on its ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election.

Locator: Lawrence County and Lawrence's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districtsLocator: Lawrence County and Lawrence's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districts.Lawrence CountyU.S. House district 2: David Taylor (R)Ohio Senate district 17: Shane Wilkin (R)Ohio House district 93: Jason Stephens (R)
Lawrence County and 45688's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districts.
ChamberDistrictMemberParty
U.S. HouseDistrict 2——
Ohio SenateDistrict 17Shane WilkinR
Ohio HouseDistrict 93Jason StephensR

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:

45688'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 45688 · 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

Ohio River

Ohio River surface water, treated at the Ironton Water Treatment Plant (built 1993, approved capacity 4 million gallons per day, about 1.3 MGD produced). The foot-of-Vernon-Street siting describes the original 1872 waterworks, not the current intake location.Ironton Water Treatment Plant · Hecla Water Association

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 590–982 ft, averaging 781 ft · Lawrence County 509–1,052 ft (USGS 3DEP)

Ohio River
Ohio River · via Hecla Water Association
Drawn from: Ohio River surface water, treated at the Ironton Water Treatment Plant (built 1993, approved capacity 4 million gallons per day, about 1.3 MGD produced). The foot-of-Vernon-Street siting describes the original 1872 waterworks, not the current intake location.
Treated at Ironton Water Treatment Plant, 400 South Front Street, Ironton, OH 45638
Show everything served from this plant
Hecla Water Association buys its water from Ironton. Ironton treats water from Ohio River.

Hecla Water Association has 13,703 service connections serving 34,942 people. Office: 740-533-0526 (SDWIS).

Water bodies
Ohio River
Raw intakes
Ironton Ohio River
Serves
11,129 people · Lawrence County
EPA ID
OH4400711
irontonohio.org

About this area's water

The Ohio River at Proctorville, Ohio, the source river for Hecla Water Association
The Ohio River at Proctorville, Ohio, the source river for Hecla Water AssociationPhoto: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Did you know
  • Hecla Water was founded in 1969 by laundromat owner John Howard and eight neighbors, fed up with the area's water quality; the nine of them signed the incorporation papers.
  • It grew from roughly 700 original taps to nearly 10,000 connections, and its eight-well field now pumps over two million gallons a day.
  • Even though its own wells meet nearly all demand, Hecla keeps a standing tie to Ironton's 1993 Ohio River plant - under 1% of daily supply, feeding only the Coryville and Porter Gap areas.
  • Hecla added its first water-softening step only in the last quarter of 2025, after decades of naturally hard groundwater averaging about 9 grains per gallon.
History5
  • 1969Hecla Water Association is incorporated after laundromat owner John Howard and eight neighbors organize over poor local water quality.
  • 1969The new association starts with about 700 taps, buying its water from the City of Ironton and the Village of Coal Grove.
  • 1980Hecla builds its own treatment plant and well field above Proctorville in the Ohio River Valley Aquifer, becoming largely self-sufficient.
  • 1993Ironton builds an Ohio River surface-water plant (~1.74 MGD) that Hecla still uses as a secondary and emergency source.
  • 2025Hecla adds a water-softening step in the fourth quarter; 1 of 60 lead samples exceeds the action level in the Jul-Dec testing cycle.
Treatment & pressure

How it is treated

Eight wells in the Ohio River Valley Aquifer along SR 7 near Athalia pump over 2 MGD, treated by sand filtration, fluoridation and chlorination, plus a softening step added in Q4 2025. Ironton's 1993 Ohio River plant (pre-sedimentation, upflow clarification, filtration, chlorination) is a backup.

Water pressure

No system-wide figure is published, but Hecla's customer-service materials say normal residential pressure should be 50-65 psi and that customer-installed pressure reducers be set…

What it costs

$16.40 per 1,000 gallons

2025 rates: minimum bill $25.15 (District 1) to $27.15 (District 7) covering the first 1,500 gallons a month, then $16.40 per 1,000 gallons in every district.

Water quality & impurities8
ContaminantLevelLimitYear
TTHM (Total Trihalomethanes)
Range 14.1-81.0 ppb, no violation.		51.4 ppb80 ppb2025
HAA5 (Five Haloacetic Acids)
Range 0.0-52.7 ppb, no violation.		28.6 ppb60 ppb2025
Nitrate
Far below the limit; typical source is fertilizer and septic runoff.		0.488 mg/L10 mg/L2025
Fluoride
Range 0.80-1.40 mg/L; added to promote strong teeth.		1.09 mg/L4.0 mg/L2025
Lead (90th percentile)
1 of 60 samples exceeded the action level in Jul-Dec 2025; the 90th percentile stayed well under.		1.3 ppb15 ppb action…2025
Copper (90th percentile)
0 of 60 samples exceeded the action level.		0.211 ppm1.3 ppm action…2025
Radium-228
Reported as 0.84 +/- 0.64; no violation, naturally occurring.		0.84 pCi/L5 pCi/L2021
Total Hardness
9.04 grains/gallon, range 116-170 mg/L; prompted the Q4 2025 softening step.		154.82 mg/Lnot regulated2025

EPA compliance record

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 1.3 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).

EPA record: no health-based violations since 2015.

EPA compliance record · Ironton (treats the water)

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 1.1 ppb in 2025 (action level 15 ppb).

EPA health-based violations since 2015:

  • 2024Lead and Copper Rule Revisions · lead service line inventory missing or incomplete (a records requirement, not a lead test result) · returned to compliance

13 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 2 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 10 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records); 1 health-based.

Projects & plans2

Recent and current work

  • Water softening treatment addition · 2025 · completed
    Softening process implemented in the last quarter of 2025 to cut natural groundwater hardness.
  • Lead service line inventory · 2025 · completed
    Found no lead, galvanized-requiring-replacement or unknown-material lines, using records, parts inventory, visual inspections and as-builts.
Supply stress

Ohio EPA rates the well field moderately susceptible: the sand-and-gravel water table starts about 40 feet down under only 15-25 feet of sandy clay, and eight potential contaminant sources sit in the protection area - SR 7, the Ohio River, home septic systems, an auto body shop, fuel-storage commercial sites and a salvage yard. No…

Sewers

Sanitary

Hecla Water Association supplies drinking water only and operates no sanitary sewers. Incorporated villages in its service area, such as Chesapeake and Proctorville, run their own systems; the rural and unincorporated parts around Pedro, Kitts Hill and Waterloo are generally on individual septic systems.

Storm

No centralized stormwater utility was identified for this largely rural Lawrence County service area; drainage outside the villages is by natural topography and roadside ditches.

Sourcesverified
heclawater.comheclawater.comheclawater.comwwwapp.epa.ohio.govcauseiq.com

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

Water systems in this ZIP

48% 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

Violationsnone since 2015, lead 1.3 ppbRadonno testsStream health54% of land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeNearest sewage plantOak Hill Wwtp, 12.3 mi, 0/12 quarters in violationGroundwaterDRASTIC 114, 28 well logsElectricBuckeye Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Gas pipelinenearest transmission line 2.1 mi, 10.1 mi in the ZIPNearest power plantHanging Rock Energy Facility 17.5 mi, 1,365 MW gasGasColumbia Gas of Ohio, 8% on gasSchool districtSymmes Valley LocalSocial vulnerability82nd percentile in OhioUpward mobilityrank 36.7 for low-income childrenPeople8.4% with a degree, 0% born abroadJobs1 jobs hereSchool tax20.0 mills, ~$1,400 on a $200K homePhoneAT&T OhioFlood8.9% in floodplainInternet3% served, fiber 0%Hazard risk19, above 19% of US tractsOil and gas wells86 in the ZIP, 25 producingSoilsKanawha, septic not limitedAbandoned minesunder 0.1% of the area underminedSpills1 reported since 2021, mostly oil and gas brine or crudeDisasters1 tornado track within 5 mi, 19 FEMA declarationsDams3 high-hazard within 10 mi, nearest 4.8 miTraffic531 a day on SR 141Bridges1 of 7 rated poorRail crossingsnone; nearest 9.5 miTransit0% within half a mile of a stopWalkability1.9 of 20, least walkableAirportHTS 24 mi, Amtrak 17.4 miClimate14" snow, 53°F averageAlgal toxinsraw water up to 0.25 µg/L at IrontonPFASPFOA or PFOS up to 6.8 ng/LLead1.3 ppb at the 90th-percentile tap, no lead lines foundByproductsTTHM 39 µg/L (2019)Fluoridefluoridated, 7 treatment steps at IrontonWatershedRaccoon-Symmes, Johns CreekLocal governmentSymmes TownshipCell signal5G on 42% of landU.S. HouseOH-2 David Taylor (R)Life expectancy72.5 yearsHealth30% fair or poor health, obesity 45%Nearest hospitalHolzer Medical Center, 17.4 mi, 4★Toxic sitesSuperfund 16.3 mi away, 0 TRIToxic releasesno TRI reporterAirPM2.5 6.8 µg/m³, monitor 16.2 miFire/EMSAid Township Volunteer Fire Department, 7.7 miLibrarySymmes Valley Branch, 7.3 miGroceries100% in low-income, low-access tractsEV chargersfast charger 15.6 mi, 0 stations hereHistorysettled 1820Historic placesnearest Olive Furnace, 7.3 miWetlands0.6% of land, 122 acresLand cover4% developed, 75% tree canopyParks67% public land, Jackson Lake State Park 13.2 miNursing homeARBORS AT GALLIPOLIS, 13.2 mi, 2★PoliceUniversity of Rio Grande Campus Police, 13.6 miCrimeno 2024 rate, Lawrence County Sheriff did not reportAquifer4% sensitive settingCollegeUniversity of Rio Grande, 13.7 miSchool ratings3.5 stars, Symmes Valley LocalHome pricesno indexBuilding permitshouses not surveyed in Lawrence CountyHomes and income$53K homeHousesbuilt 1977, 182 homes

Infrastructure in this ZIP

2.88 mi of highway (SR 141) · 10.1 mi of gas transmission pipeline (Columbia Gas Transmission (TC Energy)) · 1 post office · 7 bridges and culverts in the inventory.

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Intakes and plants

Ohio River

Ohio River surface water, treated at the Ironton Water Treatment Plant (built 1993, approved capacity 4 million gallons per day, about 1.3 MGD produced). The foot-of-Vernon-Street siting describes the original 1872 waterworks, not the current intake location.Ironton Water Treatment Plant · Hecla Water Association

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 2015

No health-based violations since 2015Hecla Water Association · lead 1.3 ppb (2025)

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

20 to 40

TTHM 39 µg/L (2019)Hecla Water Association · HAA5 17 · worst year 47

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

PFOA or PFOS at 4 to 10 ng/L

PFOA or PFOS up to 6.8 ng/LHecla Water Association · UCMR 5, 8 samples

Source: EPA UCMR 5 occurrence data (final release, August 2026: 29 PFAS and lithium at 347 Ohio systems) and Ohio EPA statewide PFAS sampling 2019 to 2021 (1,479 systems), for the system serving most of each ZIP; Ohio EPA water treatment plant… · Ohio EPA PFAS

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Lead

Under 5 ppb

Lead 1.3 ppb at the 90th-percentile tapHecla Water Association · period ending 2025-12 · 0 of 14,001 service lines lead or galvanized

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

Fluoridated

FluoridatedHecla Water Association via Ironton · 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 water

Raw water up to 0.25 µg/L microcystinIronton (supplies Hecla Water Association) · 2025-09

Source: Ohio EPA public water system harmful algal bloom monitoring (geo.epa.ohio.gov DrinkingWater/HAB): microcystin results in raw and treated water since 2016 for surface-water systems, for the system serving most of each ZIP · Ohio EPA HAB information for public water systems

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Groundwater

100 to 120

DRASTIC 114 · Interbedded Sedimentary Rocks28 well logs · median 80 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

Under 10% sensitive

4% 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

Nearest plant: no violations in 3 years

Oak Hill Wwtp · 12.3 mi0 of 12 quarters in violation · 0.3 MGD

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

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Stream health

Half to three quarters

54% of the land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeBuffalo Creek · bacteria (pathogens), other

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

Raccoon-Symmes subbasinJohns Creek · 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

Median home under $100,000

Median home $52,700· 83% 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 1979

Median year built 1977182 homes · $81K 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… · Lawrence County Auditor · Gallia County Auditor

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Building permits

No data

Houses not surveyed; county reports 4+ unit buildings onlyLawrence 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

Under 22 mills

20.0 effective school millsSymmes Valley Local · about $1,400 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

25 electric cooperatives

Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Electric cooperative

Source: PUCO certified electric territories via ODOT plus HIFLD municipal systems (EIA-861) with ODOT corporate limits; EIA-861 reliability (outages), sales to ultimate customers (residential prices and bills), net metering and advanced meters by… · PUCO electricity · ODOT territories service · EIA-861 · DOE LEAD Tool · HIFLD retail service territories

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Gas

Columbia Gas of Ohio

Columbia Gas of OhioPUCO-regulated utility · 8% 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

Hanging Rock Energy Facility · 17.5 migas, 1,365 MW · 0 plants within 10 miles

The nearest power plant

  1. Hanging Rock Energy Facility 100 MW or moreNatural gas · 1,365 MW · 17.5 mi
    Capacity
    1,365 MW
    Main source
    Natural gas
    Technology
    Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle
    Operator
    Dynegy Hanging Rock Energy Facility
    Sector
    IPP Non-CHP
    Where
    Ironton, Lawrence County
    Generating units
    6
    Built
    2003
    EIA plant code
    55736

    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 miles

Nearest transmission line 2.1 miColumbia Gas Trans Co (interstate) · 10.1 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

AT&T Ohio

AT&T OhioIncumbent 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

3% can get 100/20 Mbpsfiber 0% · cable 0% · 208 locations · 97% 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 25 to 50%

5G on 42% of the land4G or better 100% · AT&T 39% · T-Mobile 64% · Verizon 86%

Source: FCC Mobile Broadband Data Collection, carrier-reported 4G LTE and 5G coverage by H3 hexagon (Esri Living Atlas layer last updated 24 November 2025, most likely the June 30, 2025 filing round), fetched 2026-09-08; FCC Antenna Structure… · FCC broadband map · FCC antenna registration · Ookla open data

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EV chargers

10 to 20 miles

Fast charger 15.6 mi: Glockner of Ironton0 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. Village of Rio Grande - Municipal Building1 Level 2 · Rio Grande · 13.8 mi
    Address
    174 E College St, Rio Grande, OH 45674
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Price
    Free
    Phone
    740-245-5822

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

  2. Glockner of Ironton DC fast1 DC fast · Ironton · 15.6 mi
    Address
    911 S. 3rd St, Ironton, OH 45638
    Ports
    1 DC fast
    Plugs
    CCS
    Network
    EV Connect
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    866-816-7584

    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. 970 E Main StIntercity bus stop · Greyhound Lines · 23.3 mi
    What it is
    Intercity bus stop
    Operator
    Greyhound Lines
    City
    Jackson
    Coordinates
    39.03680, -82.62710

    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 1.9 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 9.5 mi (Indiana & Ohio 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

10 to 20%

7 bridges, 1 rated poortypical build year 1994 · busiest SR 141, 718 vehicles a day

Bridges rated poor inside ZIP 45688

  1. County Road 14 over Buffalo CreekPoor · built 1994 · 2.6 mi
    Condition
    Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
    What it is
    Bridge
    Built
    1994
    Length
    12 ft
    Owner
    County
    Vehicles a day
    26
    Coordinates
    38.73931, -82.54481

    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

Under 5,000 vehicles a day

531 vehicles a day on SR 14152 trucks · 3K vehicle-miles a day inside the ZIP

Source: ODOT traffic count segments (2025 annual average daily traffic by road segment, ODOT Transportation Information Mapping System): segments assigned to the ZIP holding their midpoint; NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System 2020 to 2024… · ODOT TIMS traffic count segments · NHTSA FARS

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Airports and Amtrak

15 to 30 miles

HTS · 24 miHuntington Tri-State · Amtrak at Ashland, KY 17.4 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 testsNo 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

5 to 10%

8.9% of residents in the 1% floodplain6% of the land is floodplain · zone A

Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, flood hazard zones, fetched 2026-09-08; OpenFEMA NFIP redacted claims for Ohio (frozen June 2026), by reported ZIP; USGS NWIS annual peak flows for the nearest active stream gauge; NOAA Atlas 14… · FEMA flood hazard layer · FEMA Map Service Center · OpenFEMA · NOAA Atlas 14 · USGS stream gauges

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Hazard risk

Under 20 (lowest fifth of US tracts)

Risk score 19 · higher than about 19% of US tractsLandslide 96 · Drought 72

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

14" of snow a year · 52.8°F averageJanuary low 20° · July high 86° · 46" 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 6.8 µg/m³ at ODOT Ironton, 16.2 miozone 66 ppb at Wilgus · Lawrence County median AQI 42

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 16.3 mi: Allied Chemical & Ironton Coke0 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: Izaak Walton Lake Dam, 4.8 mi, condition poor

High-hazard dams within 10 miles

  1. Izaak Walton Lake Dam PoorTributary To Johns Creek · condition: poor · 4.8 mi
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Poor (assessed 04/29/2021)
    River or stream
    Tributary To Johns Creek
    Purpose
    Recreation
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    31 ft
    Storage
    123 acre-feet
    Owner type
    Private
    County
    Lawrence County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Sherrits
    Last inspection
    04/29/2021
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH00953

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

  2. Timbre Ridge DamTrib To Sand Fork · condition: not rated · 8.1 mi
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Not Rated
    River or stream
    Trib To Sand Fork
    Purpose
    Other;Fish and Wildlife Pond;Recreation
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    69 ft
    Storage
    3,800 acre-feet
    Completed
    1974
    Owner type
    Federal
    County
    Lawrence County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Lecta
    Last inspection
    01/23/2020
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH01012

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

  3. Vesuvius DamStorms Creek · condition: not rated · 9.8 mi
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Not Rated
    River or stream
    Storms Creek
    Purpose
    Water Supply;Fish and Wildlife Pond;Recreation
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    51 ft
    Storage
    2,624 acre-feet
    Owner type
    Federal
    County
    Lawrence County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Ironton
    Last inspection
    09/16/2019
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH82424

    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 19501 rated F2/EF2+ · 19 federal declarations for Lawrence County · 16 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

1 to 4 reports

1 spill reported since 2021mostly oil and gas brine or crude

Spills reported since 2021 inside ZIP 45688

  1. Oil Crude2025-07-31 · Symmes Twp · 1.3 mi
    Reported
    2025-07-31
    What spilled
    Oil Crude
    Where
    Symmes Twp, Lawrence County
    Ohio EPA district office
    SEDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2507EPA0001293

    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 200

86 wells in the ZIP25 producing · 0 shale · 0 orphan · nearest 0.5 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

Under 1% of the area undermined

under 0.1% of the area (land plus inland water) undermined1 mine, 10 acres

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

Septic: not limited

Kanawha silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesseptic not 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

15% or more public land

67% public land · 14,567 acresWayne National Forest · Jackson Lake State Park 13.2 mi

Source: USGS Protected Areas Database 4.1 (Ohio state package, flattened combined layer, open-access fee, designation and easement polygons plus the six ODNR state parks PAD-US codes closed by default: Buckeye Lake, Forked Run, Hueston Woods, Lake… · USGS PAD-US · ODNR GIS services

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Wetlands

Under 1% of the land

0.6% wetland · 122 acresforested/shrub wetland 68 · pond 31 · emergent wetland 23

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

Under 5% developed

4% developed · 75% tree canopyforest 86% · pasture 8% · grass and shrub 1%

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

8.4% bachelor's or higher97.6% 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

1 jobs · 172 employed residentsOther services 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

Ohio River

Ohio River surface water, treated at the Ironton Water Treatment Plant (built 1993, approved capacity 4 million gallons per day, about 1.3 MGD produced). The foot-of-Vernon-Street siting describes the original 1872 waterworks, not the current intake location.Ironton Water Treatment Plant · Hecla Water Association

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

35th to 40th

Percentile rank 36.7income rank at 35 for children of low-income parents · 2.32% 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

Average tract rank in the most vulnerable fifth

82nd percentile of Ohio tractssocioeconomic 83 · household 93 · minority status 38 · 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

25% or more

29.5% in fair or poor healthobesity 45.2% · diabetes 18.2% · smoking 25.7% · depression 28.1%

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

Under 73 years

72.5 years life expectancy2 tracts, from 72.2 to 76.6

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

Holzer Medical Center · 17.4 miGallipolis · 287 beds · 0 within 10 miles

The nearest hospitals

  1. Holzer Medical CenterGeneral hospital · Gallipolis · 17.4 mi
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    100 Jackson Pike, Gallipolis, OH 45631
    County
    Gallia County
    Beds
    287
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Phone
    (740) 446-5050
    Medicare ID
    360054

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

  2. Holzer Medical Center - JacksonCritical access hospital · Jackson · 23.2 mi
    What it is
    Critical access hospital
    Address
    500 Burlington Road, Jackson, OH 45640
    County
    Jackson County
    Beds
    25
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Medicare reports it as
    Holzer Medical Center Jackson
    Phone
    (740) 395-8500
    Medicare ID
    361320

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  3. Southern Ohio Medical CenterGeneral hospital · Portsmouth · 25.3 mi
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    1805 27Th Street, Portsmouth, OH 45662
    County
    Scioto County
    Beds
    436
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Phone
    (740) 356-5000
    Medicare ID
    360008

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

The nearest health centers

  1. Aid Family Medical CenterHealth center · Kitts Hill · 8.0 mi
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Kitts Hill
    Coordinates
    38.59682, -82.49289

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

  2. Kennedy BuildingHealth center · Ironton · 15.2 mi
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Ironton
    Coordinates
    38.53821, -82.68498

    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. Fmc - IrontonDialysis · Ironton · 15.5 mi
    Address
    158 N 2Nd Street, Ironton, OH 45638
    Dialysis stations
    16
    Medicare star rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    Fresenius Medical Care
    Medicare certified since
    2011-07-13
    Phone
    (740) 532-3099
    Medicare ID
    362770

    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

ARBORS AT GALLIPOLIS · 13.2 mi2 of 5 stars · 99 beds · 0 within 5 miles

The nearest nursing homes

  1. Arbors at Gallipolis Abuse citation2 of 5 stars · Gallipolis · 13.2 mi
    Address
    170 Pinecrest Drive, Gallipolis, OH 45631
    Certified beds
    99
    Residents on an average day
    84
    Medicare overall rating
    2 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    2 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    4 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    3 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Abuse citation (CMS icon)
    Yes
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Chain
    ARBORS AT OHIO
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (740) 446-7112
    Medicare ID
    365348
    Map point
    the ZIP's center (the address did not geocode)

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

  2. Harbor Healthcare of Ironton4 of 5 stars · Ironton · 15.8 mi
    Address
    1050 Clinton Street, Ironton, OH 45638
    Certified beds
    125
    Residents on an average day
    115
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    ECC TRUST
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (740) 532-6096
    Medicare ID
    365564

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

  3. Sanctuary at Ohio Valley4 of 5 stars · Ironton · 16.1 mi
    Address
    2932 South 5Th Street, Ironton, OH 45638
    Certified beds
    93
    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
    Non profit - Corporation
    Chain
    AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (740) 532-6188
    Medicare ID
    365791

    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

No data

No 2024 rateLawrence County Sheriff · no 2024 data sent to the FBI

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

University of Rio Grande Campus Police · 13.6 mi0 stations within 3 miles · post office 2.2 mi

The nearest police stations

  1. University of Rio Grande Campus PoliceRio Grande · 13.6 mi
    Address
    504 East College Street, Rio Grande, OH 45640
    Coordinates
    38.88032, -82.37984

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

  2. Rio Grande Village Police DepartmentRio Grande · 13.8 mi
    Address
    174 East College Street, Rio Grande, OH 45674
    Coordinates
    38.88349, -82.37811

    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

5 miles or more

Aid Township Volunteer Fire Department · 7.7 mi0 stations within 3 miles, 2 within 8

The nearest fire and EMS stations

  1. Aid Township Volunteer Fire DepartmentKitts Hill · 7.7 mi
    Address
    14110 State Highway 141, Kitts Hill, OH 45645
    Coordinates
    38.60156, -82.49251

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

  2. Greenfield Township Volunteer Fire DepartmentPatriot · 7.9 mi
    Address
    5370 State Highway 233, Patriot, OH 45658
    Coordinates
    38.82625, -82.51051

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

  3. Elizabeth Township Volunteer Fire Department Station 1Pedro · 10.2 mi
    Address
    127 Township Road 113, Pedro, OH 45659
    Coordinates
    38.62778, -82.66645

    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

Symmes Valley Branch · 7.3 miBriggs Lawrence County Public Library · 0 within 3 miles, 1 within 8

The nearest libraries

  1. Symmes Valley BranchBranch · Willow Wood · 7.3 mi
    Address
    14860 St 141, Willow Wood, OH 45696
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Briggs Lawrence County Public Library
    Open
    1,975 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    2,000 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    81,432
    System's loans, FY2024
    236,393
    People the system serves
    58,066
    Phone
    (740) 643-2086

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

  2. Oak Hill Public LibraryCentral library · Oak Hill · 13.0 mi
    Address
    226 South Front Street., Oak Hill, OH 45656
    What it is
    Central library
    Library system
    Oak Hill Public Library
    Open
    2,200 hours a year, 50 weeks
    Building
    9,800 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    38,948
    People the system serves
    7,345
    Phone
    (740) 682-6457

    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. Welsh American Heritage MuseumMuseum · Oak Hill · 12.9 mi
    What it is
    Museum
    City
    Oak Hill
    Coordinates
    38.89246, -82.57387

    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

1815 to 1829

Symmes Township · settled 1820first 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

No listed place in the ZIP

0 listed historic placesnearest: Olive Furnace, 7.3 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

Symmes Valley LocalLocal school district

None inside the ZIP; the nearest public schools

  1. Symmes Valley Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Willow Wood · 7.4 mi
    Address
    14860 State Route 141, Willow Wood, OH 45696
    School district
    Symmes Valley Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    577
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    38
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    84.6%
    Ohio building IRN
    023143
    NCES school ID
    390479603058

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

  2. Symmes Valley High School2.5 of 5 stars · Willow Wood · 7.4 mi
    Address
    14778 State Route 141, Willow Wood, OH 45696
    School district
    Symmes Valley Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    177
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    27.16
    Report card, 2025-26
    2.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    64.3%
    Four-year graduation rate
    98.4%
    Ohio building IRN
    036749
    NCES school ID
    390479603059

    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

3.5 stars

3.5 stars overallSymmes Valley Local · performance index 79% of the year's maximum · 98.4% 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

8 to 15 miles

University of Rio Grande · 13.7 miRio Grande · 0 campuses within 10 miles

The nearest colleges

  1. University of Rio GrandePrivate nonprofit college · Rio Grande · 13.7 mi
    What it is
    Private nonprofit college
    City
    Rio Grande
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    2,702
    Tuition and fees, in state
    $20,560
    Graduation rate
    33% of bachelor's students, within six years (a class of 155)
    IPEDS unit ID
    205203

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

  2. Buckeye Hills Career CenterPublic career school · Rio Grande · 14.1 mi
    What it is
    Public career school
    City
    Rio Grande
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    215
    IPEDS unit ID
    201478

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

  3. Collins Career Technical CenterPublic two-year college · Chesapeake · 15.4 mi
    What it is
    Public two-year college
    City
    Chesapeake
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    631
    Graduation rate
    60% within three years (a class of 240)
    IPEDS unit ID
    203614

    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

1308 townships

Symmes Township, Lawrence County89% of residents, then Walnut Township, Gallia 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-2 · David Taylor (R)Senate 17 Shane Wilkin · House 93 Jason Stephens

Source: ODOT TIMS Boundaries US_House_District, Ohio_Senate_District and Ohio_House_District (fetched 2026-09-08) by resident share of 2020 census blocks; members from the U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House directories, September 2026 · U.S. House · Ohio Senate · Ohio House · ODOT GIS

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Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on 45688 (Symmes Township and Waterloo), day by day, from 1887 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
1.93 in
2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
rain so far in 2026
34.5 in
4.3 in below normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
8.9 in
a normal year brings 15.3 in
a normal year
45.8 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 1.93 — 29
September 2026 4.39 — 30
August 2026 4.99 — 31
July 2026 5.57 — 31
June 2026 2.71 — 30
May 2026 5.99 — 31
April 2026 1.97 — 30
March 2026 3.59 1.9 31
February 2026 1.21 3.4 28
January 2026 2.17 3.6 31
December 2025 1.59 6.4 31
November 2025 3.78 0.4 30
On the record, 1887–2026
Wettest year2011 — 66.5 in
Driest year1930 — 24.2 in
Snowiest year1978 — 44.0 in
Wettest day on record3 May 2010 — 4.80 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day17 January 1994 — 12.57 in
Deepest snow on the ground20 January 1978 — 20.07 in

36% of these days are measurements from a gauge inside 45688 (Symmes Township and Waterloo); the rest are estimated from the nearest gauges around it.

50,392 days of records, 1887-07-01 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.

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Places in this ZIP

School districts

ZIP codes next door

45658 Patriot 45659 Pedro 45682 South Webster

The county

Lawrence County: 9 ZIP codes, 20 cities, villages and townships, 58,180 people. The county in numbers.

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Quick answers

What city is ZIP code 45688?

ZIP code 45688 is the Waterloo, Ohio post office area in Lawrence County, home to 403 residents. Of its residents, 89% live in Symmes Township, 8% in Walnut Township and 3% in Decatur Township.

What county is ZIP code 45688 in?

ZIP code 45688 lies mostly in Lawrence County, Ohio, and reaches into Gallia County.

Where does the tap water in ZIP code 45688 come from?

Ohio River surface water, treated at the Ironton Water Treatment Plant (built 1993, approved capacity 4 million gallons per day, about 1.3 MGD produced). The foot-of-Vernon-Street siting describes the original 1872 waterworks, not the current intake location. Ironton Water Treatment Plant · Hecla Water Association. Hecla Water Association buys its water from Ironton. Ironton treats water from Ohio River.

What school district is ZIP code 45688 in?

ZIP code 45688 is mostly in the Symmes Valley Local School District; parts are in the Rock Hill Local School District.

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