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Brown Township and Oakwood

Paulding County · 2,235 residents · Oakwood post office; 46% of residents live in the township of Brown Township

Mostly private wells. 24% of residents on a community system (Oakwood Village: Groundwater wells (4 wells)). The water here

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45873 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. Historic places 0 This ZIP has few listed historic places: 0 on the National Register, fewer than 52% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: National Register data
  3. Home prices +172% Home prices have risen fast here: +172% over ten years, more than 98% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: FHFA house price index
  4. Nursing homes 9.7 mi This ZIP sits far from a nursing home: the nearest certified nursing home is 9.7 miles away, farther than 92% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: CMS Care Compare data
  5. Building permits 53.0 units per 1,000 residents New housing has grown fast here: 53.0 units permitted per 1,000 residents from 2016 through 2025, more than 92% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Census building permits
  6. Flood 13.1% Flood exposure runs high here: 13.1% of residents live in FEMA's 1% annual chance floodplain, more than 92% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: FEMA flood hazard layer
  7. Cell signal 69.5% Cell signal is patchier than most here: 5G from AT&T, T-Mobile or Verizon reaches 69.5% of the land, lower than 91% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: FCC broadband map
  8. Spills 0 This ZIP has few reported spills: 0 logged by Ohio EPA's emergency-response office since 2021, fewer than 80% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: Ohio EPA spills data
  9. Toxic sites 35.0 mi This ZIP sits far from a federal Superfund NPL site (listed, proposed or deleted after cleanup): the nearest is 35.0 miles away, farther than 89% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: EPA Facility Registry
  10. Fire and EMS 2.1 mi This ZIP sits far from a fire or EMS station: the nearest is 2.1 miles away, farther than 86% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: USGS structures service

Local events in 45873

Nothing is posted for ZIP 45873 itself yet; here is what is on within 20 miles. All local events in 45873

  1. Ohio State 3rd Grade Fall ELA Assessment Testing Window Begins

    Oct 19 to Nov 5 · Defiance Elementary · Defiance · 9.8 mi · From Defiance City School District

  2. Information on Foster Care/Adoption

    All day · Defiance Public Library · Defiance · 12 mi · From Defiance Public Library

  3. MyChart Made Easy

    All day · Defiance Public Library · Defiance · 12 mi · From Defiance Public Library

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Your ballot

Who represents 45873, and what is on its ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election.

Locator: Paulding County and Paulding's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districtsLocator: Paulding County and Paulding's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districts.Paulding CountyU.S. House district 9: Marcy Kaptur (D)Ohio Senate district 1: Rob McColley (R)Ohio House district 82: Roy Klopfenstein (R)
Paulding County and 45873's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districts.
ChamberDistrictMemberParty
U.S. HouseDistrict 9——
Ohio SenateDistrict 1Rob McColleyR
Ohio HouseDistrict 82Roy KlopfensteinR

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:

45873's district races:

Local questions and issues on 45873's 2026 ballot
JurisdictionTypeQuestion
Washington TownshipTax Levy (Renewal)Renews a 1-mill property tax levy for the fire protection of Washington Township for 5 years, beginning in 2027.
Jackson TownshipTax Levy (Renewal)Renews a 0.6-mill property tax levy for the fire protection of Jackson Township for 5 years, beginning in 2026.

Matched to this ZIP by jurisdiction name: Auglaize Township, Auglaize Township Township, Brown Township, Brown Township Township, Jackson Township, Jackson Township Township, Melrose, Melrose Village, Oakwood, Oakwood Village, Perry Township, Perry Township Township, Washington Township, Washington Township Township.

Last day of early in-person voting — 2026-11-01. Early in-person voting at county boards of elections ends on Sunday, November 1; the hours that day are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the table above. By October 29, nearly 1.3 million Ohioans had already voted early in person or returned absentee ballots (Journal-News; Signal Ohio's counts from the Secretary of State's daily absentee file add to 1,289,090). The 2022 midterm saw 1.47 million early votes, then a record.

What's on my ballot in 45873 · 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 wells24% of residents on a community system (Oakwood Village: Groundwater wells (4 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… · EPA SDWIS · EPA service area boundaries · Ohio EPA drinking water · Ohio EPA rate survey

Elevation 606–804 ft, averaging 714 ft · Oakwood 693–720 ft, averaging 713 · Paulding County 606–804 ft (USGS 3DEP)

Mostly private wells
Only 24% of residents here live inside a mapped community water system, chiefly Oakwood Village (Groundwater wells (4 wells)); the rest likely rely on private wells or small non-community systems.
The town's water: Groundwater wells (4 wells)
Oakwood Village · Paulding County
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About this area's water

Water quality & impurities

EPA compliance record

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 5.2 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
  • 2023Ground Water Rule · did not fix a deficiency the state found · returned to compliance

EPA's count of 3 includes 1 repeat quarterly violation of the problems listed.

8 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 5 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records); 3 health-based.

Water systems in this ZIP

76% 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

Violationsprivate wellsRadon1 test, too fewStream health77% of land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeNearest sewage plantContinental Wwtp, 6.5 mi, 6/12 quarters in violationGroundwaterDRASTIC 113, 505 well logsElectricPaulding Putnam Electric Cooperative, Inc.Gas pipelinenearest transmission line 1.8 mi, 9.1 mi in the ZIPNearest power plantNorthwest Ohio Wind 12.5 mi, 105 MW windGasOhio Gas Company, 12% on gasSchool districtPaulding Exempted VillageSocial vulnerability31st percentile in OhioUpward mobilityrank 44.3 for low-income childrenPeople15.1% with a degree, 2.7% born abroadJobs617 jobs here, residents mostly work in PauldingSchool tax22.2 mills, ~$1,557 on a $200K homePhoneOakwoodFlood13% in floodplainInternet98% served, fiber 72%Hazard risk68, above 68% of US tractsOil and gas wells3 in the ZIP, 0 producingSoilsRoselms, septic very limitedAbandoned minesnone mappedSpills0 reported since 2021Disasters7 tornado tracks within 5 mi, 16 FEMA declarationsDams1 high-hazard within 10 mi, nearest 9.9 miTraffic3K a day on SR 66Bridges0 of 16 rated poorRail crossings8 public crossings, up to 19 trains a dayTransit0% within half a mile of a stopWalkability4.2 of 20, least walkableAirportFWA 42.7 mi, Amtrak 26.2 miClimate24" snow, 50°F averageAlgal toxinsprivate wellsPFASprivate wellsLeadprivate wellsByproductsno samples on fileFluorideprivate wellsWatershedAuglaize, Town of Oakwood-Auglaize RiverLocal governmentBrown TownshipCell signal5G on 70% of landU.S. HouseOH-5 Bob Latta (R)Life expectancy76.7 yearsHealth21% fair or poor health, obesity 41%Nearest hospitalPaulding County Hospital, 10.7 miToxic sitesSuperfund 35 mi away, 0 TRIToxic releasesno TRI reporterAirPM2.5 8.8 µg/m³, monitor 30 miFire/EMSOakwood Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department, 2.1 miLibraryOakwood Branch, 1.9 miGroceries100% over 1 mi from a supermarketEV chargersfast charger 12.8 mi, 0 stations hereHistoryresearchedHistoric placesnearest Paulding County Carnegie Library, 9.5 miWetlands2.4% of land, 794 acresLand cover7% developed, 8% tree canopyParks0.1% public land, Independence Dam State Park 4.7 miNursing homeGARDENS OF PAULDING THE, 9.7 mi, 2★PoliceContinental Police Department, 7 miCrime1.5 violent per 1,000, Paulding County SheriffAquifer7% sensitive setting, karst-prone rockCollegeDefiance College, 12.4 miSchool ratings3.5 stars, Paulding Exempted VillageHome prices$153K typical, +172% in ten yearsBuilding permits123 units 2016 to 2025 in Paulding County building departmentHomes and income$160K home, $62K incomeHouses938 homes (appraisal records)

Infrastructure in this ZIP

20.5 mi of highway (SR 66, SR 613, SR 637) · 5.06 mi of railroad (Norfolk Southern) · 9.12 mi of gas transmission pipeline (Columbia Gas Transmission (TC Energy)) · 6.56 mi of electric transmission line (AEP Ohio) · 1 airfield or heliport (Charloe) · 1 dam (Oakwood Wwt Lagoon) · 2 substations · 10 grade crossings (Norfolk Southern) · 5 registered towers · 2 fire or EMS stations · 1 post office · 1 USGS stream gauge (Little Auglaize River at Melrose OH) · 1 water tower or tank in OpenStreetMap · 18.0 mi of trail and bike route · 16 bridges and culverts in the inventory · 1 site with underground fuel tanks in use · 2 open leaking-tank releases · 1 other permitted discharger (Stoneco Inc Auglaize Plant) · 1 quarry or pit (Auglaize Quarry) · 4 source water protection zones (Oakwood Village PWS, Rock Church Minstries PWS, Cooper Hatchery) · 7 biosolids application fields (sludge from Paulding WWTP) · 1 permitted livestock facility (Pessefall Farms) · 1 brownfield or cleanup site · 2 groundwater monitoring wells · 1 mining permit area (Auglaize Quarry).

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Intakes and plants

Mostly private wells

Mostly private wells24% of residents on a community system (Oakwood Village: Groundwater wells (4 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… · 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

100 to 120

DRASTIC 113 · Limestone505 well logs · median 62 ft deep

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

7% sensitive geologic settingkarst-prone bedrock at the center · 2% wellhead protection

Source: Ohio EPA Sensitive Geologic Settings (geology/Geology layer 0) intersected with ZCTA polygons; ODNR karst geology at the ZIP center (layer 7, point query) and karst and spring points (layer 5); Ohio EPA source water protection areas… · Ohio EPA geology layers · Ohio EPA source water protection (SWAP) · ODNR Geological Survey

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Sewage plants

4 to 7 quarters

Continental Wwtp · 6.5 mi6 of 12 quarters in violation · 0.2 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

77% of the land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeTown of Charloe-Auglaize River · bacteria (pathogens), altered hydrology

Source: EPA ATTAINS, Ohio 2024 Integrated Report assessment units (1,545 watershed polygons) overlaid on ZCTAs in Albers equal-area with the Lake Erie units clipped out: share of land in units not supporting aquatic life, recreation, fish… · EPA ATTAINS · Ohio integrated report · Ohio sport fish advisory · Ohio EPA advisory map

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Watershed

Drains to Lake Erie

Auglaize subbasinTown of Oakwood-Auglaize River · drains to Lake Erie

Source: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset: HUC-8 subbasins by resident share (2020 census blocks) and the HUC-12 subwatershed at each ZIP's population-weighted center with its downstream chain; USGS county water use 2015 (Dieter and others 2018) for… · USGS watershed boundaries · EPA EnviroAtlas · Ohio EPA 401 map · ODNR Water Withdrawal Atlas (archived copy) · USGS county water use 2015 · ODNR H2Ohio projects · ODNR Lake Erie Coastal Management Area · Ohio EPA source water protection (SWAP) · Ohio EPA nine-element plans · Ohio EPA 319, GLRI and SWIF project lists · Ohio EPA chloride reduction grants · NOAA Lake Erie water levels

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Home

The houses themselves and what they cost: who lives in them, what a typical one looks like down to the parcel record, how much new housing has gone up, and what a household pays in property tax.

Homes and income

$100,000 to $175,000

Median home $159,700household income $62,162 · rent $867 · 76% 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 built938 homes · $130K 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… · Paulding County Auditor · Putnam County Auditor

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Building permits

30 to 60

123 housing units permitted 2016 to 2025Paulding County building department · 53 per 1,000 residents · 10 in 2025

Source: Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, annual place files 2016 to 2025: new privately owned housing units, buildings and construction value authorized by each Ohio permit office, given to each ZIP through the jurisdiction where most of its… · Census building permits

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Home prices

150% or more

+172% in ten years+130% in five · +46% in 2025

Source: FHFA House Price Index, annual five-digit ZIP all-transactions series (repeat sales and refinance appraisals of conforming-mortgage homes, developmental, not seasonally adjusted): ten-, five- and one-year changes and the level against… · FHFA house price index · Zillow research data · Realtor.com data

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School tax

22 to 25 mills

22.2 effective school millsPaulding Exempted Village · about $1,557 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

Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative, Inc.Electric cooperative · 55% of residents, then AEP Ohio

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

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Gas

15 small regulated companies

Ohio Gas CompanySmall PUCO-regulated company · 12% of homes heat with utility gas · also Oakwood Municipal 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

Northwest Ohio Wind · 12.5 miwind, 105 MW · 2 plants within 10 miles

Power plants within 10 miles

  1. Blue Harvest Solar ParkSolar · 50 MW · 6.7 mi
    Capacity
    50 MW
    Main source
    Solar
    Technology
    Solar Photovoltaic
    Operator
    Blue Harvest Solar Park LLC
    Sector
    IPP Non-CHP
    Where
    Continental, Putnam County
    Generating units
    1
    Built
    2023
    EIA plant code
    66249

    EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗

  2. Auglaize HydroHydroelectric · 4 MW · 8.1 mi
    Capacity
    4 MW
    Main source
    Hydroelectric
    Technology
    Conventional Hydroelectric
    Operator
    City of Bryan - (OH)
    Sector
    Electric Utility
    Where
    Bryan, Defiance County
    Generating units
    6
    Built
    1986 (first unit); newest unit 2004
    EIA plant code
    7657

    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 1.8 miColumbia Gas Trans Co (interstate) · 9.1 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

Independent local companies

OakwoodIncumbent telephone company · 79% of residents, then Arthur Mutual

Source: PUCO Telecom map service, layer 7 ILEC Company Service Area (incumbent local exchange carriers, fetched 2026-09-08) by resident share of 2020 census blocks · PUCO telephone

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Internet

2 to 5% lack it

98% can get 100/20 Mbpsfiber 72% · cable 5% · 1,382 locations · 1% 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 50 to 75%

5G on 70% of the land4G or better 100% · AT&T 92% · T-Mobile 83% · Verizon 98%

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 12.8 mi: Estle Cadillac0 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. Mark Moats Ford Inc1 Level 2 · Defiance · 10.9 mi
    Address
    20793 County Rd 424, Defiance, OH 43512
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Price
    Free
    Phone
    419-784-5444

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

  2. EVPassport - FriendsOffice1 Level 2 · Defiance · 10.9 mi
    Address
    1041 Perry St, Defiance, OH 45840
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Price
    $0.35 per kWh
    Phone
    888-702-2124

    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. Delphos Recreation CenterIntercity bus stop · Greyhound Lines · 19.2 mi
    What it is
    Intercity bus stop
    Operator
    Greyhound Lines
    City
    Delphos
    Coordinates
    40.84647, -84.32724

    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 4.2 of 203 intersections per square mile · 0% near transit

Source: EPA National Walkability Index (Smart Location Database 3.0, 2021) by block group, population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census block points; car-free household share from Census ACS 2020 to 2024 table B25044, or where missing the Smart… · EPA walkability index · Smart Location Database · Census ACS

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Rail crossings

4 to 10

8 public crossings7 gated · up to 19 trains a day · Norfolk Southern

Source: FRA Grade Crossing Inventory (current records, Ohio): open at-grade crossings inside each ZIP, gates, trains a day at the busiest, timetable speed, railroads; nearest crossing to the population-weighted center; FRA highway-rail grade… · FRA crossing inventory (Form 71, current) · FRA crossing incidents (Form 57) · FRA rail equipment accidents (Form 54) · FRA safety data · DOT open data

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Bridges

No bridge rated poor

16 bridges, 0 rated poortypical build year 1994 · busiest SR 66 613, 2,899 vehicles a day

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

2,568 vehicles a day on SR 66260 trucks · 48K vehicle-miles a day inside the ZIP

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

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Airports and Amtrak

30 to 50 miles

FWA · 42.7 miFort Wayne International · Amtrak at Bryan 26.2 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 tests1 test 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

10 to 20%

13% of residents in the 1% floodplain11% of the land is floodplain, 2% more in the 0.2% zone · zone AE

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

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Hazard risk

60 to 80

Risk score 68 · higher than about 68% of US tractsStrong wind 93 · Hail 89

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, census tracts, December 2025 release, population-weighted to ZIPs · FEMA National Risk Index · NRI census tract layer (ArcGIS)

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Climate

20 to 30 inches

24" of snow a year · 50.3°F averageJanuary low 17° · July high 85° · 38" of precipitation

Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals, annual and monthly, 261 Ohio stations; each ZIP takes the nearest station reporting each element from its population-weighted center; U.S. Drought Monitor weekly county statistics 2000 to 2026… · NOAA climate normals · NOAA climate at a glance · U.S. Drought Monitor

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Air

8.5 to 9

PM2.5 8.8 µg/m³ at Lima, 30 miozone 66 ppb at Lima

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 35 mi: Fort Wayne Reduction Dump0 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

1 or 2

1 high-hazard dam within 10 milesNearest: Paulding Upground Reservoir, 9.9 mi, condition fair

High-hazard dams within 10 miles

  1. Paulding Upground ReservoirOffstream · condition: fair · 9.9 mi
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Fair (assessed 08/24/2023)
    River or stream
    Offstream
    Purpose
    Water Supply
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    24 ft
    Storage
    1,408 acre-feet
    Completed
    1966
    Owner type
    Local Government
    County
    Paulding County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Latty
    Last inspection
    05/11/2022
    Emergency action plan
    No
    NID ID
    OH00476

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Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, August 2026. "High hazard" rates what a failure would cost downstream, not how likely one is; the condition is the state's assessment. Miles are straight-line from the ZIP's population-weighted center, as the card above measures them.

Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (1,376 Ohio dams, August 2026; 26 Corps levees and dikes counted with their parent dam): high-hazard dams near each ZIP's population-weighted center, with the state's condition… · National Inventory of Dams

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Disasters

6 to 10

7 tornado tracks within 5 miles since 19503 rated F2/EF2+ · 16 federal declarations for Paulding County · 2 quakes M2+ within 25 mi

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database 1950-2025 (tracks within 5 miles of each ZIP's population-weighted center), OpenFEMA disaster declarations by county since 1956, USGS earthquake catalog M2+ since 1970 within 25 miles… · NOAA SPC tornado data · OpenFEMA · USGS earthquakes · NOAA storm events · IEM warning archive

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Spills

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

1 to 10 wells

3 wells in the ZIP0 producing · 0 shale · 0 orphan · nearest 2.29 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 81.6 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

Roselms silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopesseptic very limited · somewhat poorly drained

Source: USDA NRCS SSURGO via Soil Data Access: the soil map unit under each ZIP's population-weighted center with its dominant component, drainage, hydric and farmland class, flooding, and the Ohio septic and basement interpretation ratings… · USDA Soil Data Access · Web Soil Survey · Open-Meteo elevation

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Parks

Under 0.5% of the area

0.1% public land · 17 acresOakwood Ball Field · Independence Dam State Park 4.7 mi

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

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Wetlands

1 to 3%

2.4% wetland · 794 acresforested/shrub wetland 591 · pond 161 · emergent wetland 42

Source: USFWS National Wetlands Inventory, Ohio geodatabase (imagery mostly 2004 to 2007, Lake Erie basin 2021), freshwater wetlands and ponds clipped to each ZIP (lakes and rivers excluded); Ohio EPA potential high-quality vernal pools… · USFWS wetlands inventory · Ohio EPA GIS services

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Land cover

5% to 15%

7% developed · 8% tree canopycropland 76% · forest 9% · pasture 3%

Source: National Land Cover Database, 2021 edition (USGS and the MRLC consortium; MRLC has since published Annual NLCD and annual tree canopy through 2025, not yet pulled here): land cover, percent impervious surface and tree canopy at 30 m… · NLCD · USDA Cropland Data Layer · ODNR pre-settlement vegetation

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People and health

Who lives here and how well: education, jobs, health and life expectancy, and how far the nearest hospital, police station or grocery store sits.

People

15 to 25%

15.1% bachelor's or higher93.8% white · 0% Black · 2.3% Hispanic · 1.7% Asian · 2.7% foreign-born

Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year by ZCTA: educational attainment (B15003), race and Hispanic origin (B03002), nativity (B05002), veterans (B21001); IRS Statistics of Income county migration flows 2022 to 2023 for the county; Census Bureau… · Census ACS · Census population estimates · IRS migration data · USDA ERS county codes · USDA ERS commuting area codes · 2020 Census redistricting data · Census SAIPE · IRS exempt organizations

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Jobs

0.25 to 0.6

617 jobs · 1,126 employed residentsAgriculture leads · residents mostly work in Paulding (45879)

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 wells24% of residents on a community system (Oakwood Village: Groundwater wells (4 wells))

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 44.3income rank at 35 for children of low-income parents · 1.42% incarcerated in 2010

Source: Opportunity Atlas (Chetty, Friedman, Hendren, Jones and Porter, Census Bureau): tract outcomes for children born 1978 to 1983, population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census blocks · Opportunity Atlas · Opportunity Insights data

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Social vulnerability

20th to 40th percentile

31st percentile of Ohio tractssocioeconomic 38 · household 38 · minority status 15 · housing and transport 38

Source: CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 by census tract (percentile ranks among Ohio tracts), population-weighted to ZIPs through 2020 census blocks · CDC/ATSDR SVI

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Health

20 to 25%

20.8% in fair or poor healthobesity 41% · diabetes 14.2% · smoking 17.7% · depression 25.7%

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

76.7 years life expectancy3 tracts, from 76.5 to 79.5

Source: CDC/NCHS U.S. Small-area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (USALEEP, deaths 2010-2015, 2010 census tracts) weighted into ZIPs by 2020 block population · CDC USALEEP

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Hospitals

10 to 20 miles

Paulding County Hospital · 10.7 miPaulding · 25 beds · 0 within 10 miles

The nearest hospitals

  1. Paulding County HospitalCritical access hospital · Paulding · 10.7 mi
    What it is
    Critical access hospital
    Address
    1035 West Wayne St, Paulding, OH 45879
    County
    Paulding County
    Beds
    25
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Government - local
    Medicare overall rating
    not rated
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Phone
    (419) 399-4080
    Medicare ID
    361300

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  2. Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital, LlcGeneral hospital · Defiance · 11.7 mi
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    1404 East Second Street, Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Beds
    23
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Medicare reports it as
    Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital
    Phone
    (419) 782-8444
    Medicare ID
    360270

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  3. Defiance Regional Medical Center Trauma level IIIGeneral hospital · Defiance · 12.4 mi
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    1200 Ralston Avenue, Defiance, OH 43512
    County
    Defiance County
    Beds
    51
    Trauma center
    Level IIi
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Medicare reports it as
    Promedica Defiance Regional Hospital
    Phone
    (419) 783-4493
    Medicare ID
    361328

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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. Defiance Community Health CenterHealth center · Defiance · 12.3 mi
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Defiance
    Coordinates
    41.29773, -84.37186

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  2. Family Health Care of Northwest Ohio, Inc.Health center · Van Wert · 21.1 mi
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Van Wert
    Coordinates
    40.85311, -84.59544

    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. Usrc Defiance DialysisDialysis · Defiance · 11.2 mi
    Address
    220 Stadium Drive, Defiance, OH 43512
    Dialysis stations
    12
    Medicare star rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    US Renal Care, Inc.
    Medicare certified since
    2003-02-12
    Phone
    (419) 784-2100
    Medicare ID
    362654

    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

6 to 12 miles

GARDENS OF PAULDING THE · 9.7 mi2 of 5 stars · 50 beds · 0 within 5 miles

The nearest nursing homes

  1. Gardens of Paulding The2 of 5 stars · Paulding · 9.7 mi
    Address
    199 County Road 103, Paulding, OH 45879
    Certified beds
    50
    Residents on an average day
    38
    Medicare overall rating
    2 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    2 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    3 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    LIONSTONE CARE
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 399-4940
    Medicare ID
    366044
    Map point
    the ZIP's center (the address did not geocode)

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

  2. Laurels of Defiance The4 of 5 stars · Defiance · 10.1 mi
    Address
    1701 S Jefferson Ave, Defiance, OH 43512
    Certified beds
    107
    Residents on an average day
    93
    Medicare overall rating
    4 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    3 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    CIENA HEALTHCARE/LAUREL HEALTH CARE
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 782-7879
    Medicare ID
    365389

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  3. Brookview Healthcare Center2 of 5 stars · Defiance · 11.9 mi
    Address
    214 Harding Street, Defiance, OH 43512
    Certified beds
    89
    Residents on an average day
    74
    Medicare overall rating
    2 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    1 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    4 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Chain
    LIONSTONE CARE
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 784-1014
    Medicare ID
    365447

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

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

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Crime

1 to 2.5

1.5 violent offenses per 1,000Paulding County Sheriff · 4.9 property per 1,000 · 11 months on file, annualized · 10% of property cleared

Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer NIBRS incident files for Ohio, 2024 (2023 file for the trend), as downloaded in September 2026; the FBI keeps accepting agency revisions after release, so an agency's live Explorer totals for the same year can… · FBI Crime Data Explorer · USGS structures service

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Police

7 miles or more

Continental Police Department · 7 mi0 stations within 3 miles · post office 1.9 mi

The nearest police stations

  1. Continental Police DepartmentContinental · 7.0 mi
    Address
    102 North Main Street, Continental, OH 45831
    Coordinates
    41.09780, -84.26560

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

  2. Paulding County Sheriff's OfficePaulding · 9.4 mi
    Address
    500 East Perry Street, Paulding, OH 45879
    Coordinates
    41.13694, -84.57690

    Where this record comes from ↗ 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

2 to 3 miles

Oakwood Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department · 2.1 mi1 station within 3 miles, 3 within 8

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

  1. Oakwood Volunteer Fire and Rescue DepartmentOakwood · 2.1 mi
    Address
    201 North 6th Street, Oakwood, OH 45873
    Coordinates
    41.09460, -84.37335

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

  2. Auglaize Township Fire DepartmentOakwood · 5.3 mi
    Address
    21050 State Highway 637, Oakwood, OH 45873
    Coordinates
    41.19439, -84.41842

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  3. Continental Fire DepartmentContinental · 7.0 mi
    Address
    100 North Main Street, Continental, OH 45831
    Coordinates
    41.09800, -84.26559

    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

1 to 2 miles

Oakwood Branch · 1.9 miPaulding County Carnegie Library · 1 within 3 miles, 2 within 8

Public libraries within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond

  1. Oakwood BranchBranch · Oakwood · 1.9 mi
    Address
    206 N First St, Oakwood, OH 45873
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Paulding County Carnegie Library
    Open
    2,184 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    4,657 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    57,252
    System's loans, FY2024
    230,430
    People the system serves
    18,806
    Phone
    (419) 594-3337

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

  2. Continental BranchBranch · Continental · 7.1 mi
    Address
    301 S. 6Th St., Continental, OH 45831
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Putnam County District Library
    Open
    1,404 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    1,617 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    103,896
    System's loans, FY2024
    236,789
    People the system serves
    34,378
    Phone
    (419) 596-3727

    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. John Paulding Historical SocietyHistorical society · Paulding · 8.9 mi
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Paulding
    Coordinates
    41.13322, -84.56771

    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

No residents in a flagged tract

No residents in a low-income, low-access tract100% over 1 mile from a supermarket · 26% of households on SNAP (ACS)

Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas 2019 Large Retailer Access Map (2010 tracts, ERS's name for the file since July 2026) weighted by 2020 block population: distance to the nearest supermarket and low-income low-access flags; Census ACS… · USDA ERS Large Retailer Access Map · USDA SNAP retailers · Census ACS

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History, schools and government

How the place began, who governs it now, and the schools that serve it, from the district boundary to its state report card.

Local history

No data

Brown Townshipresearched; settlement date not 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: Paulding County Carnegie Library, 9.5 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

49 exempted village school districts

Paulding Exempted VillageExempted village school district

Public schools inside ZIP 45873, and the nearest outside it

  1. Oakwood Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Oakwood · 1.9 mi
    Address
    309 N 1st St, Oakwood, OH 45873
    School district
    Paulding Ex Vill School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    297
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    20
    Report card, 2025-26
    4 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    94.2%
    Ohio building IRN
    001255
    NCES school ID
    390455702283

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

  2. Continental Local High School3.5 of 5 stars · Continental · 7.0 mi
    Address
    5211 State Route 634, Continental, OH 45831
    School district
    Continental Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    190
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    14
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    82.6%
    Four-year graduation rate
    100%
    Ohio building IRN
    007278
    NCES school ID
    390493203562

    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 overallPaulding Exempted Village · performance index 79.6% of the year's maximum · 99% 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

Defiance College · 12.4 miDefiance · 0 campuses within 10 miles

The nearest colleges

  1. Defiance CollegePrivate nonprofit college · Defiance · 12.4 mi
    What it is
    Private nonprofit college
    City
    Defiance
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    572
    Tuition and fees, in state
    $38,778
    Graduation rate
    37% of bachelor's students, within six years (a class of 150)
    IPEDS unit ID
    202514

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

  2. Vantage Career CenterPublic career school · Van Wert · 18.7 mi
    What it is
    Public career school
    City
    Van Wert
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    247
    IPEDS unit ID
    418278

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

  3. Northwest State Community CollegePublic two-year college · Archbold · 23.4 mi
    What it is
    Public two-year college
    City
    Archbold
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    5,712
    Tuition and fees, in state
    $4,578
    Tuition and fees, out of state
    $8,930
    Graduation rate
    47% within three years (a class of 107)
    IPEDS unit ID
    204440

    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

Brown Township, Paulding County46% of residents, then Oakwood (village), Paulding County

Source: ODOT municipal corporation and township boundaries by resident share of 2020 census blocks; Ohio EPA grants awarded in 2025 (OEPA_Achievements, MapServer layer 8); Auditor of State unauditable entities list · ODOT GIS · Auditor of State · Ohio EPA grants (OEPA_Achievements)

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Representatives

OH-5 · Bob Latta (R)Senate 1 Rob McColley · House 82 Roy Klopfenstein

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 45873 (Brown Township and Oakwood), day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
0.94 in
2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
rain so far in 2026
32.9 in
about normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
14.9 in
a normal year brings 25.3 in
a normal year
37.8 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 0.94 — 29
September 2026 3.96 — 30
August 2026 5.33 — 31
July 2026 3.33 — 31
June 2026 2.96 — 30
May 2026 3.20 — 31
April 2026 7.69 — 30
March 2026 3.63 0.6 31
February 2026 0.61 3.0 28
January 2026 1.27 11.4 31
December 2025 1.57 6.3 31
November 2025 1.45 6.5 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year2011 — 53.7 in
Driest year1963 — 23.9 in
Snowiest year2014 — 61.6 in
Wettest day on record21 August 2007 — 4.50 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day23 February 1912 — 12.99 in
Deepest snow on the ground9 February 1982 — 22.77 in

Mostly estimated. Only 2% of these days come from a gauge standing inside 45873 (Brown Township and Oakwood) - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.

48,689 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 45873 (Brown Township and Oakwood): 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
7
those placed on the map inside 45873 (Brown Township and Oakwood)
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Public drinking water3
Wastewater and stormwater discharge2
Air pollution1
Hazardous waste1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water violation resolved
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water inspection
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
COOPER HATCHERY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
FIVE SPAN VACATION LAND PHASE 2 Wastewater and stormwater discharge permit
COOPER HATCHERY PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water plan
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water inspection
COOPER HATCHERY PWS Public drinking water plan
COOPER HATCHERY PWS Public drinking water inspection
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water violation resolved
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water violation resolved
COOPER HATCHERY PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water inspection
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
COOPER HATCHERY PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water inspection
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water report
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water warning letter
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
OAKWOOD VILLAGE WATER PWS Public drinking water warning letter

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

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ZIP codes next door

43512 Defiance 45827 Cloverdale 45831 Continental 45849 Grover Hill 45861 Melrose 45879 Paulding

The county

Paulding County: 9 ZIP codes, 21 cities, villages and townships, 17,637 people. The county in numbers.

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Quick answers

What city is ZIP code 45873?

ZIP code 45873 is the Oakwood, Ohio post office area in Paulding County, home to 2,235 residents. Of its residents, 46% live in Brown Township, 24% in the village of Oakwood, 17% in Auglaize Township and 7% in Washington Township.

What county is ZIP code 45873 in?

ZIP code 45873 lies mostly in Paulding County, Ohio, and reaches into Defiance County, Putnam County.

Where does the tap water in ZIP code 45873 come from?

Mostly private wells. 24% of residents on a community system (Oakwood Village: Groundwater wells (4 wells)).

What school district is ZIP code 45873 in?

ZIP code 45873 is in the Paulding Exempted Village School District.

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