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Willshire Township and Willshire

Van Wert County · 1,251 residents · Willshire post office; 49% of residents live in the township of Willshire Township

Mostly private wells. 36% of residents on a community system (Willshire Village: Groundwater wells (2 wells)). The water here

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45898 in 10 facts

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

  1. Where the water comes from Where the water here comes from: Mostly private wells. Source: EPA SDWIS
  2. Local history 1822 The town here was settled around 1822, later than 69% of the Ohio ZIPs with a researched town. Source: Ohio History Connection
  3. Disasters 16 This ZIP has a lot of tornado history: 16 recorded with a track within 5 miles since 1950, more than 99% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: NOAA SPC tornado data
  4. Dams 0 This ZIP has few high-hazard dams nearby: 0 within 10 miles, fewer than 87% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: National Inventory of Dams
  5. Soils Septic systems here face real limits: the dominant soil is Sloan silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded, rated more limited than 85% of Ohio ZIPs for a conventional leach field. Source: USDA Soil Data Access
  6. Sewage plants 12 quarters The nearest sewage plant has a rough record: in violation 12 of the last 12 quarters, more than 78% of Ohio ZIPs' nearest plants. Source: EPA ECHO
  7. Life expectancy 81.2 years Life expectancy runs high here: 81.2 years at birth, estimated from deaths in 2010 to 2015, more than 88% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: CDC USALEEP
  8. Police 7.6 mi This ZIP sits far from a police station: the nearest is 7.6 miles away, farther than 88% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: USGS structures service
  9. Home prices +66% Home prices have lagged here: +66% over ten years, less than 88% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: FHFA house price index
  10. Groundwater 150 Groundwater here is more vulnerable than most: a DRASTIC index of 150, higher than 87% of Ohio ZIPs. Source: ODNR Geological Survey

Local events in 45898

Nothing is posted for ZIP 45898 itself yet; here is what is on within 20 miles. All local events in 45898

  1. Fall Sports MAC Banquet

    7 to 8:30 p.m. · Opulence Event Center, 909 Wayne St, Celina, OH 45822, USA · Celina · 17 mi · From Minster Local School District

  2. Adult Tech Class - Photo Storage

    6 to 6:45 p.m. · Coldwater · 20 mi · From Coldwater Public Library

  3. Winter Storytime

    10 to 10:30 a.m. · Coldwater · 20 mi · From Coldwater Public Library

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Your ballot

Who represents 45898, and what is on its ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election.

Locator: Van Wert County and Van Wert's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districtsLocator: Van Wert County and Van Wert's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districts.Van Wert CountyU.S. House district 4: Jim Jordan (R)Ohio Senate district 1: Rob McColley (R)Ohio House district 82: Roy Klopfenstein (R)
Van Wert County and 45898's U.S. House, Ohio Senate and Ohio House districts.
ChamberDistrictMemberParty
U.S. HouseDistrict 4——
Ohio SenateDistrict 1 (81% of residents)Rob McColleyR
Ohio SenateDistrict 12 (19% of residents)Susan ManchesterR
Ohio HouseDistrict 82 (81% of residents)Roy KlopfensteinR
Ohio HouseDistrict 84 (19% of residents)Angela N. KingR

U.S. House districts were redrawn for 2026 (Ohio Redistricting Commission, October 31, 2025). The district shown is the one on the November 3, 2026 ballot, which may differ from the district of your current representative.

This ZIP code is split between districts. Your street address decides which one is on your ballot; your county board of elections' sample ballot shows it.

Statewide races:

45898'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 45898 · 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 wells36% of residents on a community system (Willshire Village: Groundwater wells (2 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 777–852 ft, averaging 815 ft · Willshire 779–810 ft, averaging 798 · Van Wert County 624–861 ft (USGS 3DEP)

Mostly private wells
Only 36% of residents here live inside a mapped community water system, chiefly Willshire Village (Groundwater wells (2 wells)); the rest likely rely on private wells or small non-community systems.
The town's water: Groundwater wells (2 wells)
Willshire Village · Van Wert County
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About this area's water

Did you know
  • Willshire's post office has operated continuously since 1822, per Wikipedia and the village's own site, which also credits founder Captain James Riley.
  • Federal SDWIS records 45 total drinking-water violation entries for this system since 1994 — nearly all resolved monitoring/reporting items — for a village water system of just 200 connections; two unrelated…
  • A July 2026 village public notice shows Willshire actively enforcing sewer-lateral smoke-test repairs and pursuing delinquent water/sewer bills, evidence the village runs a combined, currently-active water and sewer…

Source: en.wikipedia.orgdata.epa.govwillshireohio.wordpress.com

History5
  • 1822Willshire post office established / village founded by Captain James Riley, per both Wikipedia and the village's own site (willshireohio.wordpress.com) — one of the older platted communities in Van…
  • 1994-2024Federal SDWIS records 45 total violation entries for this system since 1994, the large majority non-health-based monitoring/reporting items, all but two marked resolved.
  • 2020EPA recorded a Ground Water Rule violation: the system did not fix a deficiency the state had found. EPA marks it resolved.
  • 2024EPA logged two violations on October 17, 2024, the day after lead service line inventories were due: one for the inventory itself, which EPA counts as health-based though it is a records requirement and not a lead test result, and one for reporting on it. EPA marks both resolved, not open.
  • 2025-2026Two separate violations that are not health-based opened and remain open in EPA's record: one from November 2025 for not giving the public a required notice of an earlier violation, and one from January 2026 for an inadequate yearly water quality report.

Source: en.wikipedia.orgwillshireohio.wordpress.comdata.epa.gov

Treatment & pressure

How it is treated

Not documented online; SDWIS lists the system as a groundwater community water system drawing from two wells, serving 405 people on 200 connections. No CCR, treatment plant description, or plant details were found on any public site, including the village's own WordPress site.

Source: data.epa.gov

Water pressure

Not published.

What it costs

We found no dollar rate schedule. A July 2026 public notice on the village's own site (willshireohio.wordpress.com) says Willshire bills combined water and sewer service and…

Source: willshireohio.wordpress.com

Water quality & impurities

EPA compliance record

Lead at the tap: 90th-percentile result 8.4 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
  • 2020Ground Water Rule · did not fix a deficiency the state found · returned to compliance

22 violations of any kind logged since 2020: 13 for required testing that was missed or reported late; 7 for a report, record or notice that was missing, late or incomplete (the yearly water quality report, a public notice, lead line records); 2 health-based.

Supply stress

No CCR or specific contaminant data is publicly available for Willshire's wells. SDWIS shows two currently open, non-health-based violations: a required public notice not given (opened November 2025) and an inadequate yearly water quality report (January 2026). Neither concerns a contaminant level. The village sits in intensively farmed northwest Ohio near the…

Source: data.epa.gov

Sewers

Sanitary

A July 2026 public notice on the village's own site says Willshire operates an active sanitary sewer system billed jointly with water: properties that failed sewer smoke tests were required to complete repairs by September 9, 2026, or have the village complete them and…

Storm

Not documented.

Source: willshireohio.wordpress.com

Sourcesverified
en.wikipedia.orgdata.epa.govdata.epa.govwillshireohio.wordpress.comwillshireohio.wordpress.comwillshireohio.wordpress.com

Compiled from the utility's own reports and public records, then independently re-checked against primary sources. Little is published about this system, so details are thin.

Water systems in this ZIP

64% 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 health40% of land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeNearest sewage plantOhio City Wwtp, 4.9 mi, 12/12 quarters in violationGroundwaterDRASTIC 150, 215 well logsElectricAES OhioGas pipelinenearest transmission line 0.6 mi, 7.1 mi in the ZIPNearest power plantRobert P Mone Plant 13.3 mi, 441 MW gasGasEnbridge Gas Ohio, 43% on gasSchool districtParkway LocalSocial vulnerability31st percentile in OhioUpward mobilityrank 43.7 for low-income childrenPeople20.9% with a degree, 3.7% born abroadJobs116 jobs hereSchool tax23.5 mills, ~$1,642 on a $200K homePhoneFrontier NorthFlood5.6% in floodplainInternet100% served, fiber 1%Hazard risk36, above 36% of US tractsOil and gas wells31 in the ZIP, 0 producingSoilsSloan, septic very limitedAbandoned minesnone mappedSpills1 reported since 2021, mostly unidentified material or sheenDisasters16 tornado tracks within 5 mi, 16 FEMA declarationsDams0 high-hazard within 10 mi, nearest 12.4 miTraffic5K a day on US 33Bridges0 of 18 rated poorRail crossingsnone; nearest 8.7 miTransit0% within half a mile of a stopWalkability4.8 of 20, least walkableAirportFWA 27.4 mi, Amtrak 49.5 miClimate17" snow, 51°F averageAlgal toxinsprivate wellsPFASprivate wellsLeadprivate wellsByproductsno samples on fileFluorideprivate wellsWatershedSt. Marys, Town of Willshire-Saint Marys RiverLocal governmentWillshire TownshipCell signal5G on 94% of landU.S. HouseOH-5 Bob Latta (R)Life expectancy81.2 yearsHealth18% fair or poor health, obesity 37%Nearest hospitalAdams Memorial Hospital (IN), 9 miToxic sitesSuperfund 27.7 mi away, 0 TRIToxic releasesno TRI reporterAirPM2.5 8.8 µg/m³, monitor 37.8 miFire/EMSWillshire Fire Department, 1 miLibraryWillshire Branch, 1 miGroceries100% over 1 mi from a supermarketEV chargersfast charger 12.6 mi, 0 stations hereHistorysettled 1822Historic placesnearest Round Barn, 7.8 miWetlands1.9% of land, 354 acresLand cover6% developed, 7% tree canopyParks0% public land, Grand Lake St. Marys State Park 18 miNursing homeCOLONIAL NURSING CENTER OF ROCKFORD, 7.8 mi, 3★PoliceRockford Police Department, 7.6 miCrime1.5 violent per 1,000, Van Wert County SheriffAquifer11% sensitive setting, karst-prone rockCollegeVantage Career Center, 14.6 miSchool ratings4 stars, Parkway LocalHome prices$185K typical, +66% in ten yearsBuilding permits8 units 2016 to 2025 in Willshire townshipHomes and income$141K home, $54K incomeHousesbuilt 1947, 482 homes

Infrastructure in this ZIP

18.2 mi of highway (SR 49, SR 81, US 33) · 7.12 mi of gas transmission pipeline (West Ohio Gas, ANR Pipeline (TC Energy)) · 0.5 mi of oil, fuel or NGL pipeline (Buckeye Partners) · 1 airfield or heliport (Hamrick) · 1 registered tower · 1 fire or EMS station · 1 post office · 1 USGS stream gauge (St Marys River at Walcot Street at Willshire OH) · 1 water tower or tank in OpenStreetMap · 18 bridges and culverts in the inventory · 1 site with underground fuel tanks in use · 1 open leaking-tank release · 1 other permitted discharger (Willshire Wtp) · 1 source water protection zone (Willshire Village PWS) · 1 brownfield or cleanup site · 1 traffic signal.

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Intakes and plants

Mostly private wells

Mostly private wells36% of residents on a community system (Willshire Village: Groundwater wells (2 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

140 to 160

DRASTIC 150 · Limestone215 well logs · median 117 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

10 to 30%

11% sensitive geologic settingkarst-prone bedrock at the center · 1% wellhead protection

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

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Sewage plants

Every quarter in violation

Ohio City Wwtp · 4.9 mi12 of 12 quarters in violation · significant noncompliance · combined sewer overflows · 0.25 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

A quarter to a half

40% of the land drains to streams failing aquatic lifeTown of Willshire-Saint Marys River · bacteria (pathogens), sediment and silt

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

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Watershed

Drains to Lake Erie

St. Marys subbasinTown of Willshire-Saint Marys 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 $141,300household income $53,783 · rent $1,067 · 80% own

Source: Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year by ZCTA: median home value, median gross rent, median household income, owner share, median year built; Eviction Lab tract estimates 2016 to 2018 (Gromis and others 2022), population-weighted to ZIPs; HUD fiscal… · Census ACS · Eviction Lab · HUD data · IRS ZIP statistics · Mapping Inequality · HUD eGIS open data · FDIC BankFind · NCUA call report data

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House by house

1940 to 1959

Median year built 1947482 homes · $124K 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… · Van Wert County Auditor · Mercer County Auditor

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Building permits

5 to 15

8 housing units permitted 2016 to 2025Willshire township · 5.2 per 1,000 residents · 4 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

50 to 75%

+66% in ten years· +6% in 2021

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

23.5 effective school millsParkway Local · about $1,642 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

AES Ohio

AES OhioInvestor-owned utility · 75% of residents, then Midwest Electric, Inc.

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

Enbridge Gas Ohio

Enbridge Gas OhioPUCO-regulated utility · 43% 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

Robert P Mone Plant · 13.3 migas, 441 MW · 0 plants within 10 miles

The nearest power plant

  1. Robert P Mone Plant 100 MW or moreNatural gas · 441 MW · 13.3 mi
    Capacity
    441 MW
    Main source
    Natural gas
    Technology
    Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine
    Operator
    Buckeye Power, Inc
    Sector
    Electric Utility
    Where
    Convoy, Van Wert County
    Generating units
    3
    Built
    2002
    EIA plant code
    7872

    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

Half a mile to 1 mile

Nearest transmission line 0.6 miWest Ohio Gas Co (intrastate) · 7.1 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

Frontier

Frontier NorthIncumbent telephone company

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

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Internet

Under 2% lack 100/20 service

100% can get 100/20 Mbpsfiber 1% · cable 48% · 632 locations

Source: FCC Broadband Data Collection, June 2024, fixed availability by H3 hexagon (Esri Living Atlas, Ohio subset); Census ACS 2020-2024 table B28002 internet subscriptions; Ookla Open Data fixed speed tests 2025 Q2 by tile, averaged inside the… · FCC broadband map · Ookla open data · Census ACS

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Cell signal

5G on 75 to 95%

5G on 94% of the land4G or better 100% · AT&T 100% · T-Mobile 53% · Verizon 100%

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

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EV chargers

10 to 20 miles

Fast charger 12.6 mi: LEE KINSTLE CHEVROLET GMC 650 W Ervin Rd0 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. LEE KINSTLE CHEVROLET GMC 650 W Ervin Rd DC fast1 DC fast · 1 Level 2 · Van Wert · 12.6 mi
    Address
    650 W Ervin Rd, Van Wert, OH 45891
    Ports
    1 DC fast · 1 Level 2
    Plugs
    CCS, J1772
    Network
    EV Connect
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Phone
    866-816-7584

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

  2. Lee Kinstle GM1 Level 2 · Van Wert · 12.6 mi
    Address
    650 E Ervin Rd, Van Wert, OH 45891
    Ports
    1 Level 2
    Plugs
    J1772
    Network
    Non-Networked
    Hours
    24 hours daily
    Price
    Free
    Phone
    877-466-2189

    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. 1301 W Main RdIntercity bus stop · Greyhound Lines · 12.3 mi
    What it is
    Intercity bus stop
    Operator
    Greyhound Lines
    City
    Van Wert
    Coordinates
    40.88420, -84.63900

    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 4.8 of 202 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

No public rail crossing in the ZIP

0 public crossingsnearest crossing 8.7 mi (Spencerville & Elgin Railroad)

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

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Bridges

No bridge rated poor

18 bridges, 0 rated poortypical build year 1991 · busiest USR 33, 2,350 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

4,677 vehicles a day on US 331,519 trucks · 28K 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

FWA · 27.4 miFort Wayne International · Amtrak at Waterloo, IN 49.5 mi

Source: FAA airport facilities (NASR landing-facility record) and Amtrak stations via USDOT BTS National Transportation Atlas Database, fetched September 2026: nearest airport with scheduled airline service (Part 139 class I), nearest public-use… · BTS transportation atlas

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Land, air and risk

The ground itself and what can go wrong on it: radon, flood risk, air quality, old mines and wells, and the parks, wetlands and open land still left.

Radon

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

5 to 10%

5.6% of residents in the 1% floodplain8% 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

20 to 40

Risk score 36 · higher than about 36% of US tractsStrong wind 92 · Hail 79

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

17" of snow a year · 51.0°F averageJanuary low 18° · July high 85° · 40" of precipitation

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

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Air

8.5 to 9

PM2.5 8.8 µg/m³ at Lima, 37.8 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 27.7 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

No high-hazard dam within 10 miles

0 high-hazard dams within 10 milesNearest: Van Wert Upground Reservoir No. 3, 12.4 mi, condition satisfactory

The nearest high-hazard dam

  1. Van Wert Upground Reservoir No. 3Town Creek - Off Stream · condition: satisfactory · 12.4 mi
    Hazard class
    High: a failure would probably cost a life
    Condition
    Satisfactory (assessed 04/28/2023)
    River or stream
    Town Creek - Off Stream
    Purpose
    Water Supply;Recreation
    Type
    Earth
    Height
    26 ft
    Storage
    2,397 acre-feet
    Completed
    2007
    Owner type
    Local Government
    County
    Van Wert County
    Nearest town (NID)
    Van Wert
    Last inspection
    05/04/2022
    Emergency action plan
    Yes
    NID ID
    OH03144

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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

11 or more

16 tornado tracks within 5 miles since 19504 rated F2/EF2+ · 16 federal declarations for Van Wert County · 5 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 unidentified material or sheen

Spills reported since 2021 inside ZIP 45898

  1. Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc2024-11-06 · Dublin Twp · 4.1 mi
    Reported
    2024-11-06
    What spilled
    Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
    Largest amount reported
    100 gallons
    Where
    Dublin Twp, Mercer County
    Ohio EPA district office
    NWDO
    Ohio EPA case number
    2411EPA0001840

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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

11 to 50

31 wells in the ZIP0 producing · 0 shale · 5 orphan · nearest 1.23 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 62.2 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 and hydric

Sloan silty clay loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently floodedseptic very limited · very poorly drained · hydric

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

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Parks

Under 0.5% of the area

0% public land · 0 acresGrand Lake St. Marys State Park 18 mi

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

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Wetlands

1 to 3%

1.9% wetland · 354 acresforested/shrub wetland 233 · emergent wetland 79 · pond 41

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%

6% developed · 7% tree canopycropland 83% · forest 8% · wetland 2%

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%

20.9% bachelor's or higher88.1% white · 0.1% Black · 2.3% Hispanic · 3.5% Asian · 3.7% 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

Under 0.25 jobs per employed resident

116 jobs · 606 employed residentsHotels and restaurants 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

Mostly private wells

Mostly private wells36% of residents on a community system (Willshire Village: Groundwater wells (2 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 43.7income rank at 35 for children of low-income parents

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 15 · household 75 · minority status 21 · housing and transport 42

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

16 to 20%

18.2% in fair or poor healthobesity 36.6% · diabetes 11.8% · smoking 16.5% · depression 26%

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

79 to 82

81.2 years life expectancy2 tracts, from 76.7 to 82.2

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

6 to 10 miles

Adams Memorial Hospital · 9 miDecatur, IN · 35 beds · 1 within 10 miles

The nearest hospitals

  1. Van Wert County HospitalGeneral hospital · Van Wert · 12.8 mi
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    1250 South Washington Street, Van Wert, OH 45891
    County
    Van Wert County
    Beds
    111
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Non-profit
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    No
    Phone
    (419) 238-2390
    Medicare ID
    360071

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  2. Ridgeview HospitalPsychiatric hospital · Middlepoint · 18.2 mi
    What it is
    Psychiatric hospital
    Address
    17872 Lincoln Highway, Middlepoint, OH 45863
    County
    Van Wert County
    Beds
    86
    Ownership
    Proprietary
    Medicare overall rating
    not rated
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    Yes
    Phone
    (419) 968-2950
    Medicare ID
    364047

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  3. Mercer Co. Joint Twnshp Comm HospGeneral hospital · Coldwater · 19.3 mi
    What it is
    General hospital
    Address
    800 West Main Street, Coldwater, OH 45828
    County
    Mercer County
    Beds
    88
    Helipad
    Yes
    Ownership
    Government - district/authority
    Medicare overall rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Emergency department (Medicare)
    No
    Medicare reports it as
    Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital
    Phone
    (419) 678-2341
    Medicare ID
    360058

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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. Family Health Care of Northwest Ohio, Inc.Health center · Van Wert · 12.2 mi
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Van Wert
    Coordinates
    40.85311, -84.59544

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  2. North Lima Community Health CenterHealth center · Lima · 33.9 mi
    Run by
    a federally qualified health center
    Setting
    Clinic
    City
    Lima
    Coordinates
    40.76561, -84.12800

    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 - Rcg Van WertDialysis · Van Wert · 12.6 mi
    Address
    140 Fox Rd Suite 405, Van Wert, OH 45891
    Dialysis stations
    12
    Medicare star rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Services
    in-center hemodialysis
    Ownership
    for profit
    Chain
    Fresenius Medical Care
    Medicare certified since
    2002-02-09
    Phone
    (419) 238-9333
    Medicare ID
    362639

    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

COLONIAL NURSING CENTER OF ROCKFORD · 7.8 mi3 of 5 stars · 34 beds · 0 within 5 miles

The nearest nursing homes

  1. Colonial Nursing Center of Rockford3 of 5 stars · Rockford · 7.8 mi
    Address
    201 Buckeye Street, Rockford, OH 45882
    Certified beds
    34
    Residents on an average day
    33
    Medicare overall rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    2 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Limited Liability company
    Chain
    HILLSTONE HEALTHCARE
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 363-2193
    Medicare ID
    366234

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

  2. Divine Rehabilitation and Nursing at Shane Hill3 of 5 stars · Rockford · 8.6 mi
    Address
    10731 State Route 118, Rockford, OH 45882
    Certified beds
    69
    Residents on an average day
    63
    Medicare overall rating
    3 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    3 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    2 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    2 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    DIVINE HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 363-2620
    Medicare ID
    366125

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  3. Vancrest Health Care Center5 of 5 stars · Van Wert · 11.4 mi
    Address
    10357 Van Wert Decatur Road, Van Wert, OH 45891
    Certified beds
    93
    Residents on an average day
    75
    Medicare overall rating
    5 of 5 stars
    Health inspections
    4 of 5 stars
    Staffing
    3 of 5 stars
    Quality measures
    5 of 5 stars
    Penalties since 2023
    none
    Ownership
    For profit - Corporation
    Chain
    VANCREST HEALTH CARE CENTERS
    Takes
    Medicare and Medicaid
    Phone
    (419) 238-4646
    Medicare ID
    365254

    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

1 to 2.5

1.5 violent offenses per 1,000Van Wert County Sheriff · 8.1 property per 1,000 · 12 months · 33% of violent cleared

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

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Police

7 miles or more

Rockford Police Department · 7.6 mi0 stations within 3 miles · post office 1 mi

The nearest police stations

  1. Rockford Police DepartmentRockford · 7.6 mi
    Address
    151 East Columbia Street, Rockford, OH 45882
    Coordinates
    40.69289, -84.64505

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

  2. Van Wert County Sheriff's OfficeVan Wert · 13.6 mi
    Address
    113 North Market Street, Van Wert, OH 45891
    Coordinates
    40.87034, -84.58104

    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

1 to 2 miles

Willshire Fire Department · 1 mi1 station within 3 miles, 4 within 8

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

  1. Willshire Fire DepartmentWillshire · 1.0 mi
    Address
    309 State Street, Willshire, OH 45898
    Coordinates
    40.74812, -84.79061

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

  2. Wren Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services DepartmentWren · 4.2 mi
    Address
    106 Main Street, Wren, OH 45899
    Coordinates
    40.80040, -84.77487

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

  3. Chattanooga Fire DepartmentRockford · 7.0 mi
    Address
    9920 State Highway 49, Rockford, OH 45882
    Coordinates
    40.63823, -84.78471

    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

Willshire Branch · 1 miBrumback Library · 1 within 3 miles, 3 within 8

Public libraries within 3 miles, and the nearest beyond

  1. Willshire BranchBranch · Willshire · 1.0 mi
    Address
    311 S. State St., Willshire, OH 45898
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Brumback Library
    Open
    780 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    929 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    52,000
    System's loans, FY2024
    103,639
    People the system serves
    24,724
    Phone
    (419) 495-4138

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

  2. Wren BranchBranch · Wren · 4.1 mi
    Address
    101 Washington St, Wren, OH 45899
    What it is
    Branch
    Library system
    Brumback Library
    Open
    858 hours a year, 52 weeks
    Building
    700 sq ft
    System's visits, FY2024
    52,000
    System's loans, FY2024
    103,639
    People the system serves
    24,724
    Phone
    (419) 495-4174

    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. Shanes Crossing Historical SocietyHistorical society · Rockford · 7.1 mi
    What it is
    Historical society
    City
    Rockford
    Coordinates
    40.68174, -84.66280

    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 · 14% of households on SNAP (ACS)

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

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History, schools and government

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

Local history

1815 to 1829

Willshire Township · settled 1822first 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: Round Barn, 7.8 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

Parkway LocalLocal school district · 88% of residents, then Crestview Local

None inside the ZIP; the nearest public schools

  1. Parkway Elementary School5 of 5 stars · Rockford · 7.6 mi
    Address
    400 Buckeye St, Rockford, OH 45882
    School district
    Parkway Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    408
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    21.5
    Report card, 2025-26
    5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    91.2%
    Ohio building IRN
    114652
    NCES school ID
    390485700250

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

  2. Parkway Middle School3.5 of 5 stars · Rockford · 7.6 mi
    Address
    400 Buckeye St, Rockford, OH 45882
    School district
    Parkway Local School District
    Kind (NCES)
    Regular School
    Students, 2023-24
    294
    Teachers (full-time equivalent)
    14.74
    Report card, 2025-26
    3.5 of 5 stars
    Performance index
    80.5%
    Ohio building IRN
    029272
    NCES school ID
    390485703302

    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

4 stars

4 stars overallParkway Local · performance index 84.8% of the year's maximum · 97.7% graduate in four years

Source: Ohio School Report Cards 2024-2025 (Department of Education and Workforce): district overall and component star ratings, performance index, graduation rates, spending per pupil and teacher measures, for the district holding the largest… · Ohio school report cards

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Colleges

8 to 15 miles

Vantage Career Center · 14.6 miVan Wert · 0 campuses within 10 miles

The nearest colleges

  1. Vantage Career CenterPublic career school · Van Wert · 14.6 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 ↗

  2. Wright State University-Lake CampusPublic university · Celina · 19.3 mi
    What it is
    Public university
    City
    Celina
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    1,661
    Tuition and fees, in state
    $7,504
    Tuition and fees, out of state
    $16,922
    Graduation rate
    41% of bachelor's students, within six years (a class of 263)
    IPEDS unit ID
    206613

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  3. Ohio State Beauty AcademyFor-profit two-year college · Lima · 32.0 mi
    What it is
    For-profit two-year college
    City
    Lima
    Students, 2023-24 (12-month count)
    114
    Graduation rate
    60% within three years (a class of 40)
    IPEDS unit ID
    204714

    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

Willshire Township, Van Wert County49% of residents, then Willshire (village)

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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History from 45898 (Willshire Township and Willshire)

People and inventions tied to this place, each with its sources. All people · All inventions

Rain and snow

How much has actually fallen on 45898 (Willshire Township and Willshire), day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.

rain, last 30 days
0.70 in
2026-09-30 to 2026-10-29
rain so far in 2026
41.5 in
6.5 in above normal for the date
snow so far in 2026
15.2 in
a normal year brings 25.9 in
a normal year
40.8 in
average of 30 years, 1991-2020
The last twelve months
MonthRain (in)Snow (in)Days counted
October 2026 0.70 — 29
September 2026 7.83 — 30
August 2026 8.82 — 31
July 2026 2.83 — 31
June 2026 4.56 — 30
May 2026 3.82 — 31
April 2026 6.70 — 30
March 2026 4.28 0.3 31
February 2026 0.90 5.1 28
January 2026 1.06 9.8 31
December 2025 1.35 5.2 31
November 2025 1.61 6.4 30
On the record, 1893–2026
Wettest year2015 — 53.1 in
Driest year1963 — 25.3 in
Snowiest year1982 — 56.1 in
Wettest day on record21 August 2007 — 3.59 in
Heaviest snowfall in a day16 November 1932 — 9.19 in
Deepest snow on the ground6 January 1903 — 24.02 in

Estimated, not measured. No rain gauge has ever stood inside 45898 (Willshire Township and Willshire), so every figure here is worked out from the gauges around it - the nearest ones weighted most. Treat them as close estimates rather than readings.

48,450 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 45898 (Willshire Township and Willshire): 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
2
those placed on the map inside 45898 (Willshire Township and Willshire)
What kind of permits
ProgramFacilities and sites
Public drinking water1
Site assessment1
The latest filings
DateFacility or siteWhat
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water report
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water plan
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water inspection
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water warning letter
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water plan
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water plan
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water report
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water compliance letter
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water report
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water warning letter
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water notice of violation
WILLSHIRE VILLAGE PWS Public drinking water notice of violation

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

Around here

Places in this ZIP

School districts

ZIP codes next door

45874 Ohio City 45882 Rockford 45899 Wren

The county

Van Wert County: 9 ZIP codes, 19 cities, villages and townships, 24,264 people. The county in numbers.

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Quick answers

What city is ZIP code 45898?

ZIP code 45898 is the Willshire, Ohio post office area in Van Wert County, home to 1,251 residents. Of its residents, 49% live in Willshire Township, 32% in the village of Willshire and 19% in Black Creek Township.

What county is ZIP code 45898 in?

ZIP code 45898 lies mostly in Van Wert County, Ohio, and reaches into Mercer County.

Where does the tap water in ZIP code 45898 come from?

Mostly private wells. 36% of residents on a community system (Willshire Village: Groundwater wells (2 wells)).

What school district is ZIP code 45898 in?

ZIP code 45898 is mostly in the Parkway Local School District; parts are in the Crestview Local School District.

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