Heath, Ohio
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1966. It stands in Heath City. It lies in ZIP code area 43056. It stands on Ramp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newark quadrangle. 10,412 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 860 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHeath grew from 10,310 to 10,412 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10,310 | |
| 2020 | 10,412 | +102 (+1%) |
Then and now
1909 to 1966The same ground, surveyed 57 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1909 USGS Newark quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Newark quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Newark quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Marion quadrangle1:250000
Fires nearby
2 since 2015The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Heath between 2015 and 2020, burning about 1 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 842 |
| 10 November 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 15953 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 2,828 shownMuseums hold 2,828 specimens collected within 10 miles of Heath between 1843 and 1975: 2,499 Animalia, 247 Fungi, 53 Plantae, 26 Protozoa, 3 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant, A. P. M., A. P. Morgan and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Charadrius vociferus vociferus Linnaeus, 1758 | 1884 | F. S. Robinson | |
![]() | Cylindrosporium Grev., 1822 | 1893 | unknown | Licking Reservoir |
![]() | Gibberella saubinetii (Durieu & Mont.) Sacc. | 1893 | J.B. Ellis | Granville |
![]() | Helodium paludosum (Austin) Austin ex Broth. | 1843 | Asa Gray; W. S. Sullivant | in Cranberry Marsh, northern Ohio |
![]() | Hypnum paludosum (Hedw.) P.Beauv. | 1843 | A. Gray; W. S. Sullivant | in Cranberry Marsh, northern Ohio |
![]() | Bonasa umbellus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1853 | Mack, D. (Don) | Eden Twp, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1872 | Jasper, T. (Theodore) | Buckeye Lake, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin, 1789 | 1874 | not recorded | Licking Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Calidris canutus rufa (A.Wilson, 1813) | 1878 | Savage, E. (Ed) | Buckeye Lake Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Lophodytes cucullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1878 | not recorded | Licking Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1880 | not recorded | Licking Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
![]() | Anas americana J.F.Gmelin, 1789 | 1880 | not recorded | Buckeye Lake Reservoir, Licking, Ohio, USA |
All 2,828 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms nearby
29 since 2007The National Weather Service names Heath in 29 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 18 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flood, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Heath | $100,000 | A trailer park was evacuated due to fast rising waters. Numerous roads were also flooded throughout the county. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | $50,000 | Three industrial buildings were damaged due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2025 | Flood | Heath | $8,000 | A vehicle was driven into high standing water, prompting a water rescue off of Custer Road. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | $8,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were reported down. Structural damage occurred to barns and sheds. One shed was destroyed. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | $4,000 | A few trees and power lines were knocked down in the Heath and Newark areas. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | $4,000 | Several trees were downed and some shingles were blown off of a roof. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | $3,000 | Several trees were knocked down. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | $1,000 | A tree and some large branches were downed in the Granville and Newark areas. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | $1,000 | Several tree limbs were knocked down by the thunderstorm winds. Also a trailer was moved in the Crystal Court area. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | $1,000 | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | $500 | A few shingles were blown off of a structure. |
| August 2020 | Flood | Heath | - | High water was reported on Hebron Rd. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | - | Wind gust was measured at the VTA airport. |
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Heath | - | Water was flowing across the intersection of Andover Road and Hebron Road. |
| July 2017 | Flood | Heath | - | The South Fork of the Licking River was out of its bank along Licking View Drive. Water was over the road and approaching homes. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | - | The public estimated the gust. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Heath | - | Penny to quarter size hail were reported. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Heath | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Hail | Heath | - | no account filed |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | - | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Hail | Heath | - | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | - | no account filed |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | - | no account filed |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Heath | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Heath | - | no account filed |
| November 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Heath | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idlewild Park (historical) | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Locust Grove | 1.4 miles | 12 | |
| Central City (historical) | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lloyd Corners | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Fleatown | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Newark | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Union Station | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Sandstone Canyon | 3.9 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Heath | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1008645 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1056322. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.























