Biohazard and Trauma Cleanup in Champaign County and Parts of Logan and Union
Champaign & Logan & Union Counties · 10 ZIP codes · Dayton side line
In Champaign County and the covered corners of Logan and Union counties, cleanup after a death, crime or serious injury falls to a private company hired for the property, not to the coroner or the sheriff. Dial (937) 200-8811 and the line hands you to a biohazard company already working in Urbana and the listed villages, from Saint Paris east to Milford Center.
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Courthouse towns, grain elevators and old village squares
Champaign County counted 38,714 residents in the 2020 Census, and roughly seven in ten of them live in rural territory. Urbana, the county seat, holds the biggest share. Everyone else is spread among small villages and farmsteads between the Mad River valley on the west side and Darby Creek country to the east.
Housing in these villages is mostly old. Mechanicsburg was platted in 1814, North Lewisburg in 1826 and Saint Paris in 1831, so their main streets still carry 19th-century storefronts with rooms upstairs, frame houses on deep lots, and farmhouses where the sidewalks end. Plaster walls, wood subfloors and attic insulation in buildings that age can hold odor, which affects how much material has to come out.
Over the county line, West Liberty in Logan County dates to 1817 and Quincy to 1830. Milford Center in Union County grew up around George Reed's grist mill on Darby Creek and was laid out as Milford in 1816. When a longtime owner in one of these places dies, the relative settling the house may live hours away, so ask the provider whether a neighbor, realtor or attorney holding a key can let the crew in.
Pages for each place in Champaign, Logan & Union Counties
- Urbana4307811,115 people · city
Who responds first: three coroners and three sheriffs
There is no medical examiner in this part of Ohio. Each county elects a coroner who must be a physician, and Ohio Revised Code 313.12 requires that violent, suspicious or sudden deaths be reported to that office. The Champaign County Coroner is based in Urbana. Logan County's coroner works from 121 S. Opera Street in Bellefontaine, and the Union County Coroner's office is at 128 South Main Street in Marysville.
Which police agency comes depends on the address. Deputies from the Champaign, Logan and Union county sheriff's offices cover the townships, and West Liberty keeps its own police department on Runkle Street. A few Champaign County villages, Saint Paris and Mechanicsburg among them, have publicly debated the future of their small departments, so the officer at the door may not be the agency neighbors expect.
Neither the coroner nor the deputies clean a house. After they release the scene in Cable, Woodstock or another covered spot, the work belongs to whoever controls the property. That is when a call to (937) 200-8811 fits, as long as the address is in Champaign County or in one of the four Logan and Union ZIPs listed below.
Covered village ZIP codes, grouped by county
Urbana (43078) has its own page. In the rest of Champaign County, this line covers Cable (43009), a Wayne Township crossroads platted by Philander Cable in 1852; Mechanicsburg (43044) on Little Darby Creek in Goshen Township; North Lewisburg (43060) in Rush Township, home of the Triad schools; Saint Paris (43072) on US 36 in Johnson and Jackson townships; and Woodstock (43084), a village of 287 people on State Route 559 north of Mechanicsburg.
In Logan County, three ZIPs are covered: De Graff (43318), where State Routes 235 and 508 meet; Quincy (43343), also on Route 235 in Miami Township; and West Liberty (43357), whose main street is US 68 and whose edge is the Mad River. In Union County, the single covered ZIP is Milford Center (43045), where US 36 and State Route 4 share Mill Street through the village.
Plenty of farm addresses carry a village ZIP while sitting miles out on a township road. Check the ZIP on a tax bill or utility statement before calling. Any address in Champaign County is inside the service area; in Logan and Union, only the four ZIPs named here are.
Where coverage ends: Bellefontaine and Marysville
Bellefontaine, the Logan County seat, is not served by this line. Neither are Russells Point, the Indian Lake area or any other Logan County ZIP beyond De Graff, Quincy and West Liberty. That holds even though the Logan County Coroner's office sits in Bellefontaine.
In Union County, Marysville is outside the service area, along with Richwood and the townships around them; only Milford Center is in. Nothing in Franklin County, Columbus included, is served by this number. If the property is in one of those places, a call here will not reach a provider for it, and it is better to learn that before anything is scheduled.
Champaign County has no gaps of that kind, and the Urbana page covers the county seat in more detail. Every township from Johnson in the west to Rush and Goshen in the east is inside the area, so a house near Kiser Lake, a rental in Urbana or a farm along Kings Creek all qualify.
Practical notes for farmhouses and village homes
Distance is real out here. A crew heading to Woodstock or Cable may spend a long stretch on two-lane roads such as State Route 559 or US 36, and timing depends on the provider's other jobs. Ask for a realistic arrival window on the phone instead of assuming one.
Rural lots around North Lewisburg and De Graff often include a barn, a well and a septic tank. Tell the provider about those, about any animals that need feeding, and whether the lane can take a box truck in wet weather. Material from a death or injury is handled as regulated waste and hauled away; it does not go to the curb for village trash pickup.
When a crime caused the harm, ORC 2743.51 allows the state to repay a qualifying victim's reasonable scene-cleaning cost through the Attorney General's office, to a limit of $750 on each claim. For a house in Mechanicsburg or Quincy, a homeowners policy may also pick up part of the bill, so read the policy and call the agent who wrote it before signing a work order.
Jobs the (937) 200-8811 line can route from Champaign, Logan & Union Counties
- Unattended death cleanup
- Cleanup after a loss to suicide
- A shooting, stabbing or assault scene
- Blood cleanup
- Hoarded house cleanout
- Too many animals, soaked floors
- Rodent droppings cleanup
- Decomposition odor treatment
- Drug use or a meth lab in a rental
- Tear gas cleanup
For anyone in Champaign & Logan & Union County hurting after a suicide, counselors at 988 pick up day and night.
ZIP codes for Champaign, Logan & Union Counties
| ZIP | Post office | County | Areas | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43009 | Cable | Champaign | Mingo, Wayne Township, Salem Township, Union Township | this page |
| 43044 | Mechanicsburg | Champaign | Catawba, Goshen Township, Union Township, Pleasant Township (Clark County) | this page |
| 43045 | Milford Center | Union | Union Township (Union County), Allen Township, Darby Township, Rush Township (Champaign County) | this page |
| 43060 | North Lewisburg | Champaign | Rush Township | this page |
| 43072 | Saint Paris | Champaign | St. Paris, Christiansburg, Rosewood, Jackson Township | this page |
| 43078 | Urbana | Champaign | Urbana Township, Mutual, Westville, Salem Township | Urbana |
| 43084 | Woodstock | Champaign | Rush Township | this page |
| 43318 | De Graff | Logan | Miami Township, Pleasant Township, Bloomfield Township, Rosewood | this page |
| 43343 | Quincy | Logan | Miami Township, Pleasant Township, Bloomfield Township | this page |
| 43357 | West Liberty | Logan | Liberty Township, Monroe Township, Zane Township, Harrison Township (Champaign County) | this page |
9 of these ZIP codes have no page of their own; the number for all of them is (937) 200-8811.
Questions about Champaign, Logan & Union Counties
- Does this line cover Bellefontaine or Marysville?
- No. In Logan County only De Graff (43318), Quincy (43343) and West Liberty (43357) are covered, and in Union County only Milford Center (43045). Bellefontaine, Russells Point and Marysville fall outside the service area. Champaign County, by contrast, is covered throughout, from Saint Paris to North Lewisburg.
- Someone died in a farmhouse near Mechanicsburg. Who do I call first?
- Call 911. Champaign County sheriff's deputies and the county coroner decide what investigation the death needs, and nothing should be moved or cleaned until they finish. Once they release the house, (937) 200-8811 can connect the family or executor with an independent cleanup provider.
- Will the coroner in Marysville handle a death in Milford Center?
- Yes. Milford Center sits in Union County, so a reportable death there goes to the Union County Coroner on South Main Street in Marysville. The coroner's role ends with the investigation and the death certificate. The office does not arrange or pay for cleaning the home.
- Can I hire cleanup for a West Liberty house while living out of state?
- Usually it can be arranged. Ask the provider how keys are handed off, whether photos of the finished rooms are sent, and how the invoice reaches the estate. Get a written scope listing what will be removed from the West Liberty or Quincy property and what stays, and sign only after reading it.
Where this came from 8 sources
Read through in October 2026. Offices relocate now and then, so ring the agency itself if an address matters.
- en.wikipedia.org Champaign County, Ohio
- en.wikipedia.org Mechanicsburg, Ohio
- en.wikipedia.org West Liberty, Ohio
- en.wikipedia.org Woodstock, Ohio
- logancountyohio.gov coroner
- unioncountyohio.gov Coroner
- mywestliberty.com police department
- hmdb.org m.asp
One call for Champaign, Logan & Union Counties
Say what happened in a sentence and whether police or the coroner have released the home.