Ohio · county maple atlas
Maple syrup in Ohio, county by county
Ohio had 912 maple operations running 468,579 taps in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, led by Geauga County. Pick a county for its typical season dates, 36 seasons of sap weather and this week's forecast.
- Maple farms, 2022
- 912
- +11% since 2017
- Taps, 2022
- 468,579
- +1% since 2017
- Gallons of syrup
- 113,663
- 0.24 gal per tap
- Counties with a page
- 49
- of 75 with maple farms
Reading the map
Where Ohio's sugaring happens
Geauga County alone holds 144,446 taps (31% of the state). Counties shaded lightest have the fewest taps; grey counties reported fewer than five maple farms and have no atlas page. Click any county for its season calendar.
USDA's reported Ohio season ran from about Feb 18 to Mar 27 in a median year (8 years of records). Our weather signal for the same counties, weighted by farms, gives Feb 13 to Mar 17; county dates below are scaled so the state matches USDA, keeping only the within-state differences.
Every county
Ohio maple production and season dates by county
Farms, taps and gallons from the 2022 Census of Agriculture, with the change in taps since 2017. Season dates are each county's typical year from 36 seasons of daily temperatures.
| County | Farms | Taps | Gallons | Taps vs 2017 | Sap usually runs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geauga | 183 | 144,446 | 35,230 | -14% | Feb 26 – Apr 4 |
| Ashtabula | 34 | 40,187 | 10,199 | +2% | Feb 24 – Mar 31 |
| Holmes | 53 | 36,336 | 11,157 | +17% | Feb 18 – Mar 28 |
| Trumbull | 34 | 30,591 | 8,326 | -5% | Feb 20 – Mar 30 |
| Portage | 33 | 29,767 | 7,819 | +62% | Feb 21 – Mar 29 |
| Ashland | 34 | 22,759 | 6,025 | +70% | Feb 20 – Mar 27 |
| Knox | 13 | 22,325 | 6,093 | +17% | Feb 20 – Mar 25 |
| Medina | 28 | 12,435 | 2,439 | -28% | Feb 20 – Mar 28 |
| Wayne | 32 | 11,070 | 2,418 | +9% | Feb 19 – Mar 28 |
| Lorain | 19 | 10,340 | 2,178 | +125% | Feb 20 – Mar 26 |
| Warren | 20 | 8,960 | 2,939 | +2033% | Feb 6 – Mar 14 |
| Crawford | 8 | 8,131 | 1,007 | +20% | Feb 19 – Mar 28 |
| Richland | 32 | 6,483 | 1,406 | -38% | Feb 20 – Mar 26 |
| Logan | 7 | 6,157 | 863 | -17% | Feb 20 – Mar 26 |
| Seneca | 8 | 6,100 | 1,334 | +204% | Feb 20 – Mar 26 |
| Morrow | 18 | 6,000 | 1,119 | -56% | Feb 20 – Mar 25 |
| Highland | 18 | 5,882 | 718 | — | Feb 6 – Mar 16 |
| Licking | 6 | 4,895 | 909 | -36% | Feb 14 – Mar 24 |
| Athens | 9 | 4,745 | 1,131 | -23% | Feb 4 – Mar 14 |
| Williams | 6 | 4,500 | withheld | — | Feb 23 – Apr 3 |
| Miami | 6 | 4,317 | 2,075 | +100% | Feb 12 – Mar 18 |
| Tuscarawas | 18 | 4,168 | 328 | +160% | Feb 16 – Mar 24 |
| Huron | 10 | 3,595 | 398 | — | Feb 20 – Mar 28 |
| Lake | 9 | 2,675 | 525 | -39% | Feb 22 – Mar 30 |
| Mahoning | 5 | 2,424 | withheld | -53% | Feb 20 – Mar 29 |
| Coshocton | 12 | 2,366 | 385 | +29% | Feb 12 – Mar 20 |
| Columbiana | 15 | 2,214 | 481 | +303% | Feb 20 – Mar 28 |
| Clinton | 10 | 2,180 | 342 | -8% | Feb 11 – Mar 19 |
| Monroe | 12 | 1,970 | 447 | +149% | Feb 8 – Mar 17 |
| Champaign | 6 | 1,724 | 498 | +116% | Feb 18 – Mar 25 |
| Preble | 3 | 1,640 | 690 | +37% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Stark | 15 | 1,248 | 220 | -16% | Feb 18 – Mar 23 |
| Jefferson | 9 | 1,210 | 130 | — | Feb 11 – Mar 19 |
| Pike | 8 | 1,200 | 131 | — | Feb 2 – Mar 13 |
| Ross | 6 | 980 | 203 | +96% | Feb 5 – Mar 13 |
| Summit | 15 | 775 | 164 | +222% | Feb 19 – Mar 27 |
| Morgan | 5 | 740 | 65 | -36% | Feb 10 – Mar 18 |
| Hardin | 3 | 725 | 68 | -88% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Gallia | 3 | 675 | 45 | +118% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Muskingum | 9 | 596 | 133 | +1468% | Feb 10 – Mar 19 |
| Meigs | 8 | 484 | 44 | -18% | Feb 2 – Mar 12 |
| Pickaway | 6 | 472 | 44 | — | Feb 7 – Mar 13 |
| Guernsey | 5 | 467 | 73 | — | Feb 12 – Mar 21 |
| Defiance | 5 | 464 | 64 | — | Feb 22 – Mar 31 |
| Delaware | 10 | 460 | 83 | -93% | Feb 17 – Mar 25 |
| Brown | 4 | 459 | 67 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Carroll | 3 | 425 | 30 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Hamilton | 11 | 310 | 72 | -6% | Jan 31 – Mar 9 |
| Greene | 8 | 305 | 78 | +129% | Feb 10 – Mar 18 |
| Hancock | 3 | 300 | 21 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Washington | 10 | 292 | 56 | — | Feb 2 – Mar 12 |
| Perry | 3 | 260 | 48 | -47% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Montgomery | 7 | 253 | 62 | -28% | Feb 8 – Mar 14 |
| Fairfield | 4 | 162 | 36 | +84% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Darke | 6 | 154 | 32 | +105% | Feb 16 – Mar 25 |
| Hocking | 6 | 140 | 14 | -52% | Feb 9 – Mar 18 |
| Sandusky | 3 | 62 | 7 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Wood | 5 | 15 | 5 | — | Feb 22 – Mar 29 |
| Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Clermont | 0 | 0 | 0 | -100% | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Fulton | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Harrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Paulding | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Allen | 3 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Wyandot | 3 | withheld | 6 | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Adams | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Auglaize | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Franklin | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Jackson | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Lawrence | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Lucas | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Marion | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Noble | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Van Wert | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Vinton | 2 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Clark | 1 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Erie | 1 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Fayette | 1 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Scioto | 1 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Shelby | 1 | withheld | withheld | — | fewer than 5 farms · no page |
| Ohio total | 912 | 468,579 | 113,663 | +1% | USDA median Feb 18 – Mar 27 |
“Withheld” = USDA suppressed the figure to avoid disclosing individual operations. County totals need not sum to the state total for that reason.
About this page
Production figures are copied, unchanged, from Table 37 of the 2022 Census of Agriculture county volume for Ohio. Season dates come from our county maple atlas: 36 seasons of daily temperatures at each county seat scored with the freeze-thaw rule behind our live forecast, calibrated against 117 state-seasons of USDA-reported dates. How the atlas is built, and the downloadable dataset →
Sources · 3
- 1.2022 Census of Agriculture, County Level Data — Ohio, Table 37: Maple Syrup, 2022 and 2017 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
- 2.USDA NASS maple syrup reports — approximate average season opened and closed dates, 2011–2022 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (mirrored by the University of Vermont)
- 3.PRISM daily temperature grids (AN81d, 4 km), accessed 2026-10-05 · PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu
FAQ
Ohio maple questions
- Which county in Ohio makes the most maple syrup?
- Geauga County, with 144,446 taps and 35,230 gallons of syrup across 183 farms in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, about 31% of the state's taps. USDA withheld totals for 19 counties to protect individual farms, so the ranking covers published counties.
- How many maple producers are there in Ohio?
- The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 912 farms producing maple syrup in Ohio (820 in 2017), with 468,579 taps and 113,663 gallons of syrup. The Census counts farms, so backyard sugarmakers who don't sell are not included.
- Where does the sap run first in Ohio?
- By our weather record, Hamilton County (Cincinnati) typically starts around January 31, while Geauga County (Chardon) starts around February 26, a spread of about 26 days across the state.
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