Substation · United States
Orchard Substation
Operator Core Electric Cooperative
In service (mapped)Data checked 12 November 2026
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Orchard Substation is a substation 4.7 km north-east of Dove Valley, United States. Its status in the OpenStreetMap is in service (mapped). There are 41 other energy sites within 10 km, 10 of them grid sites. The register holds one incident at this site, the latest in 2019.
Incidents on the register at this site
A squirrel entered a DP&L substation on East Dorothy Lane, west of Wilmington Pike in Kettering, Ohio, on Monday 4 November 2019. The animal tripped a switchgear, which caused a fire first reported at about 7:40 a.m. Firefighters reported the fire under...
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The site
- Technology
- Substation (230 kV substation)
- Status
- In service (mapped) (Mapped as a substation in OpenStreetMap with no disused, construction or proposed tag)
- Operator
- Core Electric Cooperative
- Location
- , United States
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Questions
- Has Orchard Substation had a fire or other incident?
- Yes. The register holds one incident that names it: Squirrel causes substation fire leaving thousands without power in Ohio (EIR-2182, 2019).
- What is the status of Orchard Substation?
- In service (mapped), in the OpenStreetMap.
- Where is Orchard Substation?
- 4.7 km north-east of Dove Valley, United States.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under the Open Database Licence (ODbL), openstreetmap.org/copyright. The dataset. The register adds only the incidents and the counts. Nearest town: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).