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Beachwood, Ohio
Inside Beachwood's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 58% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 0%.
That water-table share is above Cuyahoga County's 51%. USDA doesn't rate the 27% of mapped land classed as urban land, so these shares are floors. FEMA's flood data list 10 flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 44122 overlapping the city. Of its 6,581 homes, 57% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1975.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Cuyahoga County
expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes
high water table: limits basements
flood losses since 2016 in 1 overlapping ZIP
of homes built before 1980
Basement waterproofing in Beachwood
Basement waterproofing in Beachwood: a shallow water table limits basements on 58% of Beachwood's mapped land, and the ZIP code overlapping Beachwood logged 10 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
In Cuyahoga County, 47% of the 90 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
About 3,000 of Beachwood's 6,581 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Beachwood city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 0.0% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 57.6% |
| Septic fields very limited | 57.7% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 3.5% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 0.0% |
| Urban land, not rated | 26.7% |
| Mapped soil | 3,377 acres |
What the numbers mean here
On 58% of Beachwood's mapped land, soil stays saturated within about 6 feet of the surface for part of the year, which is basement depth.
USDA rates 58% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
Drought in Cuyahoga County
0% of Cuyahoga County is in drought (D1 or worse) on the October 13, 2026 map. County detail.
Flood losses by ZIP code
FEMA flood records since 2016 in the ZIP codes that overlap Beachwood. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44122 | 100% | 10 | $31,565 |
Homes in Beachwood
| Housing units | 6,581 |
| Median year built | 1975 |
| Built before 1980 | 57% |
| Built 2000 or later | 17% |
| Owner-occupied | 54% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $410,300 |
| Single-family detached | 45% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodmere | 2 mi | 0% | 45% |
| Highland Hills | 2 mi | 0% | 80% |
| University Heights | 2 mi | 0% | 32% |
| Pepper Pike | 2 mi | 0% | 70% |
| Shaker Heights | 2 mi | 0% | 32% |
| Orange | 3 mi | 0% | 84% |
| Lyndhurst | 3 mi | 0% | 35% |
| Warrensville Heights | 3 mi | 0% | 36% |
Sources: USDA SSURGO (August 5, 2026) · US Drought Monitor (October 13, 2026) · FEMA NFIP v3 (September 9, 2026) · Census ACS 2020-2024. Methods · Data status