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Beavercreek, Ohio

Inside Beavercreek's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 60% of mapped land, the 5th-highest of 10 cities in Greene County. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 4%, the 4th-highest of 10 cities in Greene County.

That water-table share is below Greene County's 68%. FEMA's flood data list 19 flood losses since 2016 in the 6 ZIP codes overlapping the city. Of its 20,352 homes, 51% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1979.

Data as of September 22, 2026 · sources · in Greene County

expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes

60%

high water table: limits basements

flood losses since 2016 in 6 overlapping ZIPs

51%

of homes built before 1980

Soil under Beavercreek city limits

Expansive clay (limits slab homes)	3.9%
High water table (limits basements)	60.4%
Septic fields very limited	81.2%
Clay swell (LEP, by area)	4.4%
High-swell land (LEP 6%+)	0.1%
Urban land, not rated	4.0%
Mapped soil	17,048 acres

Soil series	Share here	Series nationally: high water table
Miamian	50%	78%
Ragsdale	5%	n/a
Brookston	4%	n/a
Sloan	4%	n/a
Russell	3%	1%
Crosby	3%	99%

Beavercreek city limits inside Greene County, shaded by the city's high water table share.under 10%10-25%25-40%40-60%60%+

How we count

What the numbers mean here

On 60% of Beavercreek's mapped land, soil stays saturated within about 6 feet of the surface for part of the year, which is basement depth.

USDA rates 81% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.

Drought in Greene County

0% of Greene County is in drought (D1 or worse) on the September 22, 2026 map.

September 30, 2025Share of area in drought, weeklySeptember 22, 2026

Flood losses by ZIP code

FEMA flood records since 2016 in the ZIP codes that overlap Beavercreek. ZIP areas reach past city limits.

ZIP	Share of city land	Flood losses	Paid
45431	27%	4	$29,304
45434	25%	4	$2,521
45430	18%	7	$490,846
45432	18%	3	$3,463
45440	9%	1	$0
45301	under 1%	0	$0

Homes in Beavercreek

Housing units	20,352
Median year built	1979
Built before 1980	51%
Built 2000 or later	25%
Owner-occupied	72%
Median value, owner-occupied	$279,600
Single-family detached	71%

Nearby cities

Place	Distance	Expansive clay	High water table
Riverside	4 mi	3%	32%
Fairborn	5 mi	2%	32%
Kettering	5 mi	6%	28%
Oakwood	6 mi	3%	16%
Bellbrook	7 mi	1%	44%
Xenia	8 mi	1%	28%
Dayton	8 mi	6%	28%
Centerville	8 mi	17%	54%

Sources: USDA SSURGO (August 5, 2026) · US Drought Monitor (September 22, 2026) · FEMA NFIP v3 (September 9, 2026) · Census ACS 2020-2024. Methods · Data status