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Bloomingdale, Ohio
Inside Bloomingdale's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 14% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 33%, the highest of 17 cities in Jefferson County.
That water-table share is close to Jefferson County's 11%. FEMA's flood data list 1 flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 43910 overlapping the city.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Jefferson County
expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes
high water table: limits basements
flood losses since 2016 in 1 overlapping ZIP
Basement waterproofing in Bloomingdale
Basement waterproofing in Bloomingdale: a shallow water table limits basements on 14% of Bloomingdale's mapped land, and the ZIP code overlapping Bloomingdale logged 1 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
In Jefferson County, 70% of the 20 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
Soil under Bloomingdale city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 33.1% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 13.7% |
| Septic fields very limited | 82.8% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 4.0% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 23.0% |
| Mapped soil | 57 acres |
What the numbers mean here
Clay swell averages a linear extensibility of 4.0% by land area here, and 23% of the land reaches USDA's high class (6% or more). Clay like that swells when wet and shrinks when dry, under 33% of the mapped land.
USDA rates 83% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
Drought in Jefferson County
0% of Jefferson 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 Bloomingdale. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43910 | 100% | 1 | $0 |
Homes
Bloomingdale has fewer than 100 housing units in the ACS 2020-2024 estimates, too few for reliable shares.
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopedale | 4 mi | 20% | 56% |
| Wintersville | 6 mi | 25% | 4% |
| Richmond | 7 mi | 27% | 8% |
| New Alexandria | 8 mi | 30% | 4% |
| Steubenville | 9 mi | 13% | 5% |
| Adena | 9 mi | 25% | 28% |
| Jewett | 10 mi | under 1% | 83% |
| Dillonvale | 10 mi | 17% | 21% |
Sources: USDA SSURGO (August 5, 2026) · US Drought Monitor (October 13, 2026) · FEMA NFIP v3 (September 9, 2026). Methods · Data status