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Bratenahl, Ohio
Inside Bratenahl's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 6% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 0%.
That water-table share is below Cuyahoga County's 51%. USDA doesn't rate the 26% of mapped land classed as urban land, so these shares are floors. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 44108 overlapping the city. Of its 829 homes, 78% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1962.
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 Bratenahl
Basement waterproofing in Bratenahl: a shallow water table limits basements on 6% of Bratenahl's mapped land.
In Cuyahoga County, 47% of the 90 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
About 400 of Bratenahl's 829 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Bratenahl city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 0.0% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 5.9% |
| Septic fields very limited | 60.5% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 2.0% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 0.0% |
| Urban land, not rated | 26.1% |
| Mapped soil | 660 acres |
What the numbers mean here
USDA rates 60% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
With shrink-swell clay on 0% and a shallow water table on 6% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of Bratenahl; conditions still vary lot by lot.
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 Bratenahl. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44108 | 94% | 0 | $0 |
Homes in Bratenahl
| Housing units | 829 |
| Median year built | 1962 |
| Built before 1980 | 78% |
| Built 2000 or later | 9% |
| Owner-occupied | 82% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $411,900 |
| Single-family detached | 44% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Cleveland | 2 mi | 0% | 14% |
| Cleveland Heights | 4 mi | 0% | 21% |
| South Euclid | 5 mi | 0% | 31% |
| Richmond Heights | 5 mi | 0% | 57% |
| Euclid | 5 mi | 0% | 20% |
| University Heights | 6 mi | 0% | 32% |
| Shaker Heights | 6 mi | 0% | 32% |
| Lyndhurst | 6 mi | 0% | 35% |
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