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Brinkhaven, Ohio

Inside Brinkhaven's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 11% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 0%.

That water-table share is below Knox County's 65%.

Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Knox County

0%

expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes

11%

high water table: limits basements

Basement waterproofing in Brinkhaven

Basement waterproofing in Brinkhaven: a shallow water table limits basements on 11% of Brinkhaven's mapped land.

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Soil under Brinkhaven city limits

Expansive clay (limits slab homes)0.0%
High water table (limits basements)10.6%
Septic fields very limited85.7%
Clay swell (LEP, by area)1.5%
High-swell land (LEP 6%+)0.0%
Mapped soil128 acres
Soil seriesShare hereSeries nationally: high water table
Chili47%0%
Tioga27%n/a
Homewood6%n/a
Chili, higher clay3%n/a
Bogart2%n/a
Orrville1%n/a
Knox CountyBrinkhaven
Brinkhaven city limits inside Knox 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

USDA rates 86% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.

With shrink-swell clay on 0% and a shallow water table on 11% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of Brinkhaven; conditions still vary lot by lot.

Drought in Knox County

0% of Knox County is in drought (D1 or worse) on the October 13, 2026 map. County detail.

October 21, 2025Share of area in drought, weeklyOctober 13, 2026

Homes

Brinkhaven has fewer than 100 housing units in the ACS 2020-2024 estimates, too few for reliable shares.

Nearby cities

PlaceDistanceExpansive clayHigh water table
Danville 4 mi under 1% 84%
Glenmont 6 mi 0% 45%
Nashville 10 mi 0% 89%
Nellie 11 mi 3% 31%
Killbuck 11 mi 0% 16%
Loudonville 12 mi 1% 21%
Gambier 13 mi 0% 29%
Warsaw 14 mi under 1% 38%

Sources: USDA SSURGO (August 5, 2026) · US Drought Monitor (October 13, 2026). Methods · Data status