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Brook Park, Ohio
Inside Brook Park's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 39% 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 41% of mapped land classed as urban land, so these shares are floors. FEMA's flood data list 2 flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 44142 overlapping the city. Of its 8,320 homes, 91% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1961.
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 Brook Park
Basement waterproofing in Brook Park: a shallow water table limits basements on 39% of Brook Park's mapped land, and the ZIP code overlapping Brook Park logged 2 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
In Cuyahoga County, 47% of the 90 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
About 7,300 of Brook Park's 8,320 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Brook Park city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 0.0% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 38.5% |
| Septic fields very limited | 43.8% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 3.5% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 0.0% |
| Urban land, not rated | 40.8% |
| Mapped soil | 4,831 acres |
What the numbers mean here
On 39% of Brook Park's mapped land, soil stays saturated within about 6 feet of the surface for part of the year, which is basement depth.
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 Brook Park. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44142 | 91% | 2 | $344,172 |
Homes in Brook Park
| Housing units | 8,320 |
| Median year built | 1961 |
| Built before 1980 | 91% |
| Built 2000 or later | 2% |
| Owner-occupied | 83% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $169,600 |
| Single-family detached | 87% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middleburg Heights | 2 mi | 0% | 65% |
| Fairview Park | 3 mi | 0% | 29% |
| Berea | 3 mi | 0% | 50% |
| Parma Heights | 3 mi | 0% | 51% |
| Linndale | 4 mi | 0% | 20% |
| Brooklyn | 4 mi | 0% | 43% |
| Parma | 5 mi | 0% | 53% |
| Rocky River | 5 mi | 1% | 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