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Brookside, Ohio
Inside Brookside's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 24% of mapped land, the 4th-highest of 14 cities in Belmont County. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 26%, the 5th-highest of 14 cities in Belmont County.
That water-table share is above Belmont County's 18%. USDA doesn't rate the 34% of mapped land classed as urban land, so these shares are floors. FEMA's flood data list 18 flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 43912 overlapping the city. Of its 331 homes, 91% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1939 or earlier.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Belmont 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 Brookside
Basement waterproofing in Brookside: a shallow water table limits basements on 24% of Brookside's mapped land, and the ZIP code overlapping Brookside logged 18 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
In Belmont County, 52% of the 27 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
About 300 of Brookside's 331 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Brookside city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 25.7% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 24.0% |
| Septic fields very limited | 44.2% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 4.9% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 21.8% |
| Urban land, not rated | 34.2% |
| Mapped soil | 112 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Brookside | 23% | n/a |
| Chili | 5% | 0% |
| Lowell | 3% | 4% |
| Newark | 2% | n/a |
| Westmoreland | 2% | 0% |
| Library | 1% | n/a |
What the numbers mean here
Clay swell averages a linear extensibility of 4.9% by land area here, and 22% of the land reaches USDA's high class (6% or more). Clay like that swells when wet and shrinks when dry, under 26% of the mapped land.
On 24% of Brookside's mapped land, soil stays saturated within about 6 feet of the surface for part of the year, which is basement depth.
Drought in Belmont County
0% of Belmont 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 Brookside. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43912 | 100% | 18 | $530,235 |
Homes in Brookside
| Housing units | 331 |
| Median year built | 1939 or earlier |
| Built before 1980 | 91% |
| Built 2000 or later | 0% |
| Owner-occupied | 87% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $117,000 |
| Single-family detached | 89% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport | 1 mi | 25% | 18% |
| Martins Ferry | 3 mi | 28% | 17% |
| Bellaire | 4 mi | 15% | 16% |
| Yorkville | 6 mi | 1% | 2% |
| Shadyside | 7 mi | 8% | 6% |
| St. Clairsville | 7 mi | 37% | 41% |
| Mount Pleasant | 8 mi | 19% | 13% |
| Tiltonsville | 8 mi | under 1% | 6% |
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