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Chesterville, Ohio
Inside Chesterville's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 14% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 0%.
That water-table share is below Morrow County's 87%. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 43317 overlapping the city.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Morrow County
expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes
high water table: limits basements
flood losses since 2016 in 1 overlapping ZIP
Basement waterproofing in Chesterville
Basement waterproofing in Chesterville: a shallow water table limits basements on 14% of Chesterville's mapped land.
Soil under Chesterville city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 0.0% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 14.2% |
| Septic fields very limited | 66.3% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 3.9% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 0.0% |
| Mapped soil | 136 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Ockley | 37% | 0% |
| Amanda | 16% | 40% |
| Lobdell | 9% | n/a |
| Shoals | 5% | n/a |
| Centerburg | 2% | over 99% |
| Rittman | 2% | 99% |
What the numbers mean here
USDA rates 66% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
With shrink-swell clay on 0% and a shallow water table on 14% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of Chesterville; conditions still vary lot by lot.
Drought in Morrow County
0% of Morrow 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 Chesterville. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43317 | 95% | 0 | $0 |
Homes
Chesterville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparta | 6 mi | 8% | 45% |
| Fredericktown | 7 mi | 0% | 44% |
| Fulton | 8 mi | 0% | 95% |
| Marengo | 9 mi | 0% | 97% |
| Mount Gilead | 9 mi | 1% | 61% |
| Edison | 11 mi | 13% | 89% |
| Cardington | 11 mi | 12% | 96% |
| Centerburg | 12 mi | under 1% | 97% |
Sources: USDA SSURGO (August 5, 2026) · US Drought Monitor (October 13, 2026) · FEMA NFIP v3 (September 9, 2026). Methods · Data status