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Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio
Inside Cuyahoga Heights' city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 5% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 2%.
That water-table share is below Cuyahoga County's 51%. USDA doesn't rate the 52% of mapped land classed as urban land, so these shares are floors. FEMA's flood data list 14 flood losses since 2016 in the 2 ZIP codes overlapping the city. Of its 277 homes, 95% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1948.
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 2 overlapping ZIPs
of homes built before 1980
Basement waterproofing in Cuyahoga Heights
Basement waterproofing in Cuyahoga Heights: a shallow water table limits basements on 5% of Cuyahoga Heights' mapped land, and the 2 ZIP codes overlapping Cuyahoga Heights logged 14 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
In Cuyahoga County, 47% of the 90 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
About 200 of Cuyahoga Heights' 277 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Cuyahoga Heights city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 1.6% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 4.8% |
| Septic fields very limited | 15.8% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 2.4% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 1.6% |
| Urban land, not rated | 51.6% |
| Mapped soil | 2,053 acres |
What the numbers mean here
With shrink-swell clay on 2% and a shallow water table on 5% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of Cuyahoga Heights; 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 Cuyahoga Heights. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44125 | 80% | 14 | $293,281 |
| 44105 | 20% | 0 | $0 |
Homes in Cuyahoga Heights
| Housing units | 277 |
| Median year built | 1948 |
| Built before 1980 | 95% |
| Built 2000 or later | 3% |
| Owner-occupied | 69% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $212,300 |
| Single-family detached | 71% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newburgh Heights | 1 mi | 1% | 13% |
| Brooklyn Heights | 1 mi | 1% | 14% |
| Garfield Heights | 3 mi | under 1% | 28% |
| Cleveland | 3 mi | under 1% | 17% |
| Independence | 4 mi | 3% | 45% |
| Seven Hills | 4 mi | 0% | 58% |
| Valley View | 4 mi | 5% | 32% |
| Brooklyn | 5 mi | 0% | 43% |
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