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Deersville, Ohio

Inside Deersville's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 5% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 3%.

That water-table share is below Harrison County's 29%. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 44693 overlapping the city.

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

3%

expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes

5%

high water table: limits basements

0

flood losses since 2016 in 1 overlapping ZIP

Basement waterproofing in Deersville

Basement waterproofing in Deersville: a shallow water table limits basements on 5% of Deersville's mapped land.

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Soil under Deersville city limits

Expansive clay (limits slab homes)3.0%
High water table (limits basements)4.8%
Septic fields very limited93.9%
Clay swell (LEP, by area)1.9%
High-swell land (LEP 6%+)3.0%
Mapped soil223 acres
Soil seriesShare hereSeries nationally: high water table
Gilpin49%under 1%
Westmoreland22%0%
Dekalb12%n/a
Rigley6%n/a
Coshocton3%98%
Upshur3%0%
Harrison CountyDeersville
Deersville city limits inside Harrison 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 94% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.

With shrink-swell clay on 3% and a shallow water table on 5% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of Deersville; conditions still vary lot by lot.

Drought in Harrison County

0% of Harrison 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

Flood losses by ZIP code

FEMA flood records since 2016 in the ZIP codes that overlap Deersville. ZIP areas reach past city limits.

ZIPShare of city landFlood lossesPaid
44693100%0$0

Homes

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

Nearby cities

PlaceDistanceExpansive clayHigh water table
Freeport 8 mi 1% 38%
Scio 8 mi 4% 61%
Bowerston 8 mi 3% 60%
Dennison 10 mi 2% 45%
Leesville 10 mi 0% 78%
Holloway 11 mi 21% 22%
Jewett 11 mi under 1% 83%
Uhrichsville 11 mi 2% 59%

Sources: USDA SSURGO (August 5, 2026) · US Drought Monitor (October 13, 2026) · FEMA NFIP v3 (September 9, 2026). Methods · Data status