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East Liverpool, Ohio
Inside East Liverpool's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 12% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on under 1%.
That water-table share is below Columbiana County's 53%. USDA doesn't rate the 28% of mapped land classed as urban land, so these shares are floors. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 43920 overlapping the city. Of its 4,810 homes, 93% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1947.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Columbiana 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 East Liverpool
Basement waterproofing in East Liverpool: a shallow water table limits basements on 12% of East Liverpool's mapped land.
About 3,500 of East Liverpool's 4,810 homes are detached houses.
Soil under East Liverpool city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 0.1% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 12.1% |
| Septic fields very limited | 60.0% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 1.8% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 0.1% |
| Urban land, not rated | 27.8% |
| Mapped soil | 3,136 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Berks | 20% | under 1% |
| Hazleton | 11% | 0% |
| Westmoreland | 7% | 0% |
| Chili | 4% | 0% |
| Ernest | 3% | n/a |
| Tioga | 3% | n/a |
What the numbers mean here
USDA rates 60% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
With shrink-swell clay on under 1% and a shallow water table on 12% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of East Liverpool; conditions still vary lot by lot.
Drought in Columbiana County
0% of Columbiana 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 East Liverpool. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43920 | 100% | 0 | $0 |
Homes in East Liverpool
| Housing units | 4,810 |
| Median year built | 1947 |
| Built before 1980 | 93% |
| Built 2000 or later | 2% |
| Owner-occupied | 55% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $81,300 |
| Single-family detached | 73% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellsville | 5 mi | 0% | 13% |
| Stratton | 8 mi | 0% | 16% |
| Empire | 9 mi | 0% | 2% |
| Irondale | 9 mi | 1% | 11% |
| Rogers | 11 mi | 0% | 46% |
| Toronto | 12 mi | under 1% | 12% |
| Salineville | 14 mi | 1% | 23% |
| Lisbon | 14 mi | under 1% | 45% |
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