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Flushing, Ohio
Inside Flushing's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 13% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 21%.
That water-table share is close to Belmont County's 18%. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 43977 overlapping the city. Of its 475 homes, 88% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1952.
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 Flushing
Basement waterproofing in Flushing: a shallow water table limits basements on 13% of Flushing's mapped land.
In Belmont County, 52% of the 27 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
About 400 of Flushing's 475 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Flushing city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 21.3% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 13.4% |
| Septic fields very limited | 70.1% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 2.9% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 4.8% |
| Mapped soil | 390 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Westmoreland | 55% | 0% |
| Lowell | 16% | 4% |
| Culleoka | 8% | n/a |
| Coshocton | 5% | 98% |
| Berks | 5% | under 1% |
| Library | 4% | n/a |
What the numbers mean here
Clay swell averages a linear extensibility of 2.9% by land area here, and 5% of the land reaches USDA's high class (6% or more). Clay like that swells when wet and shrinks when dry, under 21% of the mapped land.
USDA rates 70% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
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 Flushing. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43977 | 100% | 0 | $0 |
Homes in Flushing
| Housing units | 475 |
| Median year built | 1952 |
| Built before 1980 | 88% |
| Built 2000 or later | 4% |
| Owner-occupied | 69% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $96,600 |
| Single-family detached | 80% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holloway | 4 mi | 21% | 22% |
| New Athens | 4 mi | 29% | 3% |
| Morristown | 6 mi | 28% | 34% |
| Cadiz | 8 mi | 58% | 26% |
| Belmont | 8 mi | 3% | 8% |
| Bethesda | 9 mi | 4% | 12% |
| Harrisville | 10 mi | 25% | 59% |
| St. Clairsville | 10 mi | 37% | 41% |
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