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Gloria Glens Park, Ohio
Inside Gloria Glens Park's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 92% of mapped land, the 3rd-highest of 9 cities in Medina County. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 0%.
That water-table share is close to Medina County's 91%. FEMA's flood data list 8 flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 44215 overlapping the city. Of its 260 homes, 87% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1954.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Medina 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 Gloria Glens Park
Basement waterproofing in Gloria Glens Park: a shallow water table limits basements on 92% of Gloria Glens Park's mapped land, more than in 80% of Ohio cities, and the ZIP code overlapping Gloria Glens Park logged 8 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
About 300 of Gloria Glens Park's 260 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Gloria Glens Park city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 0.0% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 92.1% |
| Septic fields very limited | 92.1% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 2.8% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 0.0% |
| Mapped soil | 72 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Rittman | 52% | 99% |
| Jimtown | 12% | n/a |
| Wadsworth | 10% | n/a |
| Wallkill | 8% | n/a |
| Luray | 5% | n/a |
| Bennington | 2% | 99% |
What the numbers mean here
On 92% of Gloria Glens Park's mapped land, soil stays saturated within about 6 feet of the surface for part of the year, which is basement depth.
USDA rates 92% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
Drought in Medina County
0% of Medina 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 Gloria Glens Park. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44215 | 100% | 8 | $67,215 |
Homes in Gloria Glens Park
| Housing units | 260 |
| Median year built | 1954 |
| Built before 1980 | 87% |
| Built 2000 or later | 6% |
| Owner-occupied | 91% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $174,200 |
| Single-family detached | 97% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chippewa Lake | 1 mi | 0% | 96% |
| Westfield Center | 3 mi | 0% | 94% |
| Seville | 3 mi | 2% | 84% |
| Medina | 6 mi | under 1% | 85% |
| Creston | 6 mi | 11% | 82% |
| Lodi | 6 mi | 1% | 85% |
| Burbank | 7 mi | under 1% | 62% |
| Rittman | 8 mi | 2% | 75% |
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