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Golf Manor, Ohio
Inside Golf Manor's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 4% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on under 1%.
That water-table share is close to Hamilton County's 9%. USDA doesn't rate the 59% of mapped land classed as urban land, so these shares are floors. FEMA's flood data list 10 flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 45237 overlapping the city. Of its 1,846 homes, 90% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1954.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Hamilton 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 Golf Manor
Basement waterproofing in Golf Manor: a shallow water table limits basements on 4% of Golf Manor's mapped land, and the ZIP code overlapping Golf Manor logged 10 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
In Hamilton County, 52% of the 251 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
About 900 of Golf Manor's 1,846 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Golf Manor city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | under 0.1% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 4.4% |
| Septic fields very limited | 4.4% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 4.3% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | under 0.1% |
| Urban land, not rated | 59.4% |
| Mapped soil | 371 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Rossmoyne | 2% | 96% |
| Cincinnati | 2% | n/a |
| Avonburg | 1% | n/a |
| Switzerland | under 1% | n/a |
What the numbers mean here
With shrink-swell clay on under 1% and a shallow water table on 4% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of Golf Manor; conditions still vary lot by lot.
Drought in Hamilton County
0% of Hamilton 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 Golf Manor. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45237 | 100% | 10 | $88,026 |
Homes in Golf Manor
| Housing units | 1,846 |
| Median year built | 1954 |
| Built before 1980 | 90% |
| Built 2000 or later | 0% |
| Owner-occupied | 50% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $157,300 |
| Single-family detached | 51% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amberley | 1 mi | 6% | 15% |
| Norwood | 2 mi | 1% | 3% |
| Arlington Heights | 2 mi | 1% | 1% |
| Elmwood Place | 2 mi | under 1% | 1% |
| Silverton | 2 mi | 5% | 4% |
| Reading | 3 mi | 7% | 4% |
| St. Bernard | 3 mi | 2% | 2% |
| Lockland | 3 mi | 1% | 1% |
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