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Grover Hill, Ohio

Inside Grover Hill's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 96% of mapped land, the 3rd-highest of 10 cities in Paulding County. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 95%, the 2nd-highest of 10 cities in Paulding County.

That water-table share is close to Paulding County's 96%. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 45849 overlapping the city. Of its 170 homes, 69% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1964.

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

95%

expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes

96%

high water table: limits basements

0

flood losses since 2016 in 1 overlapping ZIP

69%

of homes built before 1980

Basement waterproofing in Grover Hill

Basement waterproofing in Grover Hill: a shallow water table limits basements on 96% of Grover Hill's mapped land, more than in 87% of Ohio cities.

About 100 of Grover Hill's 170 homes are detached houses.

Soil under Grover Hill city limits

Expansive clay (limits slab homes)95.0%
High water table (limits basements)96.4%
Septic fields very limited96.4%
Clay swell (LEP, by area)7.2%
High-swell land (LEP 6%+)93.6%
Mapped soil175 acres
Soil seriesShare hereSeries nationally: high water table
Paulding65%98%
Saranac13%n/a
Roselms13%n/a
Latty2%97%
Nappanee2%n/a
Defiance1%n/a
Paulding CountyGrover Hill
Grover Hill city limits inside Paulding 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

Clay swell averages a linear extensibility of 7.2% by land area here, and 94% of the land reaches USDA's high class (6% or more). Clay like that swells when wet and shrinks when dry, under 95% of the mapped land.

On 96% of Grover Hill's mapped land, soil stays saturated within about 6 feet of the surface for part of the year, which is basement depth.

USDA rates 96% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.

Drought in Paulding County

0% of Paulding 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 Grover Hill. ZIP areas reach past city limits.

ZIPShare of city landFlood lossesPaid
45849100%0$0

Homes in Grover Hill

Housing units170
Median year built1964
Built before 198069%
Built 2000 or later6%
Owner-occupied76%
Median value, owner-occupied$70,900
Single-family detached72%

Nearby cities

PlaceDistanceExpansive clayHigh water table
Haviland 6 mi 5% 75%
Broughton 6 mi 94% 94%
Melrose 6 mi 92% 93%
Scott 6 mi 9% 98%
Latty 7 mi 6% over 99%
Oakwood 7 mi 92% 95%
Cloverdale 9 mi 93% 98%
Ottoville 9 mi 57% 83%

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