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Hanging Rock, Ohio
Inside Hanging Rock's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 7% of mapped land, the 4th-highest of 7 cities in Lawrence County. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 1%.
That water-table share is close to Lawrence County's 11%. FEMA's flood data list 3 flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 45638 overlapping the city.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Lawrence County
expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes
high water table: limits basements
flood losses since 2016 in 1 overlapping ZIP
Basement waterproofing in Hanging Rock
Basement waterproofing in Hanging Rock: a shallow water table limits basements on 7% of Hanging Rock's mapped land, and the ZIP code overlapping Hanging Rock logged 3 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
Soil under Hanging Rock city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 1.3% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 6.6% |
| Septic fields very limited | 49.6% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 2.6% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 1.3% |
| Urban land, not rated | 7.0% |
| Mapped soil | 413 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Shelocta | 21% | 4% |
| Elkinsville | 20% | n/a |
| Steinsburg | 14% | n/a |
| Nolin | 8% | n/a |
| Latham | 4% | n/a |
| Peoga | 1% | n/a |
What the numbers mean here
With shrink-swell clay on 1% and a shallow water table on 7% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of Hanging Rock; conditions still vary lot by lot.
Drought in Lawrence County
0% of Lawrence 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 Hanging Rock. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45638 | 100% | 3 | $34,341 |
Homes
Hanging Rock has fewer than 100 housing units in the ACS 2020-2024 estimates, too few for reliable shares.
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ironton | 3 mi | 2% | 3% |
| Coal Grove | 7 mi | 2% | 4% |
| South Point | 12 mi | 2% | 14% |
| Chesapeake | 17 mi | 28% | 5% |
| New Boston | 17 mi | 1% | 7% |
| South Webster | 18 mi | 6% | 67% |
| Portsmouth | 18 mi | 3% | 16% |
| Proctorville | 21 mi | 0% | 31% |
Sources: USDA SSURGO (August 5, 2026) · US Drought Monitor (October 13, 2026) · FEMA NFIP v3 (September 9, 2026). Methods · Data status