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Higginsport, Ohio
Inside Higginsport's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 0% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 27%, the highest of 9 cities in Brown County.
That water-table share is below Brown County's 68%. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 45131 overlapping the city. Of its 116 homes, 72% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1943.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Brown 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 Higginsport
Basement waterproofing in Higginsport: a shallow water table limits basements on 0% of Higginsport's mapped land.
About 100 of Higginsport's 116 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Higginsport city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 27.5% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 0.0% |
| Septic fields very limited | 48.1% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 4.8% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 27.5% |
| Mapped soil | 186 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Pate | 30% | n/a |
| Elkinsville | 27% | n/a |
| Nolin | 23% | n/a |
| Eden | under 1% | 0% |
| Faywood | 0% | n/a |
What the numbers mean here
Clay swell averages a linear extensibility of 4.8% by land area here, and 27% of the land reaches USDA's high class (6% or more). Clay like that swells when wet and shrinks when dry, under 27% of the mapped land.
Drought in Brown County
0% of Brown 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 Higginsport. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45131 | 100% | 0 | $0 |
Homes in Higginsport
| Housing units | 116 |
| Median year built | 1943 |
| Built before 1980 | 72% |
| Built 2000 or later | 17% |
| Owner-occupied | 66% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $104,200 |
| Single-family detached | 72% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown | 7 mi | 8% | 87% |
| Felicity | 8 mi | under 1% | 68% |
| Ripley | 8 mi | 16% | 3% |
| Hamersville | 9 mi | 3% | 100% |
| Chilo | 9 mi | 0% | 39% |
| Russellville | 11 mi | 10% | 86% |
| Neville | 13 mi | 0% | 31% |
| Aberdeen | 13 mi | 3% | 12% |
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