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Hills and Dales, Ohio
Inside Hills and Dales' city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 14% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 0%.
That water-table share is below Stark County's 60%. USDA doesn't rate the 43% of mapped land classed as urban land, so these shares are floors. FEMA's flood data list 1 flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 44708 overlapping the city.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Stark County
expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes
high water table: limits basements
flood losses since 2016 in 1 overlapping ZIP
Basement waterproofing in Hills and Dales
Basement waterproofing in Hills and Dales: a shallow water table limits basements on 14% of Hills and Dales' mapped land, and the ZIP code overlapping Hills and Dales logged 1 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
In Stark County, 46% of the 35 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
Soil under Hills and Dales city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 0.0% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 13.9% |
| Septic fields very limited | 56.5% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 1.6% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 0.0% |
| Urban land, not rated | 42.7% |
| Mapped soil | 199 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Chili | 43% | 0% |
| Carlisle | 11% | n/a |
| Sebring | 2% | n/a |
| Wooster | under 1% | 57% |
| Fitchville | under 1% | 96% |
| Canfield | under 1% | over 99% |
What the numbers mean here
USDA rates 56% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
With shrink-swell clay on 0% and a shallow water table on 14% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of Hills and Dales; conditions still vary lot by lot.
Drought in Stark County
0% of Stark 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 Hills and Dales. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44708 | 100% | 1 | $0 |
Homes
Hills and Dales 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meyers Lake | 2 mi | under 1% | 8% |
| North Canton | 4 mi | under 1% | 30% |
| Canton | 4 mi | 1% | 25% |
| Massillon | 5 mi | under 1% | 49% |
| Navarre | 8 mi | under 1% | 43% |
| Canal Fulton | 9 mi | under 1% | 51% |
| Green | 9 mi | 1% | 43% |
| East Canton | 9 mi | 3% | 65% |
Sources: USDA SSURGO (August 5, 2026) · US Drought Monitor (October 13, 2026) · FEMA NFIP v3 (September 9, 2026). Methods · Data status