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Irondale, Ohio
Inside Irondale's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 11% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 1%.
That water-table share is close to Jefferson County's 11%. FEMA's flood data list 5 flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 43932 overlapping the city. Of its 118 homes, 95% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1939 or earlier.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Jefferson 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 Irondale
Basement waterproofing in Irondale: a shallow water table limits basements on 11% of Irondale's mapped land, and the ZIP code overlapping Irondale logged 5 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
In Jefferson County, 70% of the 20 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
About 100 of Irondale's 118 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Irondale city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 0.5% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 11.0% |
| Septic fields very limited | 75.7% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 2.2% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 0.5% |
| Urban land, not rated | 1.8% |
| Mapped soil | 943 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Westmoreland | 25% | 0% |
| Berks | 17% | under 1% |
| Hazleton | 13% | 0% |
| Richland | 10% | n/a |
| Clarksburg | 5% | n/a |
| Guernsey | 5% | n/a |
What the numbers mean here
USDA rates 76% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
With shrink-swell clay on 1% and a shallow water table on 11% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of Irondale; conditions still vary lot by lot.
Drought in Jefferson County
0% of Jefferson 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 Irondale. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43932 | 100% | 5 | $246,033 |
Homes in Irondale
| Housing units | 118 |
| Median year built | 1939 or earlier |
| Built before 1980 | 95% |
| Built 2000 or later | 0% |
| Owner-occupied | 82% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $76,700 |
| Single-family detached | 94% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellsville | 4 mi | 0% | 13% |
| Stratton | 6 mi | 0% | 16% |
| Salineville | 7 mi | 1% | 23% |
| Empire | 7 mi | 0% | 2% |
| Bergholz | 9 mi | 1% | 41% |
| East Liverpool | 9 mi | under 1% | 12% |
| Richmond | 10 mi | 27% | 8% |
| Toronto | 10 mi | under 1% | 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