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Mount Pleasant, Ohio
Inside Mount Pleasant's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 13% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 19%.
That water-table share is close to Jefferson County's 11%. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 43939 overlapping the city. Of its 139 homes, 79% 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 Mount Pleasant
Basement waterproofing in Mount Pleasant: a shallow water table limits basements on 13% of Mount Pleasant's mapped land.
In Jefferson County, 70% of the 20 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
About 100 of Mount Pleasant's 139 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Mount Pleasant city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 19.1% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 12.6% |
| Septic fields very limited | 88.1% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 3.1% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 4.0% |
| Urban land, not rated | 7.4% |
| Mapped soil | 165 acres |
What the numbers mean here
Clay swell averages a linear extensibility of 3.1% by land area here, and 4% of the land reaches USDA's high class (6% or more). Clay like that swells when wet and shrinks when dry, under 19% of the mapped land.
USDA rates 88% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
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 Mount Pleasant. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43939 | over 99% | 0 | $0 |
Homes in Mount Pleasant
| Housing units | 139 |
| Median year built | 1939 or earlier |
| Built before 1980 | 79% |
| Built 2000 or later | 8% |
| Owner-occupied | 91% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $100,000 |
| Single-family detached | 91% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dillonvale | 2 mi | 17% | 21% |
| Harrisville | 5 mi | 25% | 59% |
| Adena | 5 mi | 25% | 28% |
| Yorkville | 5 mi | 1% | 2% |
| Tiltonsville | 5 mi | under 1% | 6% |
| Rayland | 6 mi | 12% | 18% |
| Martins Ferry | 6 mi | 28% | 17% |
| Brookside | 8 mi | 26% | 24% |
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