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New Miami, Ohio
Inside New Miami's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 3% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 2%.
That water-table share is below Butler County's 30%. USDA doesn't rate the 28% of mapped land classed as urban land, so these shares are floors. FEMA's flood data list 27 flood losses since 2016 in the 2 ZIP codes overlapping the city. Of its 878 homes, 87% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1960.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Butler County
expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes
high water table: limits basements
flood losses since 2016 in 2 overlapping ZIPs
of homes built before 1980
Basement waterproofing in New Miami
Basement waterproofing in New Miami: a shallow water table limits basements on 3% of New Miami's mapped land, and the 2 ZIP codes overlapping New Miami logged 27 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
In Butler County, 68% of the 44 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
About 800 of New Miami's 878 homes are detached houses.
Soil under New Miami city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 1.6% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 2.7% |
| Septic fields very limited | 48.0% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 3.4% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 0.8% |
| Urban land, not rated | 27.9% |
| Mapped soil | 600 acres |
What the numbers mean here
With shrink-swell clay on 2% and a shallow water table on 3% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of New Miami; conditions still vary lot by lot.
Drought in Butler County
0% of Butler 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 New Miami. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45011 | 71% | 9 | $71,043 |
| 45013 | 29% | 18 | $222,630 |
Homes in New Miami
| Housing units | 878 |
| Median year built | 1960 |
| Built before 1980 | 87% |
| Built 2000 or later | 6% |
| Owner-occupied | 63% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $112,200 |
| Single-family detached | 93% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton | 3 mi | 8% | 13% |
| Seven Mile | 4 mi | 21% | 16% |
| Trenton | 5 mi | 1% | 4% |
| Millville | 7 mi | 2% | 41% |
| Fairfield | 7 mi | 5% | 16% |
| Jacksonburg | 8 mi | 25% | 75% |
| Monroe | 10 mi | 27% | 41% |
| Forest Park | 10 mi | 3% | 10% |
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