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Painesville, Ohio
Inside Painesville's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 57% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 0%.
That water-table share is below Lake County's 73%. FEMA's flood data list 8 flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 44077 overlapping the city. Of its 8,617 homes, 60% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1969.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Lake 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 Painesville
Basement waterproofing in Painesville: a shallow water table limits basements on 57% of Painesville's mapped land, and the ZIP code overlapping Painesville logged 8 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
In Lake County, 35% of the 23 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
About 5,200 of Painesville's 8,617 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Painesville city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 0.0% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 57.1% |
| Septic fields very limited | 69.8% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 2.1% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 0.0% |
| Urban land, not rated | 2.9% |
| Mapped soil | 4,491 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Painesville | 27% | n/a |
| Conneaut | 13% | 99% |
| Tyner | 10% | n/a |
| Stafford | 4% | n/a |
| Kingsville | 4% | n/a |
| Euclid | 4% | n/a |
What the numbers mean here
On 57% of Painesville's mapped land, soil stays saturated within about 6 feet of the surface for part of the year, which is basement depth.
USDA rates 70% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
Drought in Lake County
0% of Lake 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 Painesville. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44077 | 100% | 8 | $58,922 |
Homes in Painesville
| Housing units | 8,617 |
| Median year built | 1969 |
| Built before 1980 | 60% |
| Built 2000 or later | 29% |
| Owner-occupied | 51% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $158,800 |
| Single-family detached | 61% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairport Harbor | 2 mi | 0% | 59% |
| Grand River | 2 mi | 0% | 66% |
| Mentor | 5 mi | 0% | 66% |
| Mentor-on-the-Lake | 5 mi | 0% | 74% |
| Perry | 7 mi | 0% | 73% |
| Kirtland Hills | 7 mi | 0% | 62% |
| North Perry | 9 mi | 0% | 68% |
| Kirtland | 10 mi | 0% | 85% |
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