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Port Washington, Ohio
Inside Port Washington's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 3% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 0%.
That water-table share is below Tuscarawas County's 42%. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 43837 overlapping the city. Of its 245 homes, 61% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1968.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Tuscarawas 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 Port Washington
Basement waterproofing in Port Washington: a shallow water table limits basements on 3% of Port Washington's mapped land.
About 200 of Port Washington's 245 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Port Washington city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 0.0% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 2.7% |
| Septic fields very limited | 98.3% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 1.9% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 0.0% |
| Mapped soil | 350 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Wheeling | 63% | under 1% |
| Chili | 17% | 0% |
| Plainfield | 6% | 2% |
| Sparta | 5% | n/a |
| Rush | 3% | n/a |
| Weinbach | 3% | n/a |
What the numbers mean here
USDA rates 98% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
With shrink-swell clay on 0% and a shallow water table on 3% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of Port Washington; conditions still vary lot by lot.
Drought in Tuscarawas County
0% of Tuscarawas 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 Port Washington. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43837 | 100% | 0 | $0 |
Homes in Port Washington
| Housing units | 245 |
| Median year built | 1968 |
| Built before 1980 | 61% |
| Built 2000 or later | 16% |
| Owner-occupied | 77% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $123,500 |
| Single-family detached | 78% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gnadenhutten | 5 mi | 2% | 19% |
| Stone Creek | 5 mi | 3% | 43% |
| Newcomerstown | 5 mi | 3% | 17% |
| Tuscarawas | 8 mi | 0% | 13% |
| Uhrichsville | 10 mi | 2% | 59% |
| Midvale | 11 mi | 1% | 50% |
| Dennison | 11 mi | 2% | 45% |
| Barnhill | 12 mi | 0% | 61% |
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