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Roaming Shores, Ohio
Inside Roaming Shores' city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 74% of mapped land, higher than 58% of Ohio cities. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 0%.
That water-table share is below Ashtabula County's 89%. FEMA's flood data list 1 flood losses since 2016 in the 2 ZIP codes overlapping the city. Of its 1,060 homes, 30% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1995.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Ashtabula 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 Roaming Shores
Basement waterproofing in Roaming Shores: a shallow water table limits basements on 74% of Roaming Shores' mapped land, more than in 58% of Ohio cities, and the 2 ZIP codes overlapping Roaming Shores logged 1 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
About 1,100 of Roaming Shores' 1,060 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Roaming Shores city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 0.0% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 73.6% |
| Septic fields very limited | 74.9% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 3.1% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 0.0% |
| Mapped soil | 1,849 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Mill | 27% | n/a |
| Platea | 18% | n/a |
| Darien | 14% | n/a |
| Gageville | 6% | n/a |
| Stanhope | 3% | n/a |
| Pierpont | 3% | n/a |
What the numbers mean here
On 74% of Roaming Shores' mapped land, soil stays saturated within about 6 feet of the surface for part of the year, which is basement depth.
USDA rates 75% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
Drought in Ashtabula County
0% of Ashtabula 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 Roaming Shores. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44084 | 73% | 1 | $134,092 |
| 44085 | 27% | 0 | $0 |
Homes in Roaming Shores
| Housing units | 1,060 |
| Median year built | 1995 |
| Built before 1980 | 30% |
| Built 2000 or later | 33% |
| Owner-occupied | 97% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $226,200 |
| Single-family detached | 99% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Creek | 2 mi | 4% | 96% |
| Orwell | 7 mi | 0% | over 99% |
| Jefferson | 8 mi | 0% | 95% |
| Geneva | 13 mi | 0% | 58% |
| Andover | 14 mi | 0% | 96% |
| Madison | 15 mi | 0% | 76% |
| Geneva-on-the-Lake | 16 mi | 0% | 80% |
| Ashtabula | 17 mi | 0% | 49% |
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