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Shadyside, Ohio
Inside Shadyside's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 6% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 8%.
That water-table share is below Belmont County's 18%. USDA doesn't rate the 31% of mapped land classed as urban land, so these shares are floors. FEMA's flood data list 2 flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 43947 overlapping the city. Of its 1,833 homes, 88% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1953.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Belmont 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 Shadyside
Basement waterproofing in Shadyside: a shallow water table limits basements on 6% of Shadyside's mapped land, and the ZIP code overlapping Shadyside logged 2 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
In Belmont County, 52% of the 27 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
About 1,500 of Shadyside's 1,833 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Shadyside city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 7.9% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 5.6% |
| Septic fields very limited | 31.5% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 2.8% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 5.1% |
| Urban land, not rated | 30.6% |
| Mapped soil | 657 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Duncannon | 16% | n/a |
| Chili | 8% | 0% |
| Lowell | 8% | 4% |
| Westmoreland | 6% | 0% |
| Brookside | 5% | n/a |
| Elkinsville | 1% | n/a |
What the numbers mean here
With shrink-swell clay on 8% and a shallow water table on 6% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of Shadyside; conditions still vary lot by lot.
Drought in Belmont County
0% of Belmont 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 Shadyside. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43947 | 100% | 2 | $3,515 |
Homes in Shadyside
| Housing units | 1,833 |
| Median year built | 1953 |
| Built before 1980 | 88% |
| Built 2000 or later | 1% |
| Owner-occupied | 73% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $143,100 |
| Single-family detached | 81% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellaire | 3 mi | 15% | 16% |
| Bridgeport | 6 mi | 25% | 18% |
| Brookside | 7 mi | 26% | 24% |
| Powhatan Point | 8 mi | 10% | 16% |
| Martins Ferry | 9 mi | 28% | 17% |
| St. Clairsville | 11 mi | 37% | 41% |
| Yorkville | 13 mi | 1% | 2% |
| Tiltonsville | 14 mi | under 1% | 6% |
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