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Stockport, Ohio
Inside Stockport's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 5% of mapped land, the 4th-highest of 4 cities in Morgan County. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 4%, the 4th-highest of 4 cities in Morgan County.
That water-table share is below Morgan County's 23%. FEMA's flood data list 1 flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 43787 overlapping the city. Of its 289 homes, 78% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1941.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Morgan 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 Stockport
Basement waterproofing in Stockport: a shallow water table limits basements on 5% of Stockport's mapped land, and the ZIP code overlapping Stockport logged 1 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
About 300 of Stockport's 289 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Stockport city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 4.1% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 5.1% |
| Septic fields very limited | 86.7% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 1.8% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 4.1% |
| Mapped soil | 208 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Chavies | 63% | n/a |
| Haymond | 15% | n/a |
| Brookside | 4% | n/a |
| Berks | 2% | under 1% |
| Westmoreland | 1% | 0% |
| Lindside | 1% | n/a |
What the numbers mean here
USDA rates 87% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
With shrink-swell clay on 4% and a shallow water table on 5% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of Stockport; conditions still vary lot by lot.
Drought in Morgan County
0% of Morgan 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 Stockport. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43787 | 100% | 1 | $0 |
Homes in Stockport
| Housing units | 289 |
| Median year built | 1941 |
| Built before 1980 | 78% |
| Built 2000 or later | 10% |
| Owner-occupied | 63% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $110,700 |
| Single-family detached | 87% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterhill | 5 mi | 28% | 21% |
| Malta | 8 mi | 21% | 31% |
| McConnelsville | 8 mi | 30% | 19% |
| Beverly | 8 mi | 2% | 7% |
| Amesville | 13 mi | 42% | 47% |
| Lowell | 15 mi | 5% | 13% |
| Glouster | 16 mi | 10% | 45% |
| Trimble | 16 mi | 12% | 34% |
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