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Stone Creek, Ohio

Inside Stone Creek's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 43% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 3%.

That water-table share is close to Tuscarawas County's 42%. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 43840 overlapping the city.

Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Tuscarawas County

3%

expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes

43%

high water table: limits basements

0

flood losses since 2016 in 1 overlapping ZIP

Basement waterproofing in Stone Creek

Basement waterproofing in Stone Creek: a shallow water table limits basements on 43% of Stone Creek's mapped land.

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Soil under Stone Creek city limits

Expansive clay (limits slab homes)2.5%
High water table (limits basements)43.2%
Septic fields very limited99.5%
Clay swell (LEP, by area)2.5%
High-swell land (LEP 6%+)2.5%
Mapped soil273 acres
Soil seriesShare hereSeries nationally: high water table
Hazleton28%0%
Fitchville15%96%
Westmoreland13%0%
Orrville11%n/a
Guernsey10%n/a
Berks7%under 1%
Tuscarawas CountyStone Creek
Stone Creek city limits inside Tuscarawas County, shaded by the city's high water table share.under 10%10-25%25-40%40-60%60%+

How we count

What the numbers mean here

On 43% of Stone Creek's mapped land, soil stays saturated within about 6 feet of the surface for part of the year, which is basement depth.

USDA rates 99% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.

Drought in Tuscarawas County

0% of Tuscarawas County is in drought (D1 or worse) on the October 13, 2026 map. County detail.

October 21, 2025Share of area in drought, weeklyOctober 13, 2026

Flood losses by ZIP code

FEMA flood records since 2016 in the ZIP codes that overlap Stone Creek. ZIP areas reach past city limits.

ZIPShare of city landFlood lossesPaid
43840100%0$0

Homes

Stone Creek has fewer than 100 housing units in the ACS 2020-2024 estimates, too few for reliable shares.

Nearby cities

PlaceDistanceExpansive clayHigh water table
Port Washington 5 mi 0% 3%
Gnadenhutten 7 mi 2% 19%
Baltic 8 mi 9% 65%
Tuscarawas 8 mi 0% 13%
New Philadelphia 9 mi 3% 23%
Sugarcreek 9 mi 11% 62%
Newcomerstown 9 mi 3% 17%
Dover 10 mi 3% 18%

Sources: USDA SSURGO (August 5, 2026) · US Drought Monitor (October 13, 2026) · FEMA NFIP v3 (September 9, 2026). Methods · Data status