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Strasburg, Ohio

Inside Strasburg's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 4% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 1%.

That water-table share is below Tuscarawas County's 42%. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 44680 overlapping the city. Of its 1,219 homes, 57% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1972.

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

1%

expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes

4%

high water table: limits basements

0

flood losses since 2016 in 1 overlapping ZIP

57%

of homes built before 1980

Basement waterproofing in Strasburg

Basement waterproofing in Strasburg: a shallow water table limits basements on 4% of Strasburg's mapped land.

About 800 of Strasburg's 1,219 homes are detached houses.

Soil under Strasburg city limits

Expansive clay (limits slab homes)0.5%
High water table (limits basements)4.1%
Septic fields very limited77.3%
Clay swell (LEP, by area)3.0%
High-swell land (LEP 6%+)0.5%
Urban land, not rated7.5%
Mapped soil925 acres
Soil seriesShare hereSeries nationally: high water table
Rush34%n/a
Wheeling21%under 1%
Chili14%0%
Tioga5%n/a
Sparta4%n/a
Orrville3%n/a
Tuscarawas CountyStrasburg
Strasburg 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

USDA rates 77% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.

With shrink-swell clay on 1% and a shallow water table on 4% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of Strasburg; 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.

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 Strasburg. ZIP areas reach past city limits.

ZIPShare of city landFlood lossesPaid
44680100%0$0

Homes in Strasburg

Housing units1,219
Median year built1972
Built before 198057%
Built 2000 or later25%
Owner-occupied63%
Median value, owner-occupied$201,700
Single-family detached63%

Nearby cities

PlaceDistanceExpansive clayHigh water table
Parral 3 mi 1% 28%
Beach City 4 mi 0% 6%
Bolivar 5 mi 0% 2%
Dover 5 mi 3% 18%
Zoar 6 mi 1% 22%
Wilmot 7 mi 0% 99%
Sugarcreek 9 mi 11% 62%
Brewster 9 mi 1% 52%

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