Summerfield, Ohio

Inside Summerfield's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 6% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 49%, the 2nd-highest of 6 cities in Noble County.

That water-table share is below Noble County's 18%. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 43788 overlapping the city.

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

49%

expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes

high water table: limits basements

flood losses since 2016 in 1 overlapping ZIP

Basement waterproofing in Summerfield

Basement waterproofing in Summerfield: a shallow water table limits basements on 6% of Summerfield's mapped land.

Prices

Cost guide ranges compared

Soil under Summerfield city limits

Expansive clay (limits slab homes)	48.8%
High water table (limits basements)	5.9%
Septic fields very limited	93.3%
Clay swell (LEP, by area)	4.8%
High-swell land (LEP 6%+)	12.2%
Mapped soil	238 acres

Soil series	Share here	Series nationally: high water table
Lowell	63%	4%
Woodsfield	13%	n/a
Gilpin	11%	under 1%
Guernsey	6%	n/a
Culleoka	3%	n/a
Berks	3%	under 1%

Summerfield city limits inside Noble 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

Clay swell averages a linear extensibility of 4.8% by land area here, and 12% of the land reaches USDA's high class (6% or more). Clay like that swells when wet and shrinks when dry, under 49% of the mapped land.

USDA rates 93% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.

Drought in Noble County

0% of Noble 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 Summerfield. ZIP areas reach past city limits.

ZIP	Share of city land	Flood losses	Paid
43788	100%	0	$0

Homes

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

Nearby cities

Place	Distance	Expansive clay	High water table
Lewisville	7 mi	33%	37%
Stafford	7 mi	17%	24%
Sarahsville	7 mi	41%	42%
Batesville	9 mi	59%	37%
Miltonsburg	9 mi	0%	38%
Caldwell	10 mi	19%	51%
Senecaville	12 mi	24%	67%
Belle Valley	12 mi	27%	48%

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