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Tiltonsville, Ohio
Inside Tiltonsville's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 6% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on under 1%.
That water-table share is close to Jefferson County's 11%. USDA doesn't rate the 47% of mapped land classed as urban land, so these shares are floors. FEMA's flood data list 4 flood losses since 2016 in the 2 ZIP codes overlapping the city. Of its 705 homes, 96% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1947.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Jefferson County
expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes
high water table: limits basements
flood losses since 2016 in 2 overlapping ZIPs
of homes built before 1980
Basement waterproofing in Tiltonsville
Basement waterproofing in Tiltonsville: a shallow water table limits basements on 6% of Tiltonsville's mapped land, and the 2 ZIP codes overlapping Tiltonsville logged 4 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
In Jefferson County, 70% of the 20 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
About 600 of Tiltonsville's 705 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Tiltonsville city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 0.4% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 6.0% |
| Septic fields very limited | 37.2% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 2.6% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 0.0% |
| Urban land, not rated | 46.8% |
| Mapped soil | 358 acres |
What the numbers mean here
With shrink-swell clay on under 1% and a shallow water table on 6% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of Tiltonsville; conditions still vary lot by lot.
Drought in Jefferson County
0% of Jefferson 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 Tiltonsville. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43963 | 84% | 0 | $0 |
| 43943 | 15% | 4 | $19,522 |
Homes in Tiltonsville
| Housing units | 705 |
| Median year built | 1947 |
| Built before 1980 | 96% |
| Built 2000 or later | 0% |
| Owner-occupied | 63% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $106,300 |
| Single-family detached | 78% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rayland | 1 mi | 12% | 18% |
| Yorkville | 1 mi | 1% | 2% |
| Dillonvale | 4 mi | 17% | 21% |
| Martins Ferry | 5 mi | 28% | 17% |
| Mount Pleasant | 5 mi | 19% | 13% |
| Brookside | 8 mi | 26% | 24% |
| Bridgeport | 8 mi | 25% | 18% |
| New Alexandria | 8 mi | 30% | 4% |
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