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Toronto, Ohio
Inside Toronto's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 12% 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 32% of mapped land classed as urban land, so these shares are floors. FEMA's flood data list 2 flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 43964 overlapping the city. Of its 2,769 homes, 87% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1955.
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 1 overlapping ZIP
of homes built before 1980
Basement waterproofing in Toronto
Basement waterproofing in Toronto: a shallow water table limits basements on 12% of Toronto's mapped land, and the ZIP code overlapping Toronto logged 2 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
In Jefferson County, 70% of the 20 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
About 1,900 of Toronto's 2,769 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Toronto city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 0.4% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 12.4% |
| Septic fields very limited | 40.2% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 2.9% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 0.3% |
| Urban land, not rated | 32.2% |
| Mapped soil | 1,564 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Chavies | 7% | n/a |
| Clarksburg | 7% | n/a |
| Westmoreland | 7% | 0% |
| Lowell | 5% | 4% |
| Omulga | 5% | 99% |
| Hazleton | 4% | 0% |
What the numbers mean here
With shrink-swell clay on under 1% and a shallow water table on 12% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of Toronto; 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 Toronto. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43964 | 100% | 2 | $0 |
Homes in Toronto
| Housing units | 2,769 |
| Median year built | 1955 |
| Built before 1980 | 87% |
| Built 2000 or later | 7% |
| Owner-occupied | 69% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $108,800 |
| Single-family detached | 69% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empire | 4 mi | 0% | 2% |
| Stratton | 5 mi | 0% | 16% |
| Steubenville | 7 mi | 13% | 5% |
| Wintersville | 8 mi | 25% | 4% |
| Richmond | 9 mi | 27% | 8% |
| Mingo Junction | 9 mi | 9% | 4% |
| Irondale | 10 mi | 1% | 11% |
| Wellsville | 10 mi | 0% | 13% |
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