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Tuscarawas, Ohio
Inside Tuscarawas' city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 13% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 0%.
That water-table share is below Tuscarawas County's 42%. FEMA's flood data list 8 flood losses since 2016 in the 3 ZIP codes overlapping the city. Of its 547 homes, 40% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1992.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Tuscarawas County
expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes
high water table: limits basements
flood losses since 2016 in 3 overlapping ZIPs
of homes built before 1980
Basement waterproofing in Tuscarawas
Basement waterproofing in Tuscarawas: a shallow water table limits basements on 13% of Tuscarawas' mapped land, and the 3 ZIP codes overlapping Tuscarawas logged 8 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
About 400 of Tuscarawas' 547 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Tuscarawas city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 0.0% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 13.2% |
| Septic fields very limited | 71.7% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 2.0% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 0.0% |
| Urban land, not rated | 11.8% |
| Mapped soil | 483 acres |
What the numbers mean here
USDA rates 72% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
With shrink-swell clay on 0% and a shallow water table on 13% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of Tuscarawas; 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.
Flood losses by ZIP code
FEMA flood records since 2016 in the ZIP codes that overlap Tuscarawas. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44682 | 57% | 0 | $0 |
| 44629 | 30% | 0 | $0 |
| 44683 | 13% | 8 | $19,216 |
Homes in Tuscarawas
| Housing units | 547 |
| Median year built | 1992 |
| Built before 1980 | 40% |
| Built 2000 or later | 15% |
| Owner-occupied | 70% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $158,200 |
| Single-family detached | 68% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uhrichsville | 3 mi | 2% | 59% |
| Gnadenhutten | 3 mi | 2% | 19% |
| Midvale | 3 mi | 1% | 50% |
| Dennison | 4 mi | 2% | 45% |
| Barnhill | 4 mi | 0% | 61% |
| Roswell | 6 mi | 8% | 83% |
| New Philadelphia | 7 mi | 3% | 23% |
| Port Washington | 8 mi | 0% | 3% |
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