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Valleyview, Ohio
Inside Valleyview's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 24% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 0%.
That water-table share is below Franklin County's 71%. USDA doesn't rate the 30% of mapped land classed as urban land, so these shares are floors. FEMA's flood data list 1 flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 43204 overlapping the city. Of its 292 homes, 99% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1947.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Franklin 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 Valleyview
Basement waterproofing in Valleyview: a shallow water table limits basements on 24% of Valleyview's mapped land, and the ZIP code overlapping Valleyview logged 1 FEMA flood losses since 2016.
In Franklin County, 81% of the 176 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
About 300 of Valleyview's 292 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Valleyview city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 0.0% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 24.1% |
| Septic fields very limited | 45.0% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 4.5% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 0.0% |
| Urban land, not rated | 30.0% |
| Mapped soil | 93 acres |
What the numbers mean here
On 24% of Valleyview's mapped land, soil stays saturated within about 6 feet of the surface for part of the year, which is basement depth.
Drought in Franklin County
0% of Franklin 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 Valleyview. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43204 | 100% | 1 | $4,474 |
Homes in Valleyview
| Housing units | 292 |
| Median year built | 1947 |
| Built before 1980 | 99% |
| Built 2000 or later | 0% |
| Owner-occupied | 67% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $159,300 |
| Single-family detached | 96% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marble Cliff | 2 mi | 0% | 20% |
| Grandview Heights | 2 mi | 1% | 22% |
| Urbancrest | 4 mi | 10% | 63% |
| Upper Arlington | 4 mi | 2% | 47% |
| Columbus | 5 mi | 8% | 63% |
| Hilliard | 7 mi | 31% | 88% |
| Grove City | 7 mi | 17% | 83% |
| Bexley | 7 mi | under 1% | 65% |
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