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West Lafayette, Ohio
Inside West Lafayette's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 4% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on under 1%.
That water-table share is below Coshocton County's 46%. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 43845 overlapping the city. Of its 1,157 homes, 79% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1960.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Coshocton 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 West Lafayette
Basement waterproofing in West Lafayette: a shallow water table limits basements on 4% of West Lafayette's mapped land.
About 900 of West Lafayette's 1,157 homes are detached houses.
Soil under West Lafayette city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | under 0.1% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 4.3% |
| Septic fields very limited | 90.3% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 1.6% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | under 0.1% |
| Mapped soil | 558 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Watertown | 80% | n/a |
| Wheeling | 4% | under 1% |
| Westmoreland | 2% | 0% |
| Brownsville | 2% | n/a |
| Glenford | 1% | 97% |
| Fitchville | 1% | 96% |
What the numbers mean here
USDA rates 90% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
With shrink-swell clay on under 1% and a shallow water table on 4% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of West Lafayette; conditions still vary lot by lot.
Drought in Coshocton County
0% of Coshocton 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 West Lafayette. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43845 | 100% | 0 | $0 |
Homes in West Lafayette
| Housing units | 1,157 |
| Median year built | 1960 |
| Built before 1980 | 79% |
| Built 2000 or later | 9% |
| Owner-occupied | 74% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $101,900 |
| Single-family detached | 75% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coshocton | 5 mi | 1% | 24% |
| Plainfield | 5 mi | 0% | 26% |
| Newcomerstown | 8 mi | 3% | 17% |
| Conesville | 10 mi | 1% | 43% |
| Baltic | 12 mi | 9% | 65% |
| Port Washington | 13 mi | 0% | 3% |
| Stone Creek | 13 mi | 3% | 43% |
| Warsaw | 14 mi | under 1% | 38% |
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