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Wintersville, Ohio
Inside Wintersville's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 4% of mapped land. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 25%, the 4th-highest of 17 cities in Jefferson County.
That water-table share is below Jefferson County's 11%. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 43953 overlapping the city. Of its 1,974 homes, 69% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1970.
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 Wintersville
Basement waterproofing in Wintersville: a shallow water table limits basements on 4% of Wintersville's mapped land.
In Jefferson County, 70% of the 20 flood-loss buildings with a recorded foundation type had basements.
About 1,300 of Wintersville's 1,974 homes are detached houses.
Soil under Wintersville city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 24.9% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 3.9% |
| Septic fields very limited | 87.0% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 3.1% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 1.4% |
| Urban land, not rated | 7.2% |
| Mapped soil | 1,996 acres |
| Soil series | Share here | Series nationally: high water table |
|---|---|---|
| Gilpin | 34% | under 1% |
| Lowell | 22% | 4% |
| Morristown | 13% | n/a |
| Berks | 7% | under 1% |
| Westmoreland | 4% | 0% |
| Hazleton | 4% | 0% |
What the numbers mean here
Clay swell averages a linear extensibility of 3.1% by land area here, and 1% of the land reaches USDA's high class (6% or more). Clay like that swells when wet and shrinks when dry, under 25% of the mapped land.
USDA rates 87% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
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 Wintersville. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43953 | 94% | 0 | $0 |
Homes in Wintersville
| Housing units | 1,974 |
| Median year built | 1970 |
| Built before 1980 | 69% |
| Built 2000 or later | 11% |
| Owner-occupied | 56% |
| Median value, owner-occupied | $141,100 |
| Single-family detached | 67% |
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steubenville | 3 mi | 13% | 5% |
| Richmond | 5 mi | 27% | 8% |
| Mingo Junction | 6 mi | 9% | 4% |
| New Alexandria | 6 mi | 30% | 4% |
| Bloomingdale | 6 mi | 33% | 14% |
| Toronto | 8 mi | under 1% | 12% |
| Empire | 10 mi | 0% | 2% |
| Hopedale | 11 mi | 20% | 56% |
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