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Yorkshire, Ohio
Inside Yorkshire's city limits, a shallow water table limits basements on 100% of mapped land, higher than 98% of Ohio cities. Shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 32%, the 4th-highest of 18 cities in Darke County.
That water-table share is close to Darke County's 96%. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 45388 overlapping the city.
Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Darke County
expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes
high water table: limits basements
flood losses since 2016 in 1 overlapping ZIP
Basement waterproofing in Yorkshire
Basement waterproofing in Yorkshire: a shallow water table limits basements on 100% of Yorkshire's mapped land, more than in 98% of Ohio cities.
Soil under Yorkshire city limits
| Expansive clay (limits slab homes) | 32.2% |
| High water table (limits basements) | 100.0% |
| Septic fields very limited | 100.0% |
| Clay swell (LEP, by area) | 4.9% |
| High-swell land (LEP 6%+) | 1.7% |
| Mapped soil | 173 acres |
What the numbers mean here
Clay swell averages a linear extensibility of 4.9% by land area here, and 2% of the land reaches USDA's high class (6% or more). Clay like that swells when wet and shrinks when dry, under 32% of the mapped land.
On 100% of Yorkshire's mapped land, soil stays saturated within about 6 feet of the surface for part of the year, which is basement depth.
USDA rates 100% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.
Drought in Darke County
0% of Darke 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 Yorkshire. ZIP areas reach past city limits.
| ZIP | Share of city land | Flood losses | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45388 | 100% | 0 | $0 |
Homes
Yorkshire has fewer than 100 housing units in the ACS 2020-2024 estimates, too few for reliable shares.
Nearby cities
| Place | Distance | Expansive clay | High water table |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osgood | 1 mi | 34% | 100% |
| North Star | 4 mi | 28% | 100% |
| Fort Loramie | 7 mi | 30% | 99% |
| Versailles | 7 mi | 18% | 89% |
| Chickasaw | 8 mi | 19% | 93% |
| Minster | 8 mi | 34% | over 99% |
| Russia | 8 mi | 31% | 99% |
| New Weston | 8 mi | 15% | 100% |
Sources: USDA SSURGO (August 5, 2026) · US Drought Monitor (October 13, 2026) · FEMA NFIP v3 (September 9, 2026). Methods · Data status