HomeTexasNavarro CountyBlooming Grove

Blooming Grove, Texas

Inside Blooming Grove's city limits, shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 86% of mapped land, higher than 94% of Texas cities. A shallow water table limits basements on 0%.

That clay share is above Navarro County's 75%. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 76626 overlapping the city. Of its 334 homes, 72% were built before 1980; the median dates from 1964.

Data as of October 13, 2026 · sources · in Navarro County

86%

expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes

0%

high water table: limits basements

0

flood losses since 2016 in 1 overlapping ZIP

72%

of homes built before 1980

Foundation repair in Blooming Grove

Foundation repair in Blooming Grove: shrink-swell clay limits slab homes on 86% of Blooming Grove's mapped land, more than in 94% of Texas cities.

About 300 of Blooming Grove's 334 homes are detached houses.

Who designs the repairThe ASCE Texas Section's repair guidelines say a Texas-licensed engineer should evaluate the foundation and design the repair (2022 guidelines)
PricesCost guide ranges compared

Soil under Blooming Grove city limits

Expansive clay (limits slab homes)85.7%
High water table (limits basements)0.0%
Septic fields very limited86.7%
Clay swell (LEP, by area)8.9%
High-swell land (LEP 6%+)85.7%
Mapped soil542 acres
Soil seriesShare hereSeries nationally: expansive clay
Crockett86%94%
Normangee6%72%
Wilson5%88%
Gowen1%n/a
Ferris1%n/a
Heidenunder 1%80%
Navarro CountyBlooming Grove
Blooming Grove city limits inside Navarro County, shaded by the city's expansive clay share.under 10%10-25%25-40%40-60%60%+

How we count

What the numbers mean here

Clay swell averages a linear extensibility of 8.9% by land area here, and 86% of the land reaches USDA's high class (6% or more). Clay like that swells when wet and shrinks when dry, under 86% of the mapped land.

Clay shrinks as it dries: 100% of Navarro County is in drought on the latest map, and 86% of Blooming Grove's mapped land has shrink-swell clay.

USDA rates 87% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.

Drought in Navarro County

100% of Navarro County is in drought (D1 or worse) on the October 13, 2026 map. County detail.

October 21, 2025Share of area in drought, weeklyOctober 13, 2026

Flood losses by ZIP code

FEMA flood records since 2016 in the ZIP codes that overlap Blooming Grove. ZIP areas reach past city limits.

ZIPShare of city landFlood lossesPaid
76626100%0$0

Homes in Blooming Grove

Housing units334
Median year built1964
Built before 198072%
Built 2000 or later3%
Owner-occupied57%
Median value, owner-occupied$124,200
Single-family detached90%

Nearby cities

PlaceDistanceExpansive clayHigh water table
Barry 5 mi 80% under 1%
Frost 5 mi 79% under 1%
Emhouse 10 mi 86% 2%
Mertens 11 mi 82% under 1%
Italy 12 mi 70% 0%
Bardwell 12 mi 81% 0%
Oak Valley 12 mi 82% under 1%
Dawson 14 mi 83% under 1%

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