Mobeetie, Texas

Inside Mobeetie's city limits, shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on under 1% of mapped land. A shallow water table limits basements on 1%, the 2nd-highest of 3 cities in Wheeler County.

That clay share is close to Wheeler County's 1%. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 79061 overlapping the city.

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

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expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes

high water table: limits basements

flood losses since 2016 in 1 overlapping ZIP

Foundation repair in Mobeetie

Foundation repair in Mobeetie: shrink-swell clay limits slab homes on under 1% of Mobeetie's mapped land.

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

Soil under Mobeetie city limits

Expansive clay (limits slab homes)	0.1%
High water table (limits basements)	1.2%
Septic fields very limited	71.6%
Clay swell (LEP, by area)	2.7%
High-swell land (LEP 6%+)	0.1%
Mapped soil	392 acres

Soil series	Share here	Series nationally: expansive clay
Texroy	36%	n/a
Grandfield	18%	n/a
Devol	11%	n/a
Mobeetie	10%	n/a
Veal	6%	n/a
Abbie	4%	n/a

Mobeetie city limits inside Wheeler 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

USDA rates 72% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.

With shrink-swell clay on under 1% and a shallow water table on 1% of the land, the soil survey points to neither problem across most of Mobeetie; conditions still vary lot by lot.

Drought in Wheeler County

100% of Wheeler 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 Mobeetie. ZIP areas reach past city limits.

ZIP	Share of city land	Flood losses	Paid
79061	100%	0	$0

Homes

Mobeetie 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
Wheeler	11 mi	under 1%	5%
Miami	16 mi	0%	1%
Lefors	21 mi	0%	under 1%
McLean	23 mi	0%	0%
Shamrock	25 mi	3%	0%
Canadian	26 mi	14%	under 1%
Pampa	29 mi	68%	under 1%
Skellytown	41 mi	45%	0%

Sources: USDA SSURGO (August 5, 2026) · US Drought Monitor (October 13, 2026) · FEMA NFIP v3 (September 9, 2026). Methods · Data status