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Willow Park, Texas

Inside Willow Park's city limits, shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 23% of mapped land. A shallow water table limits basements on under 1%.

That clay share is close to Parker County's 21%. FEMA's flood data list 36 flood losses since 2016 in the 2 ZIP codes overlapping the city. Of its 2,138 homes, 12% were built before 1980; the median dates from 2003.

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

23%

expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes

<1%

high water table: limits basements

36

flood losses since 2016 in 2 overlapping ZIPs

12%

of homes built before 1980

Foundation repair in Willow Park

Foundation repair in Willow Park: shrink-swell clay limits slab homes on 23% of Willow Park's mapped land.

About 2,000 of Willow Park's 2,138 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 Willow Park city limits

Expansive clay (limits slab homes)23.0%
High water table (limits basements)0.3%
Septic fields very limited61.2%
Clay swell (LEP, by area)5.3%
High-swell land (LEP 6%+)28.6%
Mapped soil4,171 acres
Soil seriesShare hereSeries nationally: expansive clay
Denton13%n/a
Brackett13%0%
Bolar12%n/a
Aledo10%n/a
Purves9%40%
Venus9%n/a
Parker CountyWillow Park
Willow Park city limits inside Parker 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 5.3% by land area here, and 29% of the land reaches USDA's high class (6% or more). Clay like that swells when wet and shrinks when dry, under 23% of the mapped land.

Clay shrinks as it dries: 100% of Parker County is in drought on the latest map, and 23% of Willow Park's mapped land has shrink-swell clay.

USDA rates 61% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.

Drought in Parker County

100% of Parker 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 Willow Park. ZIP areas reach past city limits.

ZIPShare of city landFlood lossesPaid
7608789%34$568,205
7600811%2$3,849

Homes in Willow Park

Housing units2,138
Median year built2003
Built before 198012%
Built 2000 or later61%
Owner-occupied83%
Median value, owner-occupied$374,200
Single-family detached94%

Nearby cities

PlaceDistanceExpansive clayHigh water table
Annetta North 3 mi 28% 2%
Hudson Oaks 3 mi 14% 1%
Annetta 4 mi 20% 2%
Aledo 5 mi 29% under 1%
Annetta South 6 mi 20% 0%
Weatherford 7 mi 18% 7%
Lakeside 11 mi 18% under 1%
White Settlement 11 mi 29% 0%

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