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Windom, Texas

Inside Windom's city limits, shrink-swell clay limits houses without basements on 79% of mapped land, higher than 84% of Texas cities. A shallow water table limits basements on 0%.

That clay share is above Fannin County's 66%. FEMA's flood data list no flood losses since 2016 in ZIP code 75492 overlapping the city.

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

79%

expansive clay: shrink-swell limits slab homes

0%

high water table: limits basements

0

flood losses since 2016 in 1 overlapping ZIP

Foundation repair in Windom

Foundation repair in Windom: shrink-swell clay limits slab homes on 79% of Windom's mapped land, more than in 84% of Texas cities.

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 Windom city limits

Expansive clay (limits slab homes)78.6%
High water table (limits basements)0.0%
Septic fields very limited90.4%
Clay swell (LEP, by area)7.1%
High-swell land (LEP 6%+)78.6%
Mapped soil352 acres
Soil seriesShare hereSeries nationally: expansive clay
Fairlie49%70%
Dalco20%n/a
Austin10%93%
Whitewright7%n/a
Howe5%n/a
Fannin CountyWindom
Windom city limits inside Fannin 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 7.1% by land area here, and 79% of the land reaches USDA's high class (6% or more). Clay like that swells when wet and shrinks when dry, under 79% of the mapped land.

Clay shrinks as it dries: 100% of Fannin County is in drought on the latest map, and 79% of Windom's mapped land has shrink-swell clay.

USDA rates 90% of the land very limited for septic absorption fields.

Drought in Fannin County

100% of Fannin 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 Windom. ZIP areas reach past city limits.

ZIPShare of city landFlood lossesPaid
75492100%0$0

Homes

Windom has fewer than 100 housing units in the ACS 2020-2024 estimates, too few for reliable shares.

Nearby cities

PlaceDistanceExpansive clayHigh water table
Dodd City 4 mi 66% 0%
Honey Grove 5 mi 72% under 1%
Ladonia 10 mi 83% 18%
Bonham 11 mi 80% 23%
Pecan Gap 12 mi 77% 5%
Bailey 13 mi 92% 0%
Wolfe City 14 mi 68% 3%
Ravenna 16 mi 89% 10%

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