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Acuff soil series
Acuff soils cover 1,283,465 mapped acres, mostly in Texas and New Mexico. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 1% of that land, and a shallow water table a limit for basements on 0%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 11 of the counties and cities on this site, including Lynn County, TX; Curry County, NM; Lubbock County, TX.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2016-08
of its land: shrink-swell limits houses without basements
of its land: a shallow water table limits basements
median highest linear extensibility (6% and up is high)
median highest clay content in the top 150 cm
USDA's description
The Acuff series consists of very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils. These soils formed in loamy eolian sediments in the Blackwater Draw Formation of Pleistocene age. Acuff soils are on nearly level to gently sloping plains and playa slopes. Slope ranges from 0 to 5 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 483 mm (19 in) and the mean annual air temperature is about 16 degrees C (60 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Acuff, revised 2016-08. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 1,283,465 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 1.1% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 1.1% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | B |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, thermic Aridic Paleustolls |
| Type location | Lubbock County, Texas |
Where Acuff is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Texas | 921,160 |
| New Mexico | 362,305 |
Places where Acuff leads
Counties and cities where Acuff covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Wilson, TX | 78% |
| Ackerly, TX | 78% |
| Smyer, TX | 57% |
| Idalou, TX | 54% |
| Opdyke West, TX | 51% |
| Follett, TX | 46% |
| Wolfforth, TX | 43% |
| Lynn County, TX | 30% |
| Shallowater, TX | 29% |
| Curry County, NM | 23% |
| Lubbock County, TX | 20% |
Other places where Acuff is a main soil
Counties and cities where Acuff is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Parmer County, TX 17%
- Hockley County, TX 16%
- Potter County, TX 9%
- Lamb County, TX 7%
- Howard County, TX 6%
- Lipscomb County, TX 6%
- Borden County, TX 6%
- Dawson County, TX 6%
- Quay County, NM 5%
- Castro County, TX 5%
- Hale County, TX 3%
Texas and Ohio cities
- Bovina, TX 39%
- Farwell, TX 25%
- Slaton, TX 24%
- Lubbock, TX 23%
- Nazareth, TX 20%
- Tahoka, TX 18%
- New Home, TX 17%
- Coahoma, TX 14%
- Ropesville, TX 13%
- Abernathy, TX 12%
- Anton, TX 12%
- New Deal, TX 10%
- Levelland, TX 9%
- Friona, TX 8%
- Buffalo Springs Lake, TX 7%
- Olton, TX 6%
- Crosbyton, TX 6%
- Earth, TX 6%
- Littlefield, TX 5%
- Hart, TX 5%
- O'Donnell, TX 4%
- Stanton, TX 4%
- Amarillo, TX 3%
- Dimmitt, TX 2%
- Lorenzo, TX 2%
- Hale Center, TX 2%
- Petersburg, TX under 1%
- Vega, TX under 1%
Sources
Shares and properties: USDA NRCS SSURGO via Soil Data Access, weighted by each component's share of its map units. Description: the USDA NRCS series description. How we count.