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Amanda soil series
Amanda soils cover 123,790 mapped acres, almost all of them in Ohio. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 0% of that land, and a shallow water table a limit for basements on 40%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 8 of the counties and cities on this site, including Fairfield County, OH.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2021-11
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 Amanda series consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in loamy till and a thin layer of loess in some areas. These soils are on end moraines and ground moraines. Slope ranges from 2 to 70 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 965 mm (38 inches), and mean annual air temperature is about 11 degrees C (52 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Amanda, revised 2021-11. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 123,790 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 39.7% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 97.4% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | C |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs |
| Type location | Licking County, Ohio |
Where Amanda is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 123,790 |
Places where Amanda leads
Counties and cities where Amanda covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Rushville, OH | 70% |
| Utica, OH | 52% |
| Amanda, OH | 48% |
| Sparta, OH | 47% |
| Thornville, OH | 41% |
| Carroll, OH | 20% |
| Lancaster, OH | 19% |
| Fairfield County, OH | 15% |
Other places where Amanda is a main soil
Counties and cities where Amanda is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
Texas and Ohio cities
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.