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Appling soil series
Appling soils cover 1,597,358 mapped acres, mostly in Virginia, Georgia and North Carolina. 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 0%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 11 of the counties and cities on this site, including Colonial Heights city, VA; Petersburg city, VA; Nottoway County, VA.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2025-11
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
| Depth class | Very deep |
| Landscape | Piedmont uplands |
| Landform | Interstream divides, ridges, and side slopes |
| Parent material | Residuum weathered from felsic igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks |
| Slope | 0 to 25 percent |
| Mean annual air temperature | 16 degrees C (60 degrees F) |
| Mean annual precipitation | 1143 millimeters (45 inches) |
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Appling, revised 2025-11. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 1,597,358 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 6.6% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | B |
| Taxonomic class | Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults |
| Type location | Union County, North Carolina |
Where Appling is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 633,543 |
| Georgia | 518,663 |
| North Carolina | 194,752 |
| South Carolina | 170,093 |
| Alabama | 80,307 |
Places where Appling leads
Counties and cities where Appling covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Colonial Heights city, VA | 50% |
| Petersburg city, VA | 38% |
| Nottoway County, VA | 27% |
| Lunenburg County, VA | 26% |
| Dinwiddie County, VA | 25% |
| Vance County, NC | 24% |
| Amelia County, VA | 23% |
| Cumberland County, VA | 19% |
| Mecklenburg County, VA | 15% |
| Chesterfield County, VA | 14% |
| Spotsylvania County, VA | 13% |
Other places where Appling is a main soil
Counties and cities where Appling is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Louisa County, VA 19%
- Chambers County, AL 19%
- Charlotte County, VA 18%
- Gwinnett County, GA 16%
- Brunswick County, VA 15%
- Warren County, GA 15%
- Barrow County, GA 14%
- Walton County, GA 14%
- Lamar County, GA 13%
- Meriwether County, GA 13%
- Cobb County, GA 10%
- Douglas County, GA 10%
- Columbia County, GA 10%
- Pike County, GA 9%
- Fayette County, GA 9%
- McDuffie County, GA 9%
- Clayton County, GA 8%
- Spalding County, GA 8%
- Orange County, NC 8%
- Warren County, NC 8%
- Coweta County, GA 8%
- Powhatan County, VA 7%
- Campbell County, VA 7%
- Lynchburg city, VA 7%
- Henry County, GA 7%
- Prince Edward County, VA 7%
- Person County, NC 7%
- Hart County, GA 7%
- Oglethorpe County, GA 7%
- Edgefield County, SC 7%
- Stafford County, VA 6%
- Heard County, GA 6%
- Oconee County, GA 6%
- Fluvanna County, VA 5%
- Forsyth County, GA 5%
- Guilford County, NC 5%
- Newton County, GA 4%
- Henrico County, VA 4%
- Fulton County, GA 4%
- Richmond city, VA 4%
- Hall County, GA 4%
- Saluda County, SC 4%
- Clarke County, GA 3%
- Anderson County, SC 3%
- Jackson County, GA 3%
- Madison County, GA 3%
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.