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Bodine soil series
Bodine soils cover 1,151,666 mapped acres, mostly in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. 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 7 of the counties and cities on this site, including Humphreys County, TN; Lawrence County, TN; Stewart County, TN.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2009-04
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 Bodine series consists of very deep, somewhat excessively drained, gravelly soils. These soils formed in colluvium or residuum weathered from cherty limestone. They are on sharply dissected uplands. Slopes range from 5 to 70 percent.
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Bodine, revised 2009-04. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 1,151,666 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 98.7% |
| Most common drainage class | Somewhat excessively drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | A |
| Taxonomic class | Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Paleudults |
| Type location | Humphreys County, Tennessee |
Where Bodine is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Tennessee | 857,355 |
| Alabama | 215,451 |
| Georgia | 63,974 |
| Kentucky | 14,885 |
Places where Bodine leads
Counties and cities where Bodine covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Humphreys County, TN | 47% |
| Lawrence County, TN | 37% |
| Stewart County, TN | 30% |
| Houston County, TN | 27% |
| Giles County, TN | 20% |
| Williamson County, TN | 11% |
| Maury County, TN | 10% |
Other places where Bodine is a main soil
Counties and cities where Bodine is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
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.