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Burleson soil series
Burleson soils cover 428,598 mapped acres, mostly in Texas and Oklahoma. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 84% of that land, and a shallow water table a limit for basements on 0%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 8 of the counties and cities on this site.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2017-08
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 Burleson series consists of very deep to clayey alluvium, moderately well drained soils that formed in calcareous clayey alluvium of Pleistocene age derived from mixed sources. These nearly level to gently sloping soils are on treads of Pleistocene stream terraces. Slope ranges from 0 to 5 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 940 mm (37 in) and the mean annual air temperature is about 20 degrees C (68 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Burleson, revised 2017-08. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 428,598 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 83.8% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 83.8% |
| Most common drainage class | Moderately well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine, smectitic, thermic Udic Haplusterts |
| Type location | Burleson County, Texas |
Where Burleson is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Texas | 354,124 |
| Oklahoma | 74,474 |
Places where Burleson leads
Counties and cities where Burleson covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Snook, TX | 67% |
| Powell, TX | 66% |
| Savoy, TX | 48% |
| Aquilla, TX | 47% |
| Josephine, TX | 40% |
| Leroy, TX | 38% |
| Thrall, TX | 35% |
| Thorndale, TX | 29% |
Other places where Burleson is a main soil
Counties and cities where Burleson 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
- Kerens, TX 34%
- Taylor, TX 26%
- Mustang Ridge, TX 19%
- Royse City, TX 18%
- Caddo Mills, TX 16%
- Sunnyvale, TX 15%
- Clarksville, TX 15%
- Kaufman, TX 14%
- Kemp, TX 13%
- Emhouse, TX 13%
- Wylie, TX 12%
- Creedmoor, TX 12%
- Annona, TX 11%
- Hutto, TX 11%
- Lott, TX 10%
- Deport, TX 10%
- Corsicana, TX 9%
- Mount Calm, TX 9%
- Terrell, TX 9%
- Pilot Point, TX 9%
- Coppell, TX 9%
- Rowlett, TX 8%
- Combine, TX 8%
- Rice, TX 8%
- Ennis, TX 8%
- Oak Grove, TX 8%
- Oakwood, TX 8%
- Lockhart, TX 8%
- Navasota, TX 8%
- Prosper, TX 7%
- Retreat, TX 7%
- Richland, TX 6%
- Oak Ridge (Kaufman County), TX 6%
- Rosser, TX 6%
- Sanger, TX 6%
- Little Elm, TX 6%
- McLendon-Chisholm, TX 5%
- Lucas, TX 5%
- La Grange, TX 5%
- Mesquite, TX 5%
- Eagle Lake, TX 5%
- Ector, TX 5%
- Alma, TX 4%
- Red Oak, TX 4%
- Goodlow, TX 4%
- Granger, TX 4%
- Parker, TX 4%
- Bartlett, TX 4%
- Celina, TX 4%
- Coolidge, TX 4%
- Quinlan, TX 4%
- Staples, TX 4%
- Kirby, TX 4%
- Hallsburg, TX 4%
- Santa Clara, TX 4%
- Marion, TX 3%
- Hackberry, TX 3%
- Holland, TX 3%
- Garrett, TX 3%
- Murphy, TX 3%
- Bonham, TX 3%
- Thornton, TX 2%
- Coupland, TX 2%
- Talty, TX 2%
- Streetman, TX 2%
- Wills Point, TX 1%
- Mart, TX under 1%
- Rosebud, 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.