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Canfield soil series
Canfield soils cover 539,963 mapped acres, mostly in Ohio and Pennsylvania. 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 over 99%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 28 of the counties and cities on this site, including Columbiana County, OH; Wayne County, OH; Stark County, OH.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2015-03
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 Canfield series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils formed in Wisconsinan age till on plains. In some pedons there is a thin loess mantle. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high above the fragipan and moderately low in the fragipan and substratum. Slope ranges from 0 to 35 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 1065 mm (42 inches), and mean annual temperature is about 9 degrees C (48 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Canfield, revised 2015-03. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 539,963 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 99.8% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 99.8% |
| Most common drainage class | Moderately well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | C/D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs |
| Type location | Holmes County, Ohio |
Where Canfield is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 384,301 |
| Pennsylvania | 155,661 |
Places where Canfield leads
Counties and cities where Canfield covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Burton, OH | 53% |
| Hayesville, OH | 46% |
| Yankee Lake, OH | 45% |
| Dalton, OH | 44% |
| East Palestine, OH | 39% |
| Leetonia, OH | 37% |
| Wilmot, OH | 36% |
| Norton, OH | 36% |
| Salem, OH | 36% |
| East Canton, OH | 35% |
| Washingtonville, OH | 33% |
| Wadsworth, OH | 30% |
| Columbiana, OH | 29% |
| Doylestown, OH | 28% |
| Tallmadge, OH | 27% |
| Columbiana County, OH | 23% |
| New Middletown, OH | 23% |
| Fairlawn, OH | 23% |
| Wooster, OH | 23% |
| Massillon, OH | 21% |
| Ravenna, OH | 21% |
| Apple Creek, OH | 20% |
| Louisville, OH | 19% |
| Wayne County, OH | 17% |
| Stark County, OH | 16% |
| Hubbard, OH | 16% |
| Orangeville, OH | 13% |
| Mahoning County, OH | 10% |
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.