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Cardington soil series
Cardington soils cover 215,385 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 99%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 11 of the counties and cities on this site.
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 Cardington series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils formed in loamy till of medium lime content. These soils are on ground moraines and end moraines. Slope ranges from 0 to 25 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 914 mm (36 inches), and mean annual air temperature is about 11 degrees C (51 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Cardington, revised 2021-11. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 215,385 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 99.2% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 99.2% |
| Most common drainage class | Moderately well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | C/D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs |
| Type location | Delaware County, Ohio |
Where Cardington is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 215,385 |
Places where Cardington leads
Counties and cities where Cardington covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Marengo, OH | 67% |
| Fulton, OH | 64% |
| Willard, OH | 45% |
| Shiloh, OH | 36% |
| Plymouth, OH | 33% |
| Galena, OH | 33% |
| Mount Gilead, OH | 25% |
| Pickerington, OH | 25% |
| Riverlea, OH | 23% |
| Baltimore, OH | 21% |
| Lithopolis, OH | 15% |
Other places where Cardington is a main soil
Counties and cities where Cardington is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Huron County, OH 20%
- Crawford County, OH 11%
- Morrow County, OH 8%
- Delaware County, OH 7%
- Fairfield County, OH 6%
- Franklin County, OH 4%
Texas and Ohio cities
- North Fairfield, OH 30%
- Reynoldsburg, OH 23%
- Sunbury, OH 23%
- New London, OH 18%
- Tiro, OH 17%
- Tarlton, OH 17%
- Worthington, OH 16%
- Westerville, OH 14%
- Wakeman, OH 14%
- Gahanna, OH 13%
- New Washington, OH 12%
- Minerva Park, OH 11%
- Pataskala, OH 10%
- Shelby, OH 7%
- Bucyrus, OH 7%
- Westfield Center, OH 6%
- New Middletown, OH 6%
- Crestline, OH 6%
- Galion, OH 6%
- West Salem, OH 5%
- Columbus, OH 5%
- Kelleys Island, OH 5%
- New Albany, OH 5%
- Greenwich, OH 5%
- Polk, OH 4%
- Lodi, OH 4%
- Bexley, OH 2%
- Pleasantville, OH 2%
- Bloomville, OH 1%
- Powell, OH 1%
- Shawnee Hills, OH 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.