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Centerburg soil series
Centerburg soils cover 262,826 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 over 99%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 12 of the counties and cities on this site, including Morrow County, OH.
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 Centerburg series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils formed in loamy till on till plains and moraines. Slope ranges from 2 to 12 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 965 mm (38 inches), and mean annual air temperature is about 11 degrees C (52 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Centerburg, revised 2021-11. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 262,826 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 99.6% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 99.6% |
| Most common drainage class | Moderately well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | C/D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs |
| Type location | Licking County, Ohio |
Where Centerburg is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 262,826 |
Places where Centerburg leads
Counties and cities where Centerburg covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| West Rushville, OH | 78% |
| Pleasantville, OH | 55% |
| Westfield Center, OH | 53% |
| Hartford (Croton), OH | 46% |
| Polk, OH | 41% |
| Johnstown, OH | 39% |
| Centerburg, OH | 37% |
| Lodi, OH | 35% |
| Kirkersville, OH | 33% |
| Savannah, OH | 29% |
| Morrow County, OH | 15% |
| Bailey Lakes, OH | 14% |
Other places where Centerburg is a main soil
Counties and cities where Centerburg is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Licking County, OH 14%
- Fairfield County, OH 11%
- Ashland County, OH 9%
- Knox County, OH 9%
- Richland County, OH 7%
- Medina County, OH 5%
- Delaware County, OH 3%
Texas and Ohio cities
- Thornville, OH 34%
- Millersport, OH 28%
- Hebron, OH 24%
- Greenwich, OH 21%
- Burbank, OH 19%
- Mount Gilead, OH 13%
- Thurston, OH 12%
- Utica, OH 12%
- Pataskala, OH 11%
- New Albany, OH 11%
- Heath, OH 11%
- Seville, OH 9%
- Amanda, OH 9%
- Galion, OH 8%
- Lancaster, OH 7%
- West Salem, OH 7%
- Baltimore, OH 7%
- Sunbury, OH 6%
- Shelby, OH 5%
- Carroll, OH 5%
- Crestline, OH 3%
- Rushville, OH 3%
- Mansfield, OH 3%
- Gahanna, OH 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.