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Coshocton soil series
Coshocton soils cover 386,601 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 98%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 11 of the counties and cities on this site, including Coshocton County, OH; Holmes County, OH; Tuscarawas County, OH.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2012-12
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
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 386,601 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 98.5% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 98.5% |
| Most common drainage class | Moderately well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | C/D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Aquultic Hapludalfs |
| Type location | State: Ohio |
Where Coshocton is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 380,143 |
| Pennsylvania | 6,458 |
Places where Coshocton leads
Counties and cities where Coshocton covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Harrisville, OH | 43% |
| Fultonham, OH | 42% |
| Hopedale, OH | 34% |
| Coshocton County, OH | 27% |
| Sugarcreek, OH | 25% |
| Baltic, OH | 25% |
| Scio, OH | 24% |
| Holmes County, OH | 22% |
| Coshocton, OH | 19% |
| New Concord, OH | 16% |
| Tuscarawas County, OH | 13% |
Other places where Coshocton is a main soil
Counties and cities where Coshocton is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Carroll County, OH 14%
- Muskingum County, OH 10%
- Harrison County, OH 8%
- Licking County, OH 6%
- Columbiana County, OH 4%
Texas and Ohio cities
- Carrollton, OH 32%
- Jewett, OH 25%
- Bowerston, OH 16%
- Millersburg, OH 16%
- Freeport, OH 16%
- Mineral City, OH 13%
- Dresden, OH 9%
- Salineville, OH 8%
- Newcomerstown, OH 6%
- Bethesda, OH 5%
- Sherrodsville, OH 5%
- Belmont, OH 5%
- New Philadelphia, OH 5%
- Dover, OH 5%
- Flushing, OH 5%
- Mount Pleasant, OH 4%
- Warsaw, OH 3%
- Richmond, OH 3%
- Barnesville, OH 2%
- New Athens, OH 1%
- Martinsburg, 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.