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Crider soil series
Crider soils cover 998,574 mapped acres, mostly in Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 3% of that land, and a shallow water table a limit for basements on 0%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 10 of the counties and cities on this site, including Washington County, IN; Lawrence County, IN; Caldwell County, KY.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2011-01
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 Crider series consists of very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils on uplands. They formed in a loess mantle and the underlying residuum from limestone. Slopes range from 0 to 30 percent. Near the type location, the mean annual precipitation is 48 inches and the mean annual temperature is 57 degrees F.
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Crider, revised 2011-01. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 998,574 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 3.1% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 16.2% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | B |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Paleudalfs |
| Type location | Caldwell County, Kentucky |
Where Crider is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 546,202 |
| Indiana | 314,863 |
| Missouri | 109,724 |
| Tennessee | 19,341 |
| Ohio | 7,721 |
| Illinois | 723 |
Places where Crider leads
Counties and cities where Crider covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Washington County, IN | 29% |
| Lawrence County, IN | 23% |
| Caldwell County, KY | 21% |
| Larue County, KY | 18% |
| Harrison County, IN | 17% |
| Hardin County, KY | 15% |
| Monroe County, IN | 13% |
| Bullitt County, KY | 11% |
| Jefferson County, KY | 6% |
| Clark County, IN | 6% |
Other places where Crider is a main soil
Counties and cities where Crider is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Warren County, KY 18%
- Oldham County, KY 18%
- Orange County, IN 15%
- Meade County, KY 14%
- Christian County, KY 11%
- St. Francois County, MO 10%
- Todd County, KY 7%
- Metcalfe County, KY 7%
- Trigg County, KY 7%
- Breckinridge County, KY 6%
- Floyd County, IN 6%
- Green County, KY 6%
- Barren County, KY 6%
- Logan County, KY 6%
- Montgomery County, KY 5%
- Monroe County, KY 5%
Texas and Ohio cities
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.