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Crosby soil series
Crosby soils cover 1,620,233 mapped acres, mostly in Indiana and 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 45 of the counties and cities on this site, including Hancock County, IN; Shelby County, IN; Hamilton County, IN.
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 Crosby series consists of very deep, somewhat poorly drained soils that are moderately deep to dense till. Crosby soils formed in as much as 56 cm (22 inches) of loess or other silty material and in the underlying loamy till. They are on till plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 6 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 1016 mm (40 inches), and mean annual temperature is about 10.6 degrees C (51 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Crosby, revised 2021-11. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 1,620,233 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 99.3% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 99.3% |
| Most common drainage class | Somewhat poorly drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | C/D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs |
| Type location | Henry County, Indiana |
Where Crosby is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 940,015 |
| Ohio | 680,218 |
Places where Crosby leads
Counties and cities where Crosby covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Pitsburg, OH | 83% |
| Potsdam, OH | 66% |
| Castine, OH | 63% |
| Arcanum, OH | 61% |
| Bradford, OH | 59% |
| Ansonia, OH | 49% |
| Gordon, OH | 49% |
| Ashville, OH | 46% |
| Grove City, OH | 46% |
| Laura, OH | 45% |
| Hilliard, OH | 44% |
| Fletcher, OH | 44% |
| Urbancrest, OH | 42% |
| Milford Center, OH | 41% |
| Eldorado, OH | 41% |
| St. Paris, OH | 40% |
| North Hampton, OH | 39% |
| Piqua, OH | 38% |
| Obetz, OH | 38% |
| Quincy, OH | 38% |
| Phillipsburg, OH | 37% |
| Upper Arlington, OH | 36% |
| Mount Sterling, OH | 35% |
| Hancock County, IN | 35% |
| Troy, OH | 32% |
| Shelby County, IN | 32% |
| Hamilton County, IN | 31% |
| Miami County, OH | 31% |
| North Lewisburg, OH | 31% |
| Midway, OH | 30% |
| Hendricks County, IN | 29% |
| Canal Winchester, OH | 29% |
| Boone County, IN | 28% |
| Johnson County, IN | 27% |
| Madison County, IN | 26% |
| Darke County, OH | 25% |
| Valleyview, OH | 23% |
| Groveport, OH | 22% |
| Franklin County, OH | 21% |
| Marion County, IN | 20% |
| Howard County, IN | 19% |
| Champaign County, OH | 19% |
| Henry County, IN | 19% |
| Rush County, IN | 18% |
| Columbus, OH | 16% |
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.