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Cuthbert soil series
Cuthbert soils cover 1,047,204 mapped acres, mostly in Texas, Alabama and Mississippi. 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 0%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 15 of the counties and cities on this site, including Upshur County, TX; Gregg County, TX; Cass County, TX.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2004-10
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 Cuthbert series consists of soils that are moderately deep to weakly consolidated sandstone and shale. They are well drained and slowly to moderately slowly permeable. These soils are on strongly sloping to steep uplands. Slopes are dominantly 8 to 25 percent but range from 5 to 40 percent.
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Cuthbert, revised 2004-10. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 1,047,204 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 95.3% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | C |
| Taxonomic class | Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults |
| Type location | Nacogdoches County, Texas |
Where Cuthbert is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Texas | 862,229 |
| Alabama | 94,140 |
| Mississippi | 84,235 |
| Georgia | 4,364 |
| Arkansas | 2,236 |
Places where Cuthbert leads
Counties and cities where Cuthbert covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Douglassville, TX | 31% |
| Lone Star, TX | 29% |
| Daingerfield, TX | 28% |
| New London, TX | 27% |
| Poynor, TX | 27% |
| Warren City, TX | 26% |
| Lakeport, TX | 22% |
| Chireno, TX | 21% |
| Edom, TX | 20% |
| Upshur County, TX | 19% |
| Gregg County, TX | 18% |
| Cass County, TX | 16% |
| Smith County, TX | 16% |
| Wood County, TX | 11% |
| Rusk County, TX | 10% |
Other places where Cuthbert is a main soil
Counties and cities where Cuthbert is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Camp County, TX 17%
- Calhoun County, MS 14%
- Marion County, TX 13%
- Morris County, TX 12%
- Harrison County, TX 10%
- Henderson County, TX 8%
- Nacogdoches County, TX 8%
- Dale County, AL 7%
- San Augustine County, TX 7%
- Leon County, TX 6%
- Treutlen County, GA 5%
- Sabine County, TX 5%
- Baldwin County, AL 4%
- Houston County, TX 4%
Texas and Ohio cities
- Bloomburg, TX 28%
- Linden, TX 23%
- Hideaway, TX 23%
- Clarksville City, TX 23%
- White Oak, TX 23%
- Union Grove, TX 22%
- East Mountain, TX 20%
- New Chapel Hill, TX 20%
- Brownsboro, TX 19%
- Buffalo, TX 19%
- Avinger, TX 19%
- Kilgore, TX 18%
- Queen City, TX 18%
- Ore City, TX 16%
- Hughes Springs, TX 16%
- Big Sandy, TX 16%
- Moore Station, TX 16%
- Gladewater, TX 15%
- Hallsville, TX 15%
- Chandler, TX 15%
- Atlanta, TX 15%
- Troup, TX 15%
- Quitman, TX 15%
- Longview, TX 15%
- Arp, TX 14%
- Rusk, TX 14%
- Marshall, TX 14%
- Henderson, TX 13%
- Reklaw, TX 12%
- Noonday, TX 11%
- Cushing, TX 11%
- Gilmer, TX 11%
- Overton, TX 10%
- Crockett, TX 10%
- Whitehouse, TX 10%
- Tyler, TX 9%
- Jefferson, TX 9%
- Berryville, TX 9%
- Gallatin, TX 8%
- Lindale, TX 7%
- Pittsburg, TX 7%
- Murchison, TX 6%
- Hawkins, TX 6%
- Easton, TX 6%
- Athens, TX 5%
- Centerville, TX 5%
- Winona, TX 4%
- Coffee City, TX 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.