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Dothan soil series
Dothan soils cover 1,761,174 mapped acres, mostly in Georgia, Florida and Alabama. 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 11 of the counties and cities on this site, including Geneva County, AL; Houston County, AL; Bleckley County, GA.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2017-09
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 Dothan series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in thick beds of unconsolidated, medium to fine-textured marine sediments. Dothan soils are on interfluves. Slopes range from 0 to 15 percent. Mean annual temperature is about 18 degrees C (65 degrees F), and the mean annual precipitation is about 1360 millimeters (53 inches).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Dothan, revised 2017-09. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 1,761,174 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 99.8% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 98.7% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | B |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Plinthic Kandiudults |
| Type location | Henry County, Alabama |
Where Dothan is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 709,105 |
| Florida | 410,379 |
| Alabama | 352,733 |
| South Carolina | 226,294 |
| North Carolina | 60,858 |
| Virginia | 1,805 |
Places where Dothan leads
Counties and cities where Dothan covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Geneva County, AL | 30% |
| Houston County, AL | 28% |
| Bleckley County, GA | 23% |
| Burke County, GA | 21% |
| Holmes County, FL | 21% |
| Pulaski County, GA | 16% |
| Dooly County, GA | 16% |
| Jackson County, FL | 13% |
| Screven County, GA | 12% |
| Macon County, GA | 12% |
| Calhoun County, FL | 10% |
Other places where Dothan is a main soil
Counties and cities where Dothan is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Jefferson County, GA 15%
- Washington County, FL 12%
- Johnson County, GA 12%
- Dillon County, SC 10%
- Laurens County, GA 10%
- Clarendon County, SC 9%
- Covington County, AL 9%
- Santa Rosa County, FL 9%
- Jenkins County, GA 9%
- Wilcox County, GA 9%
- Muscogee County, GA 9%
- Thomas County, GA 8%
- Brooks County, GA 8%
- Jefferson County, FL 8%
- Washington County, GA 7%
- Crisp County, GA 7%
- Henry County, AL 7%
- Grady County, GA 7%
- Tift County, GA 7%
- Orangeburg County, SC 7%
- Harnett County, NC 6%
- Okaloosa County, FL 6%
- Gadsden County, FL 6%
- Marion County, SC 5%
- Aiken County, SC 5%
- Lee County, NC 5%
- Turner County, GA 5%
- Colquitt County, GA 4%
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.