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Eastwood soil series
Eastwood soils cover 1,061,122 mapped acres, mostly in Louisiana and Texas. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 99% of that land, and a shallow water table a limit for basements on 0%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 12 of the counties and cities on this site, including De Soto Parish, LA; Shelby County, TX; Panola County, TX.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2022-12
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
USDA's description
The Eastwood series consists of deep, well drained, very slowly permeable soils. They formed in weakly consolidated marine deposits of silty clay loam texture. These soils are on gently sloping to moderately steep uplands. Slopes range from 1 to 20 percent.
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Eastwood, revised 2022-12. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 1,061,122 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 99.1% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 99.1% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine, smectitic, thermic Chromic Vertic Hapludalfs |
| Type location | Harrison County, Texas |
Where Eastwood is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Louisiana | 545,158 |
| Texas | 515,964 |
Places where Eastwood leads
Counties and cities where Eastwood covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Tenaha, TX | 47% |
| Center, TX | 46% |
| Beckville, TX | 37% |
| Timpson, TX | 36% |
| De Soto Parish, LA | 35% |
| Shelby County, TX | 34% |
| Panola County, TX | 25% |
| Tatum, TX | 25% |
| Joaquin, TX | 23% |
| Huxley, TX | 21% |
| Caddo Parish, LA | 12% |
| Harrison County, TX | 12% |
Other places where Eastwood is a main soil
Counties and cities where Eastwood is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Sabine Parish, LA 16%
- Claiborne Parish, LA 12%
- Vernon Parish, LA 10%
- Rusk County, TX 9%
- Sabine County, TX 7%
Texas and Ohio cities
- Garrison, TX 31%
- Carthage, TX 27%
- Gary City, TX 24%
- Waskom, TX 23%
- Uncertain, TX 20%
- Scottsville, TX 14%
- Henderson, TX 9%
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.