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Eddy soil series
Eddy soils cover 195,528 mapped acres, almost all of them in Texas. 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 8 of the counties and cities on this site.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2018-02
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 Eddy series consists of soils that are shallow to very shallow, well drained, moderately permeable soils that formed in residuum from chalky limestone. These soils are on gently sloping to moderately steep uplands. Slopes range from 1 to 20 percent.
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Eddy, revised 2018-02. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 195,528 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 97.2% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | D |
| Taxonomic class | Loamy-skeletal, carbonatic, thermic, shallow Typic Ustorthents |
| Type location | Collin County, Texas |
Where Eddy is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Texas | 195,528 |
Places where Eddy leads
Counties and cities where Eddy covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Carl's Corner, TX | 64% |
| Cedar Hill, TX | 37% |
| Midlothian, TX | 33% |
| New Hope, TX | 28% |
| Duncanville, TX | 26% |
| San Leanna, TX | 23% |
| Tom Bean, TX | 21% |
| Woodway, TX | 16% |
Other places where Eddy is a main soil
Counties and cities where Eddy is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
Texas and Ohio cities
- Abbott, TX 23%
- Ovilla, TX 23%
- DeSoto, TX 21%
- Bruceville-Eddy, TX 17%
- Live Oak, TX 16%
- Leon Valley, TX 14%
- Terrell Hills, TX 13%
- Universal City, TX 13%
- Lorena, TX 12%
- Hebron, TX 12%
- Hutchins, TX 11%
- Cockrell Hill, TX 10%
- Fairview, TX 10%
- Oak Leaf, TX 10%
- Glenn Heights, TX 8%
- Castle Hills, TX 8%
- Pflugerville, TX 7%
- Lancaster, TX 7%
- Parker, TX 6%
- Pecan Hill, TX 6%
- Dallas, TX 6%
- Melissa, TX 6%
- Hewitt, TX 6%
- Addison, TX 6%
- Waxahachie, TX 5%
- Selma, TX 5%
- Italy, TX 5%
- West, TX 4%
- Anna, TX 4%
- Richardson, TX 4%
- Alamo Heights, TX 4%
- Windcrest, TX 4%
- Milford, TX 4%
- Frisco, TX 4%
- Troy, TX 3%
- Plano, TX 3%
- Balcones Heights, TX 3%
- Beverly Hills, TX 3%
- Murphy, TX 1%
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.