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Eden soil series
Eden soils cover 1,550,879 mapped acres, mostly in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 6% of that land, and a shallow water table a limit for basements on 0%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 32 of the counties and cities on this site, including Robertson County, KY; Bracken County, KY; Grant County, KY.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2011-12
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 Eden series consists of moderately deep, well drained, slowly permeable soils that formed in residuum from interbedded calcareous shale, siltstone, and limestone. These soils are on hillsides and narrow ridgetops with slopes ranging from 2 to 70 percent. Mean annual temperature is about 55 degrees F and mean annual precipitation is about 43 inches.
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Eden, revised 2011-12. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 1,550,879 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 6.5% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 98.2% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs |
| Type location | Campbell County, Kentucky |
Where Eden is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 1,197,930 |
| Indiana | 207,681 |
| Ohio | 115,937 |
| Arkansas | 29,331 |
Places where Eden leads
Counties and cities where Eden covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Robertson County, KY | 70% |
| Bracken County, KY | 65% |
| Grant County, KY | 58% |
| Pendleton County, KY | 58% |
| Owen County, KY | 57% |
| Nicholas County, KY | 48% |
| Campbell County, KY | 45% |
| Gallatin County, KY | 44% |
| Switzerland County, IN | 38% |
| Ohio County, IN | 36% |
| Anderson County, KY | 35% |
| Washington County, KY | 35% |
| Scott County, KY | 34% |
| Mercer County, KY | 31% |
| Dearborn County, IN | 30% |
| Kenton County, KY | 29% |
| Franklin County, KY | 28% |
| The Village of Indian Hill, OH | 24% |
| New Richmond, OH | 21% |
| Harrison County, KY | 21% |
| Addyston, OH | 18% |
| Cleves, OH | 16% |
| Hamilton County, OH | 15% |
| North Bend, OH | 14% |
| Madeira, OH | 11% |
| Cincinnati, OH | 11% |
| Silverton, OH | 10% |
| Evendale, OH | 9% |
| Lincoln Heights, OH | 6% |
| Wyoming, OH | 6% |
| Sharonville, OH | 5% |
| Cheviot, OH | 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.