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Eldean soil series
Eldean soils cover 196,281 mapped acres, mostly in Ohio and Indiana. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 18% of that land, and a shallow water table a limit for basements on 0%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 21 of the counties and cities on this site.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2021-11
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 Eldean series consists of very deep, well drained soils that are moderately deep to calcareous sandy and gravelly material. They formed in outwash materials dominantly of limestone origin on outwash terraces, kames, and moraines. In some places, the upper part of the solum formed in silty or loamy alluvium or in loess as much as 46 cm (18 inches thick). Slope ranges from 0 to 35 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 965 mm (38 inches), and mean annual air temperature is about 12 degrees C (53 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Eldean, revised 2021-11. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 196,281 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 18.3% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 97.5% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | B |
| Taxonomic class | Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs |
| Type location | Miami County, Ohio |
Where Eldean is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 150,932 |
| Indiana | 45,349 |
Places where Eldean leads
Counties and cities where Eldean covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Port Jefferson, OH | 61% |
| New Carlisle, OH | 56% |
| Harrisburg, OH | 50% |
| Trenton, OH | 45% |
| Camden, OH | 43% |
| Bainbridge, OH | 38% |
| Frankfort, OH | 36% |
| New Madison, OH | 35% |
| New Paris, OH | 34% |
| West Liberty, OH | 34% |
| Chillicothe, OH | 29% |
| De Graff, OH | 26% |
| Darbyville, OH | 25% |
| Enon, OH | 24% |
| South Bloomfield, OH | 23% |
| Tarlton, OH | 22% |
| Seven Mile, OH | 22% |
| Grandview Heights, OH | 14% |
| Middletown, OH | 13% |
| Newtown, OH | 5% |
| Elmwood Place, OH | 1% |
Other places where Eldean is a main soil
Counties and cities where Eldean is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Clark County, OH 10%
- Henry County, IN 7%
- Wayne County, IN 7%
- Logan County, OH 5%
- Miami County, OH 5%
- Pickaway County, OH 5%
- Ross County, OH 4%
- Auglaize County, OH 1%
Texas and Ohio cities
- Troy, OH 25%
- Belle Center, OH 20%
- Tremont City, OH 18%
- Springfield, OH 16%
- Circleville, OH 15%
- Huntsville, OH 15%
- Valleyview, OH 14%
- Covington, OH 14%
- New Miami, OH 13%
- Marble Cliff, OH 12%
- Piqua, OH 11%
- Lewisburg, OH 10%
- Fairfield, OH 10%
- Hamilton, OH 10%
- Riverlea, OH 10%
- Xenia, OH 8%
- Donnelsville, OH 8%
- Versailles, OH 8%
- Millville, OH 8%
- Bellbrook, OH 7%
- Terrace Park, OH 7%
- West Alexandria, OH 6%
- Bellefontaine, OH 6%
- Fairborn, OH 6%
- Gahanna, OH 5%
- St. Louisville, OH 5%
- West Milton, OH 5%
- Catawba, OH 5%
- Gettysburg, OH 5%
- Ashville, OH 4%
- Minerva Park, OH 4%
- Sidney, OH 4%
- South Solon, OH 4%
- Harrison, OH 4%
- Botkins, OH 4%
- Wayne Lakes, OH 3%
- Obetz, OH 3%
- Woodlawn, OH 3%
- Lockland, OH 2%
- Greenville, OH 2%
- Wyoming, OH 2%
- North Hampton, OH 2%
- Lincoln Heights, OH 2%
- Wapakoneta, OH 2%
- Arlington Heights, OH 1%
- Spring Valley, OH 1%
- Pleasant Hill, OH 1%
- Reading, OH 1%
- Whitehall, OH under 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.