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Ellsworth soil series
Ellsworth soils cover 202,460 mapped acres, almost all of them in Ohio. 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 99%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 17 of the counties and cities on this site.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2015-03
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 Ellsworth series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils formed in till on till plains. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately low in the subsoil and moderately low or low in the underlying material. Slope ranges from 0 to 70 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 1065 mm (42 in) and the mean annual temperature is about 9 degrees C (48 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Ellsworth, revised 2015-03. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 202,460 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 98.7% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 98.7% |
| Most common drainage class | Moderately well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs |
| Type location | Mahoning County, Ohio |
Where Ellsworth is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 202,460 |
Places where Ellsworth leads
Counties and cities where Ellsworth covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Sugar Bush Knolls, OH | 53% |
| Pepper Pike, OH | 36% |
| Hiram, OH | 34% |
| Streetsboro, OH | 34% |
| Hunting Valley, OH | 29% |
| Cuyahoga Falls, OH | 27% |
| Boston Heights, OH | 26% |
| Brecksville, OH | 25% |
| McDonald, OH | 25% |
| Bedford, OH | 22% |
| Walton Hills, OH | 21% |
| Chagrin Falls, OH | 18% |
| Kirtland Hills, OH | 17% |
| Glenwillow, OH | 16% |
| Garfield Heights, OH | 16% |
| Moreland Hills, OH | 16% |
| Girard, OH | 14% |
Other places where Ellsworth is a main soil
Counties and cities where Ellsworth is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Medina County, OH 13%
- Geauga County, OH 12%
- Cuyahoga County, OH 10%
- Summit County, OH 9%
- Lorain County, OH 7%
- Portage County, OH 7%
- Mahoning County, OH 6%
Texas and Ohio cities
- North Royalton, OH 23%
- Aurora, OH 23%
- Garrettsville, OH 23%
- Kirtland, OH 22%
- Hudson, OH 20%
- Kipton, OH 20%
- Richfield, OH 19%
- Northfield, OH 19%
- Broadview Heights, OH 19%
- Oakwood (Cuyahoga County), OH 18%
- Beachwood, OH 18%
- Brunswick, OH 17%
- Medina, OH 16%
- Spencer, OH 16%
- Maple Heights, OH 15%
- Parma, OH 15%
- Bedford Heights, OH 15%
- Chardon, OH 14%
- Shaker Heights, OH 14%
- Waite Hill, OH 13%
- Willoughby Hills, OH 13%
- Highland Hills, OH 13%
- Mayfield, OH 12%
- University Heights, OH 12%
- Strongsville, OH 12%
- Bentleyville, OH 12%
- Warrensville Heights, OH 11%
- Grafton, OH 11%
- Seven Hills, OH 10%
- Wellington, OH 10%
- Macedonia, OH 9%
- Twinsburg, OH 9%
- Cortland, OH 9%
- Middleburg Heights, OH 9%
- Gates Mills, OH 8%
- Solon, OH 8%
- North Randall, OH 8%
- Niles, OH 7%
- Parma Heights, OH 7%
- Woodmere, OH 7%
- Olmsted Falls, OH 7%
- Lyndhurst, OH 7%
- Middlefield, OH 6%
- Peninsula, OH 6%
- Stow, OH 5%
- South Russell, OH 5%
- Oberlin, OH 5%
- Wickliffe, OH 5%
- Mayfield Heights, OH 5%
- LaGrange, OH 4%
- Windham, OH 4%
- Independence, OH 4%
- Brook Park, OH 4%
- Mantua, OH 4%
- Fairview Park, OH 4%
- Cleveland Heights, OH 3%
- Willoughby, OH 3%
- South Euclid, OH 3%
- Lorain, OH 3%
- Craig Beach, OH 3%
- Sheffield Lake, OH 3%
- Berea, OH 3%
- Highland Heights, OH 2%
- Cleveland, OH 2%
- East Cleveland, OH 2%
- Grand River, OH 2%
- Fairport Harbor, OH 1%
- Cuyahoga Heights, 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.