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Evard soil series
Evard soils cover 824,064 mapped acres, mostly in North Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina. 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 7 of the counties and cities on this site, including Fannin County, GA; McDowell County, NC; Union County, GA.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2013-05
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
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 824,064 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 96.0% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | B |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-loamy, parasesquic, mesic Typic Hapludults |
| Type location | Oconee County, South Carolina |
Where Evard is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 550,923 |
| Georgia | 120,692 |
| South Carolina | 104,097 |
| Virginia | 29,692 |
| Tennessee | 18,660 |
Places where Evard leads
Counties and cities where Evard covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Fannin County, GA | 23% |
| McDowell County, NC | 22% |
| Union County, GA | 21% |
| Macon County, NC | 16% |
| Buncombe County, NC | 13% |
| Clay County, NC | 10% |
| Jackson County, NC | 10% |
Other places where Evard is a main soil
Counties and cities where Evard is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Ashe County, NC 19%
- Henderson County, NC 16%
- Oconee County, SC 15%
- Wilkes County, NC 15%
- Rutherford County, NC 10%
- Transylvania County, NC 9%
- Caldwell County, NC 9%
- Alexander County, NC 7%
- Polk County, NC 7%
- Madison County, NC 6%
- Burke County, NC 6%
- Polk County, TN 6%
- Pickens County, SC 5%
- Yancey County, NC 5%
- Patrick County, VA 5%
- Haywood County, NC 5%
- Greenville County, SC 4%
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.