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Fairlie soil series
Fairlie soils cover 196,872 mapped acres, almost all of them in Texas. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 70% of that land, and a shallow water table a limit for basements on 0%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 13 of the counties and cities on this site, including Fannin County, TX.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026
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 Fairlie series consists of deep, moderately well drained, very slowly permeable soils. These soils are on nearly level to gently sloping uplands. The slope is typically 1 to 3 percent but ranges from 0 to 5 percent.
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Fairlie. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 196,872 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 70.2% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 70.2% |
| Most common drainage class | Moderately well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine, smectitic, thermic Udic Haplusterts |
| Type location | Hunt County, Texas |
Where Fairlie is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Texas | 196,872 |
Places where Fairlie leads
Counties and cities where Fairlie covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Trenton, TX | 53% |
| Leonard, TX | 50% |
| Bailey, TX | 49% |
| Windom, TX | 49% |
| Honey Grove, TX | 46% |
| Dorchester, TX | 41% |
| Florence, TX | 41% |
| Dodd City, TX | 40% |
| Whitewright, TX | 37% |
| Van Alstyne, TX | 36% |
| Beverly Hills, TX | 36% |
| Howe, TX | 28% |
| Fannin County, TX | 9% |
Other places where Fairlie is a main soil
Counties and cities where Fairlie 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
- Hewitt, TX 28%
- Bruceville-Eddy, TX 20%
- Lorena, TX 20%
- Leander, TX 15%
- Liberty Hill, TX 14%
- Tom Bean, TX 11%
- Knollwood, TX 10%
- Sherman, TX 10%
- Lacy-Lakeview, TX 7%
- Gunter, TX 7%
- Waco, TX 7%
- Cedar Park, TX 6%
- Southmayd, TX 5%
- Robinson, TX 5%
- Barry, TX 5%
- Bardwell, TX 4%
- Nevada, TX 4%
- Mart, TX 4%
- Itasca, TX 3%
- Mobile City, TX 3%
- Fate, TX 3%
- Murphy, TX 3%
- Frost, TX 3%
- Buckholts, TX 3%
- Italy, TX 3%
- Rogers, TX 3%
- Moody, TX 3%
- McLendon-Chisholm, TX 3%
- Celeste, TX 3%
- St. Paul, TX 3%
- Talty, TX 3%
- Forney, TX 3%
- Princeton, TX 3%
- Santa Clara, TX 3%
- Manor, TX 3%
- Rockwall, TX 3%
- Plano, TX 2%
- Ferris, TX 2%
- Allen, TX 2%
- Heath, TX 2%
- Emhouse, TX 2%
- Sachse, TX 2%
- Palmer, TX 2%
- Malone, TX 1%
- Venus, TX 1%
- Grandview, TX 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.