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Fincastle soil series
Fincastle soils cover 552,585 mapped acres, mostly in Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. 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 over 99%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 7 of the counties and cities on this site, including Clinton County, IN; Decatur County, IN; Carroll County, IN.
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 Fincastle series consists of very deep, somewhat poorly drained soils that are deep to dense till. Fincastle soils formed in loess or other silty material and in the underlying loamy till. They are on till plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 6 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 1016 mm (40 inches), and mean annual temperature is about 10.6 degrees C (51 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Fincastle, revised 2021-11. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 552,585 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 99.9% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 99.9% |
| Most common drainage class | Somewhat poorly drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | B/D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Epiaqualfs |
| Type location | Rush County, Indiana |
Where Fincastle is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 438,491 |
| Ohio | 66,465 |
| Illinois | 47,629 |
Places where Fincastle leads
Counties and cities where Fincastle covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| College Corner, OH | 52% |
| Wilmington, OH | 31% |
| Clinton County, IN | 17% |
| Decatur County, IN | 15% |
| Carroll County, IN | 15% |
| Fountain County, IN | 9% |
| Bartholomew County, IN | 7% |
Other places where Fincastle is a main soil
Counties and cities where Fincastle is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Cass County, IN 11%
- Howard County, IN 10%
- Montgomery County, IN 9%
- Clinton County, OH 9%
- Rush County, IN 8%
- Boone County, IN 8%
- Putnam County, IN 6%
- Franklin County, IN 6%
- Hendricks County, IN 6%
- Coles County, IL 6%
- Union County, IN 6%
- Wabash County, IN 6%
- Butler County, OH 5%
- Fayette County, IN 5%
- Tippecanoe County, IN 5%
Texas and Ohio cities
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.