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Fitchville soil series
Fitchville soils cover 196,252 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 96%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 8 of the counties and cities on this site.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2015-06
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 Fitchville series consists of very deep, somewhat poorly drained soils formed in stratified Wisconsinan age glaciolacustrine sediments on terraces in valleys on till plains and lake plains. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high throughout. Slopes range from 0 to 12 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 1065 mm (42 in), and mean annual temperature is about 9 degrees C (48 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Fitchville, revised 2015-06. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 196,252 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 95.8% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 95.8% |
| Most common drainage class | Somewhat poorly drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | C/D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aeric Endoaqualfs |
| Type location | Summit County, Ohio |
Where Fitchville is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 191,582 |
| Pennsylvania | 4,670 |
Places where Fitchville leads
Counties and cities where Fitchville covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Roswell, OH | 47% |
| Uhrichsville, OH | 45% |
| Midvale, OH | 26% |
| Jewett, OH | 25% |
| Orrville, OH | 25% |
| Dennison, OH | 21% |
| Elyria, OH | 18% |
| Upper Sandusky, OH | 14% |
Other places where Fitchville is a main soil
Counties and cities where Fitchville 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
- Wilmot, OH 31%
- Marshallville, OH 19%
- Parral, OH 16%
- Newton Falls, OH 15%
- Barnhill, OH 14%
- Sugarcreek, OH 13%
- Warren, OH 12%
- Bailey Lakes, OH 11%
- Baltic, OH 11%
- Danville, OH 11%
- East Canton, OH 11%
- Conesville, OH 10%
- Gnadenhutten, OH 10%
- Mineral City, OH 10%
- Zoar, OH 9%
- Jacksonville, OH 9%
- Glouster, OH 9%
- Bentleyville, OH 9%
- Solon, OH 9%
- North Ridgeville, OH 8%
- Scio, OH 8%
- Hanover, OH 8%
- New Philadelphia, OH 7%
- Brewster, OH 7%
- Rittman, OH 7%
- Hanoverton, OH 7%
- Lordstown, OH 7%
- West Farmington, OH 7%
- Waynesburg, OH 6%
- Dover, OH 6%
- Dalton, OH 6%
- Apple Creek, OH 6%
- Frazeysburg, OH 5%
- Wadsworth, OH 5%
- Niles, OH 5%
- Doylestown, OH 5%
- Rock Creek, OH 5%
- Twinsburg, OH 5%
- Wellington, OH 4%
- Bainbridge, OH 4%
- Perrysville, OH 4%
- Byesville, OH 4%
- Minerva, OH 4%
- Macedonia, OH 4%
- New Waterford, OH 4%
- Norton, OH 4%
- Roseville, OH 3%
- Silver Lake, OH 3%
- Holmesville, OH 3%
- North Canton, OH 3%
- Killbuck, OH 3%
- Boston Heights, OH 3%
- Green Camp, OH 3%
- Fairlawn, OH 3%
- Campbell, OH 3%
- Lakemore, OH 3%
- Alexandria, OH 2%
- Reminderville, OH 2%
- Sherrodsville, OH 2%
- Grafton, OH 2%
- West Lafayette, OH 1%
- Newburgh Heights, OH 1%
- Lowell, 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.