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Fuller soil series
Fuller soils cover 209,957 mapped acres, almost all of them in Texas. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 1% of that land, and a shallow water table a limit for basements on 95%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 8 of the counties and cities on this site, including Trinity County, TX; Angelina County, TX.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2000-05
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
USDA's description
The Fuller series consists of sodium affected soils that are deep to mudstone or shale, or they are deep to stratified layers of mudstone, sandstone, and shale. They are somewhat poorly drained and very slowly permeable. These nearly level to gently sloping soils are on uplands. Slopes range from 0 to 5 percent.
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Fuller, revised 2000-05. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 209,957 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 1.1% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 94.6% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 93.2% |
| Most common drainage class | Somewhat poorly drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-loamy, siliceous, superactive, thermic Albic Glossic Natraqualfs |
| Type location | Angelina County, Texas |
Where Fuller is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Texas | 209,957 |
Places where Fuller leads
Counties and cities where Fuller covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Burke, TX | 77% |
| Groveton, TX | 59% |
| Trinity, TX | 53% |
| Huntington, TX | 46% |
| Hudson, TX | 32% |
| Trinity County, TX | 22% |
| Lufkin, TX | 21% |
| Angelina County, TX | 9% |
Other places where Fuller is a main soil
Counties and cities where Fuller 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
- Lovelady, TX 23%
- Kennard, TX 12%
- Diboll, TX 10%
- Broaddus, TX 3%
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.