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Fullerton soil series

Fullerton soils cover 958,383 mapped acres, mostly in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. 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 8 of the counties and cities on this site, including Claiborne County, TN; McMinn County, TN; Roane County, TN.

SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2013-04

0%

of its land: shrink-swell limits houses without basements

0%

of its land: a shallow water table limits basements

2.4%

median highest linear extensibility (6% and up is high)

55%

median highest clay content in the top 150 cm

Engineering properties

Mapped area (SSURGO)958,383 acres
Shrink-swell limits houses without basements0.0%
Shallow water table limits basements0.0%
Very limited for septic absorption fields55.2%
Most common drainage classWell drained
Most common hydrologic soil groupB
Taxonomic classFine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Paleudults
Type locationMeigs County, Tennessee

Where Fullerton is mapped

StateMapped acres
Tennessee567,286
Alabama232,013
Georgia159,085

Places where Fullerton leads

Counties and cities where Fullerton covers more mapped land than any other series.

PlaceShare of mapped land
Claiborne County, TN25%
McMinn County, TN22%
Roane County, TN18%
Polk County, GA18%
Hamilton County, TN16%
Meigs County, TN15%
Floyd County, GA13%
Bartow County, GA9%

Other places where Fullerton is a main soil

Counties and cities where Fullerton is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.

Counties

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.