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Gilpin soil series
Gilpin soils cover 5,850,620 mapped acres, mostly in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky. 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 under 1%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 58 of the counties and cities on this site, including Gilmer County, WV; Doddridge County, WV; Braxton County, WV.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2014-10
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
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 5,850,620 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | under 0.1% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 98.0% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | C |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults |
| Type location | Indiana County, Pennsylvania |
Where Gilpin is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| West Virginia | 2,253,454 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,219,783 |
| Kentucky | 748,024 |
| Ohio | 691,125 |
| Tennessee | 490,262 |
| Indiana | 174,666 |
| Virginia | 170,284 |
| Maryland | 93,830 |
| New York | 9,193 |
Places where Gilpin leads
Counties and cities where Gilpin covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Gilmer County, WV | 56% |
| Doddridge County, WV | 55% |
| New Athens, OH | 54% |
| Braxton County, WV | 52% |
| Wetzel County, WV | 52% |
| Cabell County, WV | 51% |
| Tyler County, WV | 51% |
| Deersville, OH | 49% |
| Barbour County, WV | 48% |
| Jerusalem, OH | 48% |
| Pleasants County, WV | 47% |
| Roane County, WV | 46% |
| Putnam County, WV | 45% |
| Lewis County, WV | 45% |
| Calhoun County, WV | 44% |
| Ritchie County, WV | 43% |
| Mount Pleasant, OH | 41% |
| Woodsfield, OH | 41% |
| Antioch, OH | 40% |
| Graysville, OH | 39% |
| Monroe County, OH | 38% |
| Clay County, WV | 38% |
| Upshur County, WV | 37% |
| Richmond, OH | 36% |
| Preston County, WV | 35% |
| Mason County, WV | 35% |
| Wintersville, OH | 34% |
| Dubois County, IN | 33% |
| Stafford, OH | 32% |
| Morgan County, TN | 32% |
| Taylor County, WV | 30% |
| Scott County, TN | 30% |
| Indiana County, PA | 30% |
| Armstrong County, PA | 30% |
| Wirt County, WV | 30% |
| Chesterhill, OH | 30% |
| Harrison County, WV | 29% |
| Jackson County, WV | 29% |
| Jefferson County, PA | 27% |
| Kanawha County, WV | 26% |
| Lewisville, OH | 26% |
| Beaver County, PA | 23% |
| Westmoreland County, PA | 22% |
| Lincoln County, WV | 22% |
| Gallia County, OH | 21% |
| Wayne County, WV | 21% |
| Mercer County, WV | 21% |
| Clarington, OH | 17% |
| Garrett County, MD | 17% |
| Morgan County, OH | 17% |
| Butler County, PA | 17% |
| Allegheny County, PA | 16% |
| Mingo Junction, OH | 16% |
| Vinton County, OH | 14% |
| Anderson County, TN | 14% |
| Norton city, VA | 13% |
| Fayette County, PA | 12% |
| Clarion County, PA | 11% |
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.