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Glenford soil series
Glenford soils cover 162,963 mapped acres, mostly in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. 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 97%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 7 of the counties and cities on this site.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2015-04
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 Glenford series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils formed in stratified Wisconsinan age glaciolacustrine or stream sediments on terraces in valleys, on till plains, lake plains and outwash plains. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high throughout. Slopes range from 0 to 65 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 Glenford, revised 2015-04. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 162,963 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 96.7% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 96.7% |
| Most common drainage class | Moderately well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | C/D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs |
| Type location | Portage County, Ohio |
Where Glenford is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 139,679 |
| Pennsylvania | 22,438 |
| West Virginia | 846 |
Places where Glenford leads
Counties and cities where Glenford covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Dellroy, OH | 48% |
| Leesville, OH | 36% |
| Pleasant City, OH | 33% |
| Roseville, OH | 31% |
| Peninsula, OH | 28% |
| Dresden, OH | 16% |
| Crooksville, OH | 15% |
Other places where Glenford is a main soil
Counties and cities where Glenford 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
- Chauncey, OH 25%
- Jacksonville, OH 23%
- Warsaw, OH 22%
- Barnhill, OH 20%
- Conesville, OH 19%
- Danville, OH 18%
- Glenmont, OH 18%
- Scio, OH 18%
- Sherrodsville, OH 17%
- Jewett, OH 15%
- Lindsey, OH 15%
- Frazeysburg, OH 13%
- Plainfield, OH 12%
- Marshallville, OH 12%
- Byesville, OH 12%
- Doylestown, OH 12%
- Midvale, OH 11%
- Hanoverton, OH 11%
- East Sparta, OH 10%
- Mineral City, OH 10%
- Matamoras (New Matamoras), OH 10%
- Dennison, OH 10%
- Uhrichsville, OH 9%
- Cambridge, OH 9%
- Lowell, OH 8%
- Orrville, OH 8%
- Bowerston, OH 8%
- Rock Creek, OH 7%
- Zanesville, OH 7%
- Lordstown, OH 7%
- Bainbridge, OH 7%
- New Lexington, OH 6%
- Bremen, OH 6%
- Newton Falls, OH 6%
- Rittman, OH 5%
- Cuyahoga Falls, OH 5%
- Shreve, OH 4%
- Brewster, OH 4%
- Parral, OH 4%
- Belpre, OH 4%
- Hunting Valley, OH 4%
- Silver Lake, OH 3%
- Brooklyn Heights, OH 3%
- Wilmot, OH 3%
- Holmesville, OH 3%
- Killbuck, OH 3%
- Akron, OH 3%
- East Palestine, OH 2%
- Lowellville, OH 2%
- West Lafayette, OH 1%
- Maple Heights, OH under 1%
- Craig Beach, OH under 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.