Glynwood soil series

Glynwood soils cover 1,147,501 mapped acres, mostly in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 3% of that land, and a shallow water table a limit for basements on over 99%.

It is the leading soil series by area in 10 of the counties and cities on this site, including Jay County, IN; Blackford County, IN; Wabash County, IN.

SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2021-11

of its land: shrink-swell limits houses without basements

over 99%

of its land: a shallow water table limits basements

4.5%

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

42%

median highest clay content in the top 150 cm

USDA's description

The Glynwood series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils that are moderately deep or deep to dense till. They formed in a thin layer of loess and the underlying till. These soils are on ground moraines and end moraines. Slope ranges from 0 to 40 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 914 mm (36 inches), and mean annual air temperature is about 11 degrees C (52 degrees F).

Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Glynwood, revised 2021-11. Read it.

Engineering properties

Mapped area (SSURGO)	1,147,501 acres
Shrink-swell limits houses without basements	2.8%
Shallow water table limits basements	99.8%
Very limited for septic absorption fields	99.8%
Most common drainage class	Moderately well drained
Most common hydrologic soil group	D
Taxonomic class	Fine, illitic, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
Type location	Auglaize County, Ohio

Where Glynwood is mapped

State	Mapped acres
Indiana	538,722
Ohio	488,244
Michigan	120,535

Places where Glynwood leads

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

Place	Share of mapped land
Shawnee Hills, OH	71%
Ostrander, OH	62%
Jenera, OH	36%
Jay County, IN	34%
Prospect, OH	33%
Fort Recovery, OH	33%
Blackford County, IN	31%
Lima, OH	25%
Wabash County, IN	12%
Steuben County, IN	10%

Other places where Glynwood is a main soil

Counties and cities where Glynwood 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

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.