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Hastings soil series
Hastings soils cover 1,770,934 mapped acres, mostly in Nebraska and Kansas. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 98% 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 York County, NE; Hamilton County, NE; Polk County, NE.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2020-07
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 Hastings series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in loess. Hastings soils are on interfluves and hillslopes on loess uplands in the Central Loess Plains, MLRA 75. Slopes range from 0 to 17 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 711 millimeters (28 inches) and the mean annual temperature is about 11 degrees C (52 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Hastings, revised 2020-07. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 1,770,934 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 98.3% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 100.0% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | C |
| Taxonomic class | Fine, smectitic, mesic Udic Argiustolls |
| Type location | York County, Nebraska |
Where Hastings is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Nebraska | 1,533,513 |
| Kansas | 237,421 |
Places where Hastings leads
Counties and cities where Hastings covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| York County, NE | 66% |
| Hamilton County, NE | 57% |
| Polk County, NE | 46% |
| Seward County, NE | 43% |
| Clay County, NE | 40% |
| Butler County, NE | 33% |
| Nuckolls County, NE | 32% |
| Adams County, NE | 27% |
Other places where Hastings is a main soil
Counties and cities where Hastings 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.