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Hayesville soil series
Hayesville soils cover 649,438 mapped acres, mostly in Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina. 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 7 of the counties and cities on this site, including Dawson County, GA; White County, GA; Lumpkin County, GA.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2001-04
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 Hayesville series consists of very deep, well drained soils on gently sloping to very steep ridges and side slopes of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. They most commonly formed in residuum weathered from igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks such as granite, granodiorite, mica gneiss and schist; but in some places formed from thickly-bedded metagraywacke and metasandstone. On steeper slopes the upper part of some pedons may have some colluvial influence. Mean annual air temperature is 55 degrees F., and average annual precipitation is about 56 inches near the type location. Slopes range from 2 to 60 percent.
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Hayesville, revised 2001-04. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 649,438 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 98.0% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | B |
| Taxonomic class | Fine, kaolinitic, mesic Typic Kanhapludults |
| Type location | Clay County, North Carolina |
Where Hayesville is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 257,131 |
| Virginia | 203,515 |
| North Carolina | 125,970 |
| South Carolina | 53,371 |
| Tennessee | 9,451 |
Places where Hayesville leads
Counties and cities where Hayesville covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Dawson County, GA | 31% |
| White County, GA | 28% |
| Lumpkin County, GA | 26% |
| Henderson County, NC | 16% |
| Nelson County, VA | 16% |
| Roanoke County, VA | 13% |
| Albemarle County, VA | 11% |
Other places where Hayesville is a main soil
Counties and cities where Hayesville 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.