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Hazleton soil series
Hazleton soils cover 2,002,575 mapped acres, mostly in Pennsylvania, Ohio 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 0%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 11 of the counties and cities on this site, including Cameron County, PA; Clinton County, PA; Elk County, PA.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2025-04
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
| Drainage class | Well drained |
| Parent material | Residuum from acid gray, brown, or red sandstone |
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Hazleton, revised 2025-04. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 2,002,575 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 99.2% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | A |
| Taxonomic class | Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts |
| Type location | Warren County, Pennsylvania |
Where Hazleton is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 1,727,776 |
| Ohio | 110,549 |
| West Virginia | 66,226 |
| Virginia | 53,929 |
| Kentucky | 17,360 |
| Maryland | 16,877 |
| New Jersey | 9,544 |
| New York | 313 |
Places where Hazleton leads
Counties and cities where Hazleton covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Cameron County, PA | 30% |
| Stone Creek, OH | 28% |
| Mineral City, OH | 25% |
| Clinton County, PA | 23% |
| Elk County, PA | 22% |
| Mifflin County, PA | 20% |
| Perry County, PA | 18% |
| Warren County, PA | 16% |
| Centre County, PA | 14% |
| Clearfield County, PA | 14% |
| Carbon County, PA | 12% |
Other places where Hazleton is a main soil
Counties and cities where Hazleton is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Forest County, PA 24%
- McKean County, PA 15%
- Somerset County, PA 14%
- Butler County, PA 13%
- Huntingdon County, PA 11%
- Jefferson County, PA 11%
- Venango County, PA 10%
- Clarion County, PA 9%
- Tuscarawas County, OH 9%
- Cambria County, PA 9%
- Augusta County, VA 9%
- Fulton County, PA 9%
- Blair County, PA 8%
- Indiana County, PA 8%
- Cumberland County, PA 7%
- Armstrong County, PA 7%
- Pendleton County, WV 6%
- Potter County, PA 6%
- Union County, PA 6%
- Carroll County, OH 6%
- Snyder County, PA 5%
- Hardy County, WV 5%
- Morgan County, WV 5%
- Juniata County, PA 5%
- Fayette County, PA 5%
- Jefferson County, OH 5%
- Allegany County, MD 5%
- Beaver County, PA 5%
- Franklin County, PA 5%
- Coshocton County, OH 4%
Texas and Ohio cities
- Glenmont, OH 18%
- Irondale, OH 13%
- East Liverpool, OH 11%
- Wellsville, OH 9%
- Parral, OH 7%
- Minerva, OH 4%
- Toronto, OH 4%
- Zoar, OH 4%
- Wintersville, OH 4%
- Richmond, OH 3%
- Empire, OH 2%
- Mingo Junction, OH 2%
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.