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Holdrege soil series
Holdrege soils cover 2,879,089 mapped acres, mostly in Nebraska and Kansas. 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 14 of the counties and cities on this site, including Phelps County, NE; Harlan County, NE; Decatur County, KS.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2018-06
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 Holdrege series consists of very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils formed in calcareous loess. These upland soils have slopes ranging from 0 to 15 percent. Mean annual temperature is about 54 degrees F, and mean annual precipitation is about 23 inches at the type location.
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Holdrege, revised 2018-06. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 2,879,089 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 74.2% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | C |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiustolls |
| Type location | Phelps County, Nebraska |
Where Holdrege is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Nebraska | 1,762,209 |
| Kansas | 1,116,880 |
Places where Holdrege leads
Counties and cities where Holdrege covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Phelps County, NE | 55% |
| Harlan County, NE | 41% |
| Decatur County, KS | 36% |
| Webster County, NE | 36% |
| Norton County, KS | 35% |
| Gosper County, NE | 34% |
| Furnas County, NE | 33% |
| Kearney County, NE | 33% |
| Franklin County, NE | 32% |
| Frontier County, NE | 29% |
| Graham County, KS | 28% |
| Red Willow County, NE | 26% |
| Smith County, KS | 23% |
| Howard County, NE | 16% |
Other places where Holdrege is a main soil
Counties and cities where Holdrege 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.