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Laewest soil series
Laewest soils cover 452,101 mapped acres, almost all of them in Texas. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 94% 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 Victoria County, TX; Matagorda County, TX; Calhoun County, TX.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2016-03
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 Laewest series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils that formed in clayey flood basin deposits on alluvial plains or deltas of the Beaumont Formation of Pleistocene Age. These nearly level to gently sloping soils are on broad flat coastal plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 8 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 940 mm (37 in) and the mean annual air temperature is about 21.5 degrees C (70.5 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Laewest, revised 2016-03. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 452,101 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 94.3% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 94.3% |
| Most common drainage class | Moderately well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine, smectitic, hyperthermic Typic Hapluderts |
| Type location | Victoria County, Texas |
Where Laewest is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Texas | 452,101 |
Places where Laewest leads
Counties and cities where Laewest covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Ganado, TX | 86% |
| Port Lavaca, TX | 51% |
| Point Comfort, TX | 41% |
| Seadrift, TX | 37% |
| Victoria, TX | 24% |
| Victoria County, TX | 17% |
| Matagorda County, TX | 16% |
| Calhoun County, TX | 13% |
Other places where Laewest is a main soil
Counties and cities where Laewest 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
- Bloomington, TX 30%
- Bay City, TX 13%
- Palacios, TX 12%
- Edna, TX 9%
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.