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Lilbert soil series
Lilbert soils cover 533,885 mapped acres, almost all of them in Texas. 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 Anderson County, TX.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2009-11
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 Lilbert series consists of very deep, well drained soils. These gently to moderately sloping soils formed in sandy and loamy marine deposits on uplands on the Claiborne geologic group. Slope ranges from 1 to 8 percent. Mean annual air temperature is about 18 degrees C (65 degrees F), and mean annual precipitation is about 1118 mm (44 in).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Lilbert, revised 2009-11. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 533,885 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 89.5% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | B |
| Taxonomic class | Loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Arenic Plinthic Paleudults |
| Type location | Smith County, Texas |
Where Lilbert is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Texas | 528,525 |
| Louisiana | 3,706 |
| Arkansas | 1,654 |
Places where Lilbert leads
Counties and cities where Lilbert covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Arp, TX | 39% |
| Hawkins, TX | 34% |
| Union Grove, TX | 28% |
| Overton, TX | 27% |
| New Chapel Hill, TX | 24% |
| Cut and Shoot, TX | 22% |
| Anderson County, TX | 14% |
Other places where Lilbert is a main soil
Counties and cities where Lilbert is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Upshur County, TX 13%
- Cherokee County, TX 8%
- Rusk County, TX 8%
- Cass County, TX 8%
- Camp County, TX 7%
- Marion County, TX 7%
- Gregg County, TX 6%
- Nacogdoches County, TX 6%
- Morris County, TX 5%
Texas and Ohio cities
- Tatum, TX 18%
- New London, TX 17%
- Stagecoach, TX 16%
- Gilmer, TX 15%
- New Summerfield, TX 14%
- Warren City, TX 14%
- Henderson, TX 13%
- Nacogdoches, TX 13%
- Clarksville City, TX 12%
- Avinger, TX 12%
- Linden, TX 12%
- Big Sandy, TX 12%
- Palestine, TX 11%
- Zavalla, TX 11%
- Beckville, TX 10%
- Latexo, TX 10%
- Gallatin, TX 9%
- Elkhart, TX 9%
- Hughes Springs, TX 8%
- Frankston, TX 8%
- Winnsboro, TX 7%
- Rusk, TX 7%
- East Mountain, TX 7%
- White Oak, TX 7%
- Omaha, TX 7%
- Gladewater, TX 7%
- Chireno, TX 7%
- Jacksonville, TX 6%
- Longview, TX 5%
- Conroe, TX 5%
- Bloomburg, TX 3%
- Pittsburg, TX 3%
- Alto, TX 3%
- Troup, TX 3%
- Daingerfield, TX 2%
- Wells, TX under 1%
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.