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Loring soil series

Loring soils cover 2,223,340 mapped acres, mostly in Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas. 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 99%.

It is the leading soil series by area in 13 of the counties and cities on this site, including Hickman County, KY; Carlisle County, KY; Weakley County, TN.

SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2013-02

0%

of its land: shrink-swell limits houses without basements

99%

of its land: a shallow water table limits basements

1.7%

median highest linear extensibility (6% and up is high)

25%

median highest clay content in the top 150 cm

USDA's description

The Loring series consists of moderately well drained soils with a fragipan. These soils formed in loess on level to strongly sloping uplands and stream terraces. Slopes range from 0 to 20 percent.

Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Loring, revised 2013-02. Read it.

Engineering properties

Mapped area (SSURGO)2,223,340 acres
Shrink-swell limits houses without basements0.0%
Shallow water table limits basements99.0%
Very limited for septic absorption fields97.5%
Most common drainage classModerately well drained
Most common hydrologic soil groupC/D
Taxonomic classFine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
Type locationShelby County, Tennessee

Where Loring is mapped

StateMapped acres
Mississippi830,702
Tennessee569,342
Arkansas325,441
Kentucky248,934
Louisiana133,241
Missouri115,680

Places where Loring leads

Counties and cities where Loring covers more mapped land than any other series.

PlaceShare of mapped land
Hickman County, KY43%
Carlisle County, KY42%
Weakley County, TN37%
Haywood County, TN24%
Madison County, MS21%
Marshall County, MS18%
DeSoto County, MS18%
Greene County, AR17%
Yazoo County, MS17%
Stoddard County, MO13%
Fulton County, KY13%
Dyer County, TN12%
Craighead County, AR9%

Other places where Loring is a main soil

Counties and cities where Loring 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.