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Moody soil series
Moody soils cover 1,164,286 mapped acres, mostly in Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 2% of that land, and a shallow water table a limit for basements on 0%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 10 of the counties and cities on this site, including Dodge County, NE; Wayne County, NE; Cuming County, NE.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2003-10
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 Moody series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in loess. Moody soils are on uplands. Slopes range from 0 to 17 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 24 inches and the mean annual air temperature is about 46 degrees F.
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Moody, revised 2003-10. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 1,164,286 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 2.3% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 98.0% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | C |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Haplustolls |
| Type location | Moody County, South Dakota |
Where Moody is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Nebraska | 855,194 |
| South Dakota | 143,184 |
| Iowa | 121,963 |
| Minnesota | 43,945 |
Places where Moody leads
Counties and cities where Moody covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Dodge County, NE | 31% |
| Wayne County, NE | 30% |
| Cuming County, NE | 29% |
| Lyon County, IA | 27% |
| Colfax County, NE | 23% |
| Burt County, NE | 18% |
| Thurston County, NE | 17% |
| Platte County, NE | 17% |
| Moody County, SD | 14% |
| Rock County, MN | 12% |
Other places where Moody is a main soil
Counties and cities where Moody 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.