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Normangee soil series
Normangee soils cover 343,589 mapped acres, mostly in Texas and Oklahoma. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 72% 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 Grayson County, TX.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2018-02
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 Normangee series consists of soils that are deep to weakly consolidated shale. They are moderately well drained, very slowly permeable soils that derived from shales and clays. These soils are on nearly level to moderately sloping uplands. Slopes range from 0 to 8 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 964 mm (38 in) and the mean annual air temperature is about 19.1 degrees C (66.5 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Normangee, revised 2018-02. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 343,589 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 71.9% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 71.9% |
| Most common drainage class | Moderately well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine, smectitic, thermic Udertic Haplustalfs |
| Type location | Anderson County, Texas |
Where Normangee is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Texas | 316,844 |
| Oklahoma | 26,745 |
Places where Normangee leads
Counties and cities where Normangee covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Thornton, TX | 36% |
| Bells, TX | 34% |
| Lindsay, TX | 34% |
| Mexia, TX | 25% |
| Paris, TX | 22% |
| Sherman, TX | 12% |
| Grayson County, TX | 9% |
Other places where Normangee is a main soil
Counties and cities where Normangee 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
- Talco, TX 31%
- Bonham, TX 22%
- Tioga, TX 22%
- Valley View, TX 20%
- Gainesville, TX 19%
- Gunter, TX 17%
- Savoy, TX 16%
- Hubbard, TX 13%
- Southmayd, TX 13%
- Maypearl, TX 12%
- Pottsboro, TX 11%
- Groesbeck, TX 11%
- Waelder, TX 11%
- Mount Calm, TX 11%
- Nixon, TX 10%
- Whitney, TX 9%
- Bremond, TX 8%
- Wills Point, TX 8%
- Sadler, TX 8%
- Wortham, TX 8%
- Mabank, TX 7%
- Point, TX 7%
- East Tawakoni, TX 7%
- Cumby, TX 7%
- Blooming Grove, TX 6%
- Gun Barrel City, TX 6%
- Dawson, TX 6%
- Lone Oak, TX 5%
- Whitesboro, TX 4%
- Navarro, TX 4%
- Ladonia, TX 4%
- Kosse, TX 4%
- Mildred, TX 4%
- Whitewright, TX 4%
- Como, TX 3%
- Pecan Gap, TX 3%
- Campbell, TX 3%
- Angus, TX 3%
- Luling, TX 3%
- Ellinger, TX 3%
- Streetman, TX 2%
- Oak Valley, TX 2%
- Eureka, TX 2%
- Wolfe City, TX 2%
- Deport, TX 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.