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Orangeburg soil series

Orangeburg soils cover 1,927,961 mapped acres, mostly in Georgia, Alabama and Florida. 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 12 of the counties and cities on this site, including Twiggs County, GA; Coffee County, AL; Wilkinson County, GA.

SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2014-12

0%

of its land: shrink-swell limits houses without basements

0%

of its land: a shallow water table limits basements

1.5%

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

33%

median highest clay content in the top 150 cm

USDA's description

The Orangeburg series consists of very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils on uplands of the Southern Coastal Plain (MLRA 133A). They formed in loamy and clayey marine sediments. Near the type location, the average annual temperature is about 65 degrees F., and the average annual precipitation is about 52 inches. Slopes range from 0 to 25 percent.

Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Orangeburg, revised 2014-12. Read it.

Engineering properties

Mapped area (SSURGO)1,927,961 acres
Shrink-swell limits houses without basements0.0%
Shallow water table limits basements0.0%
Very limited for septic absorption fields13.0%
Most common drainage classWell drained
Most common hydrologic soil groupB
Taxonomic classFine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudults
Type locationDougherty County, Georgia. Approximately 0.6 mile west on Antioch Road from the intersection with Gravel Hill Road and about 660 yards north in cultivated field. USGS Quadrangle, Putney, GA. (1974)

Where Orangeburg is mapped

StateMapped acres
Georgia847,012
Alabama644,465
Florida273,696
South Carolina128,190
North Carolina17,423
Virginia13,551
Mississippi2,681
Arkansas945

Places where Orangeburg leads

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

PlaceShare of mapped land
Twiggs County, GA30%
Coffee County, AL26%
Wilkinson County, GA24%
Conecuh County, AL22%
Covington County, AL20%
Jefferson County, GA17%
Leon County, FL15%
Baker County, GA15%
Washington County, GA14%
Crenshaw County, AL11%
Gadsden County, FL11%
Jefferson County, FL10%

Other places where Orangeburg is a main soil

Counties and cities where Orangeburg 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.