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Paulding soil series
Paulding soils cover 190,792 mapped acres, mostly in Ohio and Michigan. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 98% of that land, and a shallow water table a limit for basements on 98%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 7 of the counties and cities on this site, including Paulding County, OH.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2014-05
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 Paulding series consists of very deep, very poorly drained soils that are moderately deep or deep to dense clayey lacustrine material. These soils formed in clayey glaciolacustrine deposits. They are on lake plains and till-floored lake plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 2 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 864 mm (34 inches), and mean annual air temperature is about 9 degrees C (48 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Paulding, revised 2014-05. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 190,792 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 97.5% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 97.5% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 97.5% |
| Most common drainage class | Very poorly drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | D |
| Taxonomic class | Very-fine, illitic, nonacid, mesic Typic Epiaquepts |
| Type location | Paulding County, Ohio |
Where Paulding is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 179,819 |
| Michigan | 10,973 |
Places where Paulding leads
Counties and cities where Paulding covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Miller City, OH | 88% |
| Continental, OH | 87% |
| Grover Hill, OH | 65% |
| Cecil, OH | 64% |
| Cloverdale, OH | 60% |
| Paulding County, OH | 24% |
| Dupont, OH | 18% |
Other places where Paulding is a main soil
Counties and cities where Paulding 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
- Melrose, OH 40%
- Oakwood (Paulding County), OH 24%
- Paulding, OH 23%
- Kalida, OH 14%
- Defiance, OH 13%
- Sherwood, OH 7%
- Ottawa, OH 7%
- Rushsylvania, OH 4%
- Russells Point, OH 4%
- Marysville, OH 2%
- Scott, OH 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.