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Russell soil series
Russell soils cover 342,787 mapped acres, mostly in Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. 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 1%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 9 of the counties and cities on this site, including Fayette County, IN; Union County, IN.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2021-11
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 Russell series consists of very deep, well drained soils that are deep or very deep to dense till. The Russell soils formed in loess and in the underlying loamy till. They are on till plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 25 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 940 mm (37 inches), and mean annual air temperature is about 11 degrees C (52 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Russell, revised 2021-11. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 342,787 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 1.2% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 63.8% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | B |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs |
| Type location | Putnam County, Indiana |
Where Russell is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 212,963 |
| Ohio | 77,826 |
| Illinois | 51,083 |
| Iowa | 914 |
Places where Russell leads
Counties and cities where Russell covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Fayette County, IN | 39% |
| Union County, IN | 30% |
| Centerville, OH | 22% |
| Oxford, OH | 19% |
| Springboro, OH | 18% |
| Hamilton, OH | 11% |
| Glendale, OH | 9% |
| Woodlawn, OH | 6% |
| Springdale, OH | 4% |
Other places where Russell is a main soil
Counties and cities where Russell is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Parke County, IN 12%
- Butler County, OH 10%
- Warren County, OH 8%
- Putnam County, IN 7%
- Fountain County, IN 6%
- Edgar County, IL 4%
Texas and Ohio cities
- New Vienna, OH 19%
- Martinsville, OH 16%
- Franklin, OH 15%
- Waynesville, OH 14%
- Bellbrook, OH 12%
- Middletown, OH 11%
- Cedarville, OH 11%
- Lebanon, OH 10%
- Fairfield, OH 9%
- Harveysburg, OH 9%
- Mason, OH 8%
- Monroe, OH 7%
- Leesburg, OH 6%
- New Miami, OH 6%
- Seven Mile, OH 6%
- Kettering, OH 5%
- Millville, OH 4%
- Beavercreek, OH 3%
- Lincoln Heights, OH 3%
- Xenia, OH 3%
- Jamestown, OH 3%
- Sharonville, OH 2%
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.