HomeSoil seriesSagerton
Sagerton soil series
Sagerton soils cover 807,016 mapped acres, almost all of them in Texas. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 88% of that land, and a shallow water table a limit for basements on 0%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 9 of the counties and cities on this site, including Taylor County, TX.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2013-11
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 Sagerton series consists of very deep, well drained, moderately slowly permeable soils that formed in calcareous loamy alluvium. These nearly level to gently sloping soils occur on treads of terraces on dissected alluvial plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 5 percent. The mean annual precipitation is about 610mm (24 inches) and mean annual air temperature is about 17 degrees C (63 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Sagerton, revised 2013-11. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 807,016 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 87.7% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 92.2% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | C |
| Taxonomic class | Fine, mixed, superactive, thermic Typic Argiustolls |
| Type location | Cottle County, Texas |
Where Sagerton is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Texas | 806,144 |
| Oklahoma | 872 |
Places where Sagerton leads
Counties and cities where Sagerton covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Tuscola, TX | 67% |
| Merkel, TX | 44% |
| Turkey, TX | 43% |
| Olney, TX | 35% |
| Snyder, TX | 30% |
| Chillicothe, TX | 26% |
| Newcastle, TX | 21% |
| Abilene, TX | 18% |
| Taylor County, TX | 16% |
Other places where Sagerton is a main soil
Counties and cities where Sagerton is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Scurry County, TX 16%
- Jones County, TX 14%
- Coke County, TX 9%
- Kent County, TX 8%
- Runnels County, TX 6%
- Hardeman County, TX 5%
- Throckmorton County, TX 4%
- Baylor County, TX 4%
- Motley County, TX 4%
- Nolan County, TX 4%
Texas and Ohio cities
- Lueders, TX 35%
- Robert Lee, TX 25%
- Tye, TX 24%
- Bronte, TX 23%
- Richland Springs, TX 22%
- Lawn, TX 20%
- Hawley, TX 18%
- San Saba, TX 16%
- Early, TX 15%
- Cross Plains, TX 12%
- Bangs, TX 11%
- Brownwood, TX 10%
- Baird, TX 10%
- Hamlin, TX 9%
- Winters, TX 9%
- Anson, TX 8%
- Buffalo Gap, TX 6%
- Munday, TX 6%
- Clyde, TX 4%
- Trent, TX 4%
- Memphis, TX 3%
- Quitaque, TX 3%
- Paducah, TX 3%
- Crowell, TX 3%
- Haskell, TX 2%
- Blackwell, TX 2%
- Roscoe, TX 2%
- Rotan, TX 1%
- Rochester, TX 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.