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Upshur soil series

Upshur soils cover 1,392,611 mapped acres, mostly in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 99% 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 Meigs County, OH; Washington County, OH; Wood County, WV.

SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2014-11

99%

of its land: shrink-swell limits houses without basements

0%

of its land: a shallow water table limits basements

7.5%

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

52%

median highest clay content in the top 150 cm

Engineering properties

Mapped area (SSURGO)1,392,611 acres
Shrink-swell limits houses without basements99.0%
Shallow water table limits basements0.0%
Very limited for septic absorption fields99.0%
Most common drainage classWell drained
Most common hydrologic soil groupD
Taxonomic classFine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
Type locationWood County, West Virginia

Where Upshur is mapped

StateMapped acres
West Virginia800,750
Ohio495,347
Pennsylvania56,384
Kentucky40,130

Places where Upshur leads

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

PlaceShare of mapped land
Pomeroy, OH38%
Meigs County, OH34%
Washington County, OH32%
Wood County, WV29%
Marietta, OH28%
Old Washington, OH27%
Rutland, OH26%
Lawrence County, OH21%
Chesapeake, OH17%

Other places where Upshur is a main soil

Counties and cities where Upshur 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

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.