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Weikert soil series

Weikert soils cover 1,941,328 mapped acres, mostly in Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. 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 under 1%.

It is the leading soil series by area in 11 of the counties and cities on this site, including Frederick County, VA; Allegany County, MD; Morgan County, WV.

SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2009-04

0%

of its land: shrink-swell limits houses without basements

under 1%

of its land: a shallow water table limits basements

1.5%

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

21%

median highest clay content in the top 150 cm

Engineering properties

Mapped area (SSURGO)1,941,328 acres
Shrink-swell limits houses without basements0.0%
Shallow water table limits basements0.1%
Very limited for septic absorption fields99.2%
Most common drainage classWell drained
Most common hydrologic soil groupD
Taxonomic classLoamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Lithic Dystrudepts
Type locationFranklin County, Pennsylvania

Where Weikert is mapped

StateMapped acres
Pennsylvania874,650
Virginia457,717
West Virginia372,866
Kentucky104,197
Maryland72,655
Ohio45,196
Tennessee8,538
Indiana4,045
Illinois1,253
New Jersey210

Places where Weikert leads

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

PlaceShare of mapped land
Frederick County, VA23%
Allegany County, MD21%
Morgan County, WV21%
Mineral County, WV20%
Snyder County, PA20%
Alleghany County, VA19%
Bath County, VA16%
Columbia County, PA16%
Bristol city, VA15%
Montour County, PA15%
Northumberland County, PA12%

Other places where Weikert is a main soil

Counties and cities where Weikert 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.