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Wheeling soil series
Wheeling soils cover 171,053 mapped acres, mostly in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. 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 8 of the counties and cities on this site.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2018-02
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
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 171,053 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.5% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 79.5% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | B |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs |
| Type location | Wood County, West Virginia |
Where Wheeling is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Kentucky | 58,866 |
| Ohio | 43,945 |
| Indiana | 27,723 |
| Pennsylvania | 16,406 |
| Virginia | 12,093 |
| Illinois | 5,885 |
| West Virginia | 5,828 |
| Maryland | 307 |
Places where Wheeling leads
Counties and cities where Wheeling covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Port Washington, OH | 63% |
| New Boston, OH | 35% |
| Proctorville, OH | 29% |
| Tuscarawas, OH | 29% |
| Dover, OH | 28% |
| Newcomerstown, OH | 25% |
| Logan, OH | 18% |
| New Philadelphia, OH | 18% |
Other places where Wheeling is a main soil
Counties and cities where Wheeling 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
- Strasburg, OH 21%
- Conesville, OH 19%
- Jeromesville, OH 16%
- Butler, OH 15%
- Portsmouth, OH 14%
- Bergholz, OH 11%
- Bolivar, OH 11%
- Gnadenhutten, OH 8%
- Zoar, OH 8%
- Loudonville, OH 7%
- Perrysville, OH 7%
- Mogadore, OH 7%
- Canal Fulton, OH 7%
- North Canton, OH 6%
- Gallipolis, OH 6%
- Waynesburg, OH 6%
- South Point, OH 6%
- Laurelville, OH 6%
- Beach City, OH 4%
- Athalia, OH 4%
- Massillon, OH 4%
- West Lafayette, OH 4%
- Meyers Lake, OH 4%
- Dillonvale, OH 3%
- Chauncey, OH 3%
- Parral, OH 3%
- Canton, OH 3%
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.