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Woodtell soil series
Woodtell soils cover 602,029 mapped acres, almost all of them in Texas. USDA rates shrink-swell a limit for houses without basements on 96% of that land, and a shallow water table a limit for basements on 0%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 15 of the counties and cities on this site, including Titus County, TX; Rains County, TX; Franklin County, TX.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2022-12
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 Woodtell series consists of soils that are deep to stratified loamy and clayey residuum derived from sandstone and shale. They are well drained and very slowly permeable. These soils are gently sloping to moderately steep which occur on interfluves and side slopes of ridges on inland dissected coastal plains. The slope ranges from 1 to 20 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 1244 mm (49 in) and the mean annual air temperature is about 17.2 degrees C (63 degrees F).
Vertic features, from the same description: "30 to 114 cm (12 to 45 in) (Btss1 and Btss2 horizons)"
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Woodtell, revised 2022-12. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 602,029 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 96.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 0.0% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 96.0% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | D |
| Taxonomic class | Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Hapludalfs |
| Type location | Red River County, Texas |
Where Woodtell is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Texas | 599,565 |
| Oklahoma | 2,464 |
Places where Woodtell leads
Counties and cities where Woodtell covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Wells, TX | 66% |
| Miller's Cove, TX | 56% |
| Grand Saline, TX | 49% |
| Canton, TX | 44% |
| Fruitvale, TX | 42% |
| Como, TX | 42% |
| Eustace, TX | 34% |
| Detroit, TX | 33% |
| Mount Pleasant, TX | 26% |
| Titus County, TX | 24% |
| Rains County, TX | 20% |
| Franklin County, TX | 16% |
| Van Zandt County, TX | 16% |
| Crockett, TX | 16% |
| Red River County, TX | 12% |
Other places where Woodtell is a main soil
Counties and cities where Woodtell is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Hopkins County, TX 14%
- Morris County, TX 10%
- Wood County, TX 8%
- Bowie County, TX 6%
- Henderson County, TX 5%
- Houston County, TX 4%
Texas and Ohio cities
- Yantis, TX 31%
- Alba, TX 30%
- Edgewood, TX 25%
- Winfield, TX 24%
- Tira, TX 22%
- Emory, TX 19%
- Avery, TX 18%
- Mount Vernon, TX 18%
- Van, TX 17%
- Mineola, TX 16%
- Sulphur Springs, TX 14%
- Bogata, TX 14%
- Annona, TX 12%
- Malakoff, TX 9%
- Omaha, TX 7%
- Naples, TX 6%
- Quitman, TX 4%
- De Kalb, TX 4%
- East Tawakoni, TX 3%
- Talco, 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.