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Wooster soil series
Wooster soils cover 251,563 mapped acres, mostly in Ohio and Pennsylvania. 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 57%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 11 of the counties and cities on this site, including Ashland County, OH.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2011-07
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 Wooster series consists of deep, well drained soils formed in low-lime loamy glacial till with a thin loess mantle in some places. Permeability is moderate above the fragipan and moderately slow in the fragipan. Slopes range from 2 to 50 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 36 inches, and mean annual temperature is 51 degrees F.
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Wooster, revised 2011-07. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 251,563 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 57.1% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 99.4% |
| Most common drainage class | Well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | C |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs |
| Type location | Wayne County, Ohio |
Where Wooster is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Ohio | 232,334 |
| Pennsylvania | 19,229 |
Places where Wooster leads
Counties and cities where Wooster covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Nashville, OH | 88% |
| Mifflin, OH | 50% |
| Lexington, OH | 41% |
| Lucas, OH | 32% |
| Mount Eaton, OH | 31% |
| New Franklin, OH | 24% |
| Jeromesville, OH | 23% |
| Clinton, OH | 20% |
| Bellville, OH | 19% |
| Millersburg, OH | 19% |
| Ashland County, OH | 17% |
Other places where Wooster is a main soil
Counties and cities where Wooster is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Holmes County, OH 16%
- Richland County, OH 11%
- Stark County, OH 8%
- Wayne County, OH 7%
- Summit County, OH 5%
Texas and Ohio cities
- Hayesville, OH 31%
- Wadsworth, OH 22%
- Tallmadge, OH 18%
- Munroe Falls, OH 17%
- Fredericktown, OH 17%
- Apple Creek, OH 16%
- Canal Fulton, OH 16%
- Hartville, OH 15%
- Mansfield, OH 15%
- Loudonville, OH 12%
- Wooster, OH 12%
- Shreve, OH 11%
- Perrysville, OH 10%
- Green, OH 10%
- Fredericksburg, OH 9%
- Norton, OH 9%
- Wilmot, OH 8%
- Navarre, OH 8%
- Massillon, OH 8%
- Mount Vernon, OH 8%
- Louisville, OH 7%
- Ravenna, OH 7%
- Lowellville, OH 6%
- Mantua, OH 5%
- Barberton, OH 5%
- Ontario, OH 4%
- Dalton, OH 4%
- Doylestown, OH 4%
- Ashland, OH 4%
- Mogadore, OH 4%
- Hiram, OH 3%
- North Canton, OH 3%
- Akron, OH 3%
- Brewster, 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.