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Xenia soil series
Xenia soils cover 377,137 mapped acres, mostly in Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. 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 98%.
It is the leading soil series by area in 8 of the counties and cities on this site, including Putnam County, IN; Clinton County, OH.
SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2021-11
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 Xenia series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils that are deep or very deep to dense till. Xenia soils formed in loess or other silty material and in the underlying loamy till on till plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 12 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 1067 mm (42 inches), and mean annual temperature is about 11.1 degrees C (52 degrees F).
Source: USDA NRCS series description (OSD) for Xenia, revised 2021-11. Read it.
Engineering properties
| Mapped area (SSURGO) | 377,137 acres |
| Shrink-swell limits houses without basements | 0.0% |
| Shallow water table limits basements | 98.4% |
| Very limited for septic absorption fields | 98.4% |
| Most common drainage class | Moderately well drained |
| Most common hydrologic soil group | C |
| Taxonomic class | Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs |
| Type location | Putnam County, Indiana |
Where Xenia is mapped
| State | Mapped acres |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 167,315 |
| Ohio | 105,536 |
| Illinois | 104,285 |
Places where Xenia leads
Counties and cities where Xenia covers more mapped land than any other series.
| Place | Share of mapped land |
|---|---|
| Jacksonburg, OH | 71% |
| Martinsville, OH | 57% |
| New Vienna, OH | 33% |
| Harveysburg, OH | 28% |
| Cedarville, OH | 23% |
| Mason, OH | 13% |
| Putnam County, IN | 13% |
| Clinton County, OH | 13% |
Other places where Xenia is a main soil
Counties and cities where Xenia is among the six soil series covering the most mapped land, but not the first. Share of the place's mapped land.
Counties
- Union County, IN 10%
- Butler County, OH 9%
- Coles County, IL 9%
- Decatur County, IN 8%
- Edgar County, IL 7%
- Vermillion County, IN 7%
- Rush County, IN 7%
- Moultrie County, IL 7%
- Greene County, OH 6%
- Warren County, OH 5%
Texas and Ohio cities
- Wilmington, OH 21%
- Centerville, OH 21%
- College Corner, OH 15%
- Bellbrook, OH 11%
- Millville, OH 10%
- Jamestown, OH 10%
- Waynesville, OH 10%
- Springboro, OH 8%
- Lebanon, OH 8%
- Oxford, OH 7%
- Monroe, OH 6%
- Hamilton, OH 6%
- Fairfield, OH 5%
- Kettering, OH 4%
- Harrison, OH 2%
- Woodlawn, OH 2%
- Glendale, OH 1%
- Lincoln Heights, OH 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.