HomeSoil seriesZanesville

Zanesville soil series

Zanesville soils cover 927,378 mapped acres, mostly in Kentucky, Indiana 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 97%.

It is the leading soil series by area in 8 of the counties and cities on this site, including Crittenden County, KY; Grayson County, KY; Hopkins County, KY.

SSURGO survey versions to August 5, 2026 · series description revised 2014-09

0%

of its land: shrink-swell limits houses without basements

97%

of its land: a shallow water table limits basements

2.5%

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

29%

median highest clay content in the top 150 cm

Engineering properties

Mapped area (SSURGO)927,378 acres
Shrink-swell limits houses without basements0.0%
Shallow water table limits basements97.4%
Very limited for septic absorption fields97.4%
Most common drainage classModerately well drained
Most common hydrologic soil groupC
Taxonomic classFine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
Type locationCaldwell County, Kentucky

Where Zanesville is mapped

StateMapped acres
Kentucky557,472
Indiana189,443
Illinois112,965
Ohio67,498

Places where Zanesville leads

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

PlaceShare of mapped land
Adamsville, OH62%
Miltonsburg, OH38%
Senecaville, OH30%
Beallsville, OH26%
Crittenden County, KY20%
Grayson County, KY18%
Hopkins County, KY15%
Muhlenberg County, KY14%

Other places where Zanesville is a main soil

Counties and cities where Zanesville 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

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.