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Foundation Soils vs MySoilType
Foundation Soils · checked October 6, 2026
MySoilType is a ZIP code soil lookup aimed at gardeners. Foundation Soils is a reference site built from public data: soil, water table, drought and flood losses for the ground under US houses. They overlap, but they answer different questions. Use MySoilType when you are gardening and want pH, drainage and hardiness zone by ZIP. Use Foundation Soils when you want expansive clay, water table, drought and flood losses for a county, city or ZIP on one page.
Foundation Soils is a reference site that earns referral fees, so read its side of this page with that in mind. Every fact about MySoilType below was read from its own pages on October 6, 2026 and links to the page it came from.
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"Not on the pages read" means the page we read did not show it, not that the site lacks it. Checked October 6, 2026. Prices and counts change; check the linked page.
When MySoilType is the better pick
- You are gardening. It reports pH, organic matter and hardiness zone, which Foundation Soils does not show.
- You want guides for each soil texture such as clay, sandy loam or peat.
When Foundation Soils is the better pick
- You are checking a house, not a garden: it shows shrink-swell clay, a shallow water table, drought and flood losses.
- You want a county or city page and a named soil series with its share of the land.
A county or ZIP page here is a starting point. The soil under one lot can differ from its county, and what to do about a house is a question for a licensed engineer.