This page summarizes USDA SSURGO mapped soil information for New Castle County, Delaware.
Coverage measures mapped SSURGO intersection with Census land geometry. It does not mean that every parcel or point has complete soil information.
County summaries provide regional context across mapped soil units. Address lookup combines available public datasets for the Census-matched location.
| Symbol | Map Unit Name | Mapped Acres | % of Mapped Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| W | Water | 45,015.9 | 14.24% |
| ReB | Reybold silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes | 25,369.18 | 8.02% |
| Up | Urban land | 11,868.96 | 3.75% |
| ImB | Ingleside-Hammonton-Fallsington complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes | 9,591.67 | 3.03% |
| TdB | Talleyville-Montalto-Urban land complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes | 8,931.17 | 2.82% |
| Brm | Broadkill mucky silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, very frequently flooded, tidal | 8,423.93 | 2.66% |
| MuB | Mattapex-Urban land complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes | 7,928.67 | 2.51% |
| GhB | Glenelg-Wheaton-Urban land complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes | 7,689.3 | 2.43% |
| GeB | Glenelg loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes | 7,363.49 | 2.33% |
| ErB | Elsinboro-Delanco-Urban land complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes | 7,033.98 | 2.22% |
| HoA | Hammonton-Fallsington-Mullica complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes | 5,554.36 | 1.76% |
| ReC | Reybold silt loam, 5 to 10 percent slopes | 5,411.74 | 1.71% |
| RdA | Reybold-Queponco complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes | 5,232.12 | 1.65% |
| GeC | Glenelg loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes | 4,515.49 | 1.43% |
| NxB | Neshaminy-Urban land complex, 0 to 8 percent slopes | 4,306.05 | 1.36% |
| Component | Drainage Class | Hydrologic Group | Estimated Acres | % of Mapped Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | Unspecified | Unspecified | 45,346.92 | 14.34% |
| Reybold | Well drained | B | 29,454.98 | 9.32% |
| Urban land | Unspecified | Unspecified | 27,910.97 | 8.83% |
| Glenelg | Well drained | C, B | 16,303.02 | 5.16% |
| Udorthents | Well drained, Moderately well drained | D, C, B, A | 14,551.28 | 4.6% |
| Fallsington | Poorly drained | C/D, B/D | 13,328.99 | 4.22% |
| Sassafras | Well drained | B | 11,051.9 | 3.5% |
| Mattapex | Moderately well drained | C | 9,673.55 | 3.06% |
| Hammonton | Moderately well drained | B | 7,702.3 | 2.44% |
| Broadkill | Very poorly drained | B/D | 7,376.04 | 2.33% |
| Woodstown | Moderately well drained | C, B | 7,057.52 | 2.23% |
| Ingleside | Well drained | B, A | 6,408.11 | 2.03% |
| Leipsic | Moderately well drained | C | 5,943.98 | 1.88% |
| Othello | Poorly drained | C/D | 5,491.42 | 1.74% |
| Neshaminy | Well drained | D, C, B | 5,294.52 | 1.67% |
Hydrologic soil groups are USDA/NRCS classifications related to runoff potential under specified soil conditions. They are not a property-level flood-risk rating.