USDA SSURGO COUNTY SOIL REFERENCE

Cobb County, Georgia Soil Summary

This page summarizes USDA SSURGO mapped soil information for Cobb County, Georgia.

Mapped Land Coverage
100%220,375.95 mapped acres of 220,375.95 Census land acres

Coverage measures mapped SSURGO intersection with Census land geometry. It does not mean that every parcel or point has complete soil information.

Soil at a Glance

Largest mapped soil unit
Gwinnett clay loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes, severely eroded
Symbol: GeC36.09% of mapped area
Largest estimated component
Madison
56,281.14 acres (25.54% of mapped area)
Mapped units & components
15 soil units • 15 component series
Distinct SSURGO map units & series
Dominant drainage class
Well drained
Highest acreage drainage class
Dominant hydrologic group
Group B
Runoff potential classification
Weighted average slope
10.92%
Terrain slope analysis
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Mapped SSURGO Soil Units

Largest mapped soil units in Cobb County ranked by intersected vector acreage
SymbolMap Unit NameMapped Acres% of Mapped Area
GeC3Gwinnett clay loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes, severely eroded13,425.266.09%
MsD3Madison and Pacolet soils, 10 to 15 percent slopes, severely eroded13,360.356.06%
MDC3Madison clay loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes, severely eroded12,451.695.65%
MsE2Madison and Pacolet soils, 15 to 25 percent slopes, eroded11,867.555.39%
CahCartecay fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded9,830.544.46%
MgB2Madison sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded9,376.214.25%
AmCAppling sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes9,221.444.18%
GeD3Gwinnett clay loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes, severely eroded8,187.963.72%
TocToccoa sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded8,153.013.7%
CYB2Cecil sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded7,139.53.24%
AmBAppling sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes6,680.183.03%
GeB3Gwinnett clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, severely eroded6,465.492.93%
MJFMusella and Pacolet stony soils, 10 to 45 percent slopes6,430.542.92%
MgC2Madison sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes, eroded5,981.22.71%
CYC2Cecil sandy loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes, moderately eroded5,696.622.58%

Estimated Soil Components

Component acreage estimated from SSURGO component percentages
ComponentDrainage ClassHydrologic GroupEstimated Acres% of Mapped Area
MadisonWell drainedB56,281.1425.54%
GwinnettWell drainedB39,328.1717.85%
ApplingWell drainedB23,001.1810.44%
PacoletWell drainedB17,362.877.88%
CecilWell drainedB13,838.656.28%
CartecaySomewhat poorly drainedA/D9,339.024.24%
ToccoaModerately well drainedA8,881.944.03%
Urban landUnspecifiedUnspecified8,627.063.91%
MusellaWell drainedD7,631.783.46%
HiwasseeWell drainedB7,578.863.44%
LouisaSomewhat excessively drainedD7,344.23.33%
WaterUnspecifiedUnspecified3,295.151.5%
AltavistaModerately well drainedC2,433.171.1%
WatereeWell drainedB2,305.611.05%
RoanokePoorly drainedC/D1,729.960.79%
Component acreage is estimated from SSURGO map-unit component percentages. Component values are not independently mapped polygon boundaries.

Drainage Class Distribution

Well drained78.17%
172,272.98 acres
Unknown / Unmapped6.4%
14,102.26 acres
Moderately well drained5.67%
12,488.39 acres
Somewhat poorly drained5.21%
11,488.86 acres
Somewhat excessively drained3.33%
7,344.2 acres
Poorly drained0.79%
1,729.96 acres

Hydrologic Soil Group Distribution

Group B73.11%
161,106.4 acres
Group D8.37%
18,445.88 acres
Group Unknown / Unmapped6.4%
14,102.26 acres
Group A/D4.89%
10,786.89 acres
Group A4.18%
9,221.44 acres
Group C1.51%
3,331.85 acres
Group C/D0.79%
1,729.96 acres
Group B/D0.32%
701.97 acres

Hydrologic soil groups are USDA/NRCS classifications related to runoff potential under specified soil conditions. They are not a property-level flood-risk rating.

Slope Characteristics

Weighted Average Slope: 10.92%
Nearly Level (0-2%)11.13%
24,533.92 acres
Gently Sloping (2-8%)44.94%
99,042.66 acres
Moderately Sloping (8-15%)18.45%
40,655.22 acres
Steep (15-30%)21.01%
46,304.66 acres
Very Steep (>30%)1.7%
3,754.48 acres
Unspecified Slope2.33%
5,135.7 acres

Sources & Methodology

USDA NRCS SSURGO

Mapped soil units, components, drainage classes, hydrologic groups, and slope ratings derived from official Soil Data Access REST services.

U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line

County land geometry used for county-level coverage calculation.

Coverage Method

Mapped acreage is calculated from true spatial vector intersection of county land geometry and SSURGO mapped soil polygons using NAD83 / CONUS Albers Equal Area projection (EPSG:5070).