This page summarizes USDA SSURGO mapped soil information for Jefferson County, Kentucky.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UahC | Urban land-Udorthents complex, 0 to 12 percent slopes | 23,401.62 | 9.2% |
| Ua | Urban land | 22,419 | 8.81% |
| UmC | Urban land-Alfic Udarents-Crider complex, 0 to 12 percent slopes | 18,786.4 | 7.38% |
| UbC | Urban land-Alfic Udarents complex, loamy substratum, 0 to 12 percent slopes | 11,027.55 | 4.33% |
| UjC | Urban land-Alfic Udarents complex, clayey substratum-over hard bedrock, 0 to 12 percent slopes | 10,932.47 | 4.3% |
| W | Water | 9,689.51 | 3.81% |
| ShD3 | Shrouts silt loam, 12 to 25 percent slopes, severely eroded, very rocky | 9,331.55 | 3.67% |
| UakF | Urban land-Udorthents complex, smoothed, 0 to 50 percent slopes | 7,659.98 | 3.01% |
| CrB | Crider silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes | 7,050.82 | 2.77% |
| CeF | Carpenter silt loam, 20 to 50 percent slopes | 6,716.79 | 2.64% |
| BeC | Beasley silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes | 6,447.37 | 2.53% |
| FsF | Faywood-Shrouts-Beasley complex, 25 to 50 percent slopes | 5,278.25 | 2.07% |
| UagB | Urban land-Udarents complex, wet substratum, 0 to 6 percent slopes, rarely flooded | 5,148.23 | 2.02% |
| UeC | Urban land-Alfic Udarents complex, fragipan substratum-over loamy sediment, 0 to 12 percent slopes | 4,850.9 | 1.91% |
| UhC | Urban land-Alfic Udarents complex, fragipan substratum-over hard bedrock, 0 to 12 percent slopes | 4,662.01 | 1.83% |
| Component | Drainage Class | Hydrologic Group | Estimated Acres | % of Mapped Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban land | Unspecified | Unspecified | 87,863.42 | 34.53% |
| Alfic Udarents | Well drained, Moderately well drained, Somewhat poorly drained | D | 25,556.44 | 10.04% |
| Udorthents | Unspecified | Unspecified | 17,548.01 | 6.9% |
| Crider | Well drained | C, B | 15,716.27 | 6.18% |
| Beasley | Well drained | C | 12,199.88 | 4.79% |
| Shrouts | Well drained | D | 12,168.95 | 4.78% |
| Water | Unspecified | Unspecified | 9,739.63 | 3.83% |
| Faywood | Well drained | D, C | 7,394.87 | 2.91% |
| Caneyville | Well drained | D, C | 6,231.54 | 2.45% |
| Carpenter | Well drained | C, B | 5,024.95 | 1.97% |
| Nicholson | Moderately well drained | C | 4,928.59 | 1.94% |
| Nolin | Well drained | B | 4,277.41 | 1.68% |
| Tilsit | Moderately well drained | C | 4,069.37 | 1.6% |
| Wheeling | Well drained | A | 3,833.22 | 1.51% |
| Bedford | Moderately well drained | C, C/D | 3,423.43 | 1.35% |
Hydrologic soil groups are USDA/NRCS classifications related to runoff potential under specified soil conditions. They are not a property-level flood-risk rating.