This page summarizes USDA SSURGO mapped soil information for Orleans Parish, Louisiana.
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 | 28,911.48 | 12.91% |
| 59B | Cabot silt loam, 0 to 8 percent slopes, very stony | 12,794.61 | 5.71% |
| HbB | Hilton loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes | 6,520.67 | 2.91% |
| 12D | Tunbridge-Lyman complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very rocky | 5,145.68 | 2.3% |
| AnA | Appleton silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes | 5,014.89 | 2.24% |
| 47B | Cabot silt loam, 3 to 8 percent slopes | 4,454.59 | 1.99% |
| CE | Clovelly muck, 0 to 0.2 percent slopes, very frequently flooded | 4,410.75 | 1.97% |
| Sk | Schriever clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, rarely flooded | 4,283.32 | 1.91% |
| 59C | Cabot silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony | 4,143.66 | 1.85% |
| 94D | Vershire-Glover complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very rocky | 4,076.11 | 1.82% |
| W | Water | 4,068.44 | 1.82% |
| 101D | Tunbridge-Peru complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes, very stony | 3,581.69 | 1.6% |
| 101C | Tunbridge-Peru complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony | 3,511.02 | 1.57% |
| 259C | Colonel-Cabot complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony | 3,067.38 | 1.37% |
| 16C | Peru fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very stony | 2,935.15 | 1.31% |
| Component | Drainage Class | Hydrologic Group | Estimated Acres | % of Mapped Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water | Unspecified | Unspecified | 33,395.1 | 14.91% |
| Cabot | Poorly drained | D | 22,935.19 | 10.24% |
| Peru | Moderately well drained | C/D | 12,584.28 | 5.62% |
| Hilton | Moderately well drained | B/D, C | 9,101.41 | 4.06% |
| Tunbridge | Well drained | C | 9,036.5 | 4.04% |
| Buckland | Moderately well drained | C/D, D | 8,620.21 | 3.85% |
| Vershire | Well drained | C | 7,199.66 | 3.22% |
| Colonel | Somewhat poorly drained | C/D, D | 6,247.97 | 2.79% |
| Appleton | Somewhat poorly drained | B/D, C/D | 5,652.15 | 2.52% |
| Clovelly | Very poorly drained | C/D | 4,333.78 | 1.94% |
| Schriever | Poorly drained | D | 4,292.53 | 1.92% |
| Lyman | Somewhat excessively drained | D | 4,234.1 | 1.89% |
| Aquents | Very poorly drained | D | 3,356.94 | 1.5% |
| Glover | Somewhat excessively drained | D | 3,208.84 | 1.43% |
| Ovid | Somewhat poorly drained | C/D | 3,079.7 | 1.38% |
Hydrologic soil groups are USDA/NRCS classifications related to runoff potential under specified soil conditions. They are not a property-level flood-risk rating.