Soil Texture by Address
See USDA horizon textures and reported sand, silt, and clay percentages for the soil components in a mapped unit.
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Texture changes with depth and component
A single map unit may include multiple components, and each component can have several horizons. The profile keeps those layers separate rather than declaring one texture for an entire property.
Sand, silt, and clay form a class
When all three percentages are reported, their proportions support a USDA texture class. Structure, compaction, organic matter, and coarse fragments remain separate properties.
A profile, not one property texture
Each component can contain several horizons with different particle distributions. The result therefore displays texture by depth rather than choosing one label for the address.
Why a property can show multiple results
The address resolves to a point inside a USDA map-unit polygon. That unit may contain several soil components in reported proportions, and the selected square foot is not directly sampled. The lookup therefore displays component percentages, attributes, and uncertainty together.
Source and limitations
Results come from USDA NRCS Soil Data Access and SSURGO after location matching through the U.S. Census Geocoder. Use them for research and screening, not as a replacement for field sampling, engineering, permitting, wetland delineation, or a septic perc test. Read the full methodology and data-source notes.