Madison County Soils

Current, official soil survey information is on Web Soil Survey. Web Soil Survey allows you to create custom reports by selecting a specific area of interest, such as a county or your own property.

Madison County Soil Associations

Madison County has five main soil associations:

Soil Association% of CountyDescription
Macksburg-Winterset17.5%Nearly level and gently sloping, somewhat poorly drained and poorly drained soils that formed in loess on uplands
Shelby-Sharpsburg28%Moderately sloping to steep, moderately well drained soils that formed in glacial till and loess on uplands
Sharpsburg-Lamoni25.5%Nearly level to strongly sloping, moderately well drained and somewhat poorly drained soils that formed in loess and glacial till on uplands
Clinton-Lindley-Steep rock land-Clanton23%Strongly sloping to very steep, moderately well drained soils that formed in loess and glacial till; and very slowly permeable, droughty soils that formed in shale on uplands
Zook-Wabash-Nodaway6%Nearly level, moderately well drained to very poorly drained soils that formed in alluvium on bottom lands
Summary of the five soil associations in Madison County.  Source:  Soil Survey of Madison County, Issued June 1975

Historic Soil Surveys