Georgia Soil Drainage Rankings

Georgia

How well does the soil drain across Georgia? We ranked every USDA survey area by the percentage of land classified as "well drained." Areas at the top of the list have soils where water moves through at a healthy rate — favorable for building, septic, and gardening. Areas at the bottom have more waterlogged or slowly-draining soils that may require engineered solutions.

The best-drained survey area is Coweta, Heard, and Troup Counties, Georgia at 96% well-drained soils. The most drainage-challenged is Clinch and Echols Counties, Georgia at 0%. With 97% poorly-drained soils, properties in Clinch and Echols Counties, Georgia should budget for drainage engineering, alternative septic designs, or raised-bed gardening.

#	Survey Area	Well Drained	Poorly Drained	Dominant Class
1	Coweta, Heard, and Troup Counties, Georgia	96%	0%	Well drained
2	Fannin and Union Counties, Georgia	95%	3%	Well drained
3	Clarke and Oconee Counties, Georgia	94%	5%	Well drained
4	Barrow, Hall, and Jackson Counties, Georgia	92%	4%	Well drained
5	Hart County, Georgia	91%	3%	Well drained
6	Paulding County, Georgia	91%	7%	Well drained
7	Oglethorpe County, Georgia	90%	4%	Well drained
8	Lincoln and Wilkes Counties, Georgia	90%	3%	Well drained
9	Jasper County, Georgia	89%	8%	Well drained
10	Forsyth County, Georgia	89%	3%	Well drained
11	Rabun and Towns Counties, Georgia	89%	1%	Well drained
12	DeKalb County, Georgia	88%	5%	Well drained
13	Habersham County, Georgia	87%	5%	Well drained
14	Newton and Rockdale Counties, Georgia	87%	7%	Well drained
15	Baldwin, Jones, and Putnam Counties, Georgia	87%	7%	Well drained
16	Walton County, Georgia	87%	8%	Well drained
17	Dawson, Lumpkin, and White Counties, Georgia	87%	4%	Well drained
18	Clayton, Fayette, and Henry Counties, Georgia	87%	9%	Well drained
19	Lamar, Pike, and Upson Counties, Georgia	86%	10%	Well drained
20	Morgan County, Georgia	86%	7%	Well drained
21	Gwinnett County, Georgia	86%	8%	Well drained
22	Dade and Walker Counties, Georgia	85%	0%	Well drained
23	Monroe County, Georgia	85%	6%	Well drained
24	Carroll and Haralson Counties, Georgia	85%	9%	Well drained
25	Butts County, Georgia	84%	7%	Well drained
26	Douglas County, Georgia	84%	7%	Well drained
27	Banks and Stephens Counties, Georgia	84%	2%	Well drained
28	Bartow County, Georgia	84%	2%	Well drained
29	Fulton County, Georgia	83%	13%	Well drained
30	Elbert, Franklin, and Madison Counties, Georgia	83%	10%	Well drained
31	Cobb County, Georgia	83%	6%	Well drained
32	Meriwether County, Georgia	83%	14%	Well drained
33	Stewart County, Georgia	83%	8%	Well drained
34	Cherokee, Gilmer, and Pickens Counties, Georgia	83%	5%	Well drained
35	Harris and Talbot Counties, Georgia	82%	7%	Well drained
36	Spalding County, Georgia	82%	11%	Well drained
37	Columbia, McDuffie, and Warren Counties, Georgia	81%	6%	Well drained
38	Catoosa County, Georgia	80%	11%	Well drained
39	Houston and Peach Counties, Georgia	77%	14%	Well drained
40	Randolph County, Georgia	77%	9%	Well drained
41	Decatur County, Georgia	77%	12%	Well drained
42	Bibb County, Georgia	75%	17%	Well drained
43	Clay and Quitman Counties, Georgia	75%	10%	Well drained
44	Chattooga, Floyd, and Polk Counties, Georgia	75%	10%	Well drained
45	Murray and Whitfield Counties, Georgia	74%	8%	Well drained
46	Grady County, Georgia	74%	22%	Well drained
47	Twiggs County, Georgia	72%	24%	Well drained
48	Schley and Sumter Counties, Georgia	72%	13%	Well drained
49	Crisp and Turner Counties, Georgia	70%	24%	Well drained
50	Glascock and Jefferson Counties, Georgia	70%	17%	Well drained
51	Dooly and Macon Counties, Georgia	69%	22%	Well drained
52	Johnson and Laurens Counties, Georgia	67%	23%	Well drained
53	Burke County, Georgia	67%	21%	Well drained
54	Bleckley, Dodge, and Telfair Counties, Georgia	67%	29%	Well drained
55	Lee and Terrell Counties, Georgia	67%	21%	Well drained
56	Treutlen County, Georgia	66%	31%	Well drained
57	Greene County, Georgia	66%	11%	Well drained
58	Pulaski and Wilcox Counties, Georgia	66%	27%	Well drained
59	Calhoun and Early Counties, Georgia	65%	23%	Well drained
60	Muscogee County, Georgia	64%	11%	Well drained
61	Baker and Mitchell Counties, Georgia	63%	16%	Well drained
62	Washington and Wilkinson Counties, Georgia	62%	22%	Well drained
63	Crawford and Taylor Counties, Georgia	62%	9%	Well drained
64	Emanuel County, Georgia	61%	31%	Well drained
65	Gordon County, Georgia	61%	9%	Well drained
66	Brooks and Thomas Counties, Georgia	61%	32%	Well drained
67	Webster County, Georgia	60%	14%	Well drained
68	Dougherty County, Georgia	59%	28%	Well drained
69	Worth County, Georgia	59%	33%	Well drained
70	Miller and Seminole Counties, Georgia	58%	22%	Well drained
71	Tift County, Georgia	56%	37%	Well drained
72	Chattahoochee and Marion Counties, Georgia	53%	7%	Well drained
73	Montgomery, Toombs, and Wheeler Counties, Georgia	50%	34%	Well drained
74	Ben Hill and Irwin Counties, Georgia	50%	41%	Well drained
75	Jenkins County, Georgia	47%	40%	Well drained
76	Colquitt and Cook Counties, Georgia	47%	46%	Well drained
77	Screven County, Georgia	45%	38%	Well drained
78	Candler, Evans, and Tattnall Counties, Georgia	45%	45%	Well drained
79	Hancock and Taliaferro Counties, Georgia	45%	13%	Well drained
80	Richmond County, Georgia	40%	17%	Well drained
81	Bulloch County, Georgia	39%	47%	Well drained
82	Lowndes County, Georgia	23%	56%	Poorly drained
83	Atkinson, Bacon, and Coffee Counties, Georgia	23%	66%	Poorly drained
84	Appling and Jeff Davis Counties, Georgia	19%	72%	Somewhat poorly drained
85	Berrien and Lanier Counties, Georgia	18%	67%	Poorly drained
86	Wayne County, Georgia	10%	80%	Poorly drained
87	Pierce County, Georgia	8%	82%	Somewhat poorly drained
88	Effingham County, Georgia	8%	73%	Poorly drained
89	Liberty and Long Counties, Georgia	2%	83%	Very poorly drained
90	Ware County, Georgia	1%	95%	Poorly drained
91	Bryan and Chatham Counties, Georgia	1%	82%	Very poorly drained
92	Brantley and Charlton Counties, Georgia	1%	96%	Poorly drained
93	McIntosh County, Georgia	0%	90%	Very poorly drained
94	Camden and Glynn Counties, Georgia	0%	97%	Very poorly drained
95	Clinch and Echols Counties, Georgia	0%	97%	Poorly drained