Wyoming Soil Drainage Rankings

Wyoming

How well does the soil drain across Wyoming? 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 Campbell County, Wyoming, Northern Part at 99% well-drained soils. The most drainage-challenged is Goshen County, Wyoming, Northern Part at 66%.

#	Survey Area	Well Drained	Poorly Drained	Dominant Class
1	Campbell County, Wyoming, Northern Part	99%	0%	Well drained
2	Johnson County Area, Wyoming, Northern Part	99%	0%	Well drained
3	Weston County, Wyoming	99%	0%	Well drained
4	Campbell County, Wyoming, Southern Part	98%	0%	Well drained
5	Wind River Basin Area, Wyoming, Parts of Fremont and Hot Springs Counties	98%	1%	Well drained
6	Bridger National Forest, Wyoming, Western Part	97%	2%	Well drained
7	Big Horn National Forest, Wyoming, Parts of Big Horn, Johnson, Sheridan, and Washakie Counties	97%	1%	Well drained
8	Johnson County, Wyoming, Southern Part	97%	0%	Well drained
9	Hot Springs County Area, Wyoming	97%	1%	Well drained
10	Sheridan County Area, Wyoming	97%	1%	Well drained
11	Henrys Fork Area, Utah-Wyoming, Parts of: Daggett and Summit Counties, Utah and Sweetwater and Uinta Counties, Wyoming	95%	2%	Well drained
12	Fremont County, Wyoming, Lander Area	95%	3%	Well drained
13	Niobrara County, Wyoming	95%	0%	Well drained
14	Crook County, Wyoming	95%	0%	Well drained
15	Converse County, Wyoming, Northern Part	95%	0%	Well drained
16	Sweetwater County Area, Wyoming	94%	0%	Well drained
17	Uinta County Area, Wyoming	94%	4%	Well drained
18	Laramie County, Wyoming, Western Part	94%	2%	Well drained
19	Washakie County Area, Wyoming	94%	1%	Well drained
20	Big Horn County Area, Wyoming	94%	3%	Well drained
21	Teton National Forest, Wyoming, Parts of Teton, Fremont, Park, Sublette, and Lincoln Counties	94%	2%	Well drained
22	Lincoln County Area, Wyoming, Southern Part	94%	3%	Well drained
23	Fremont County, Wyoming, East Part and Dubois Area	94%	2%	Well drained
24	Carbon County Area, Wyoming	93%	4%	Well drained
25	Converse County, Wyoming, Southern Part	92%	0%	Well drained
26	Natrona County Area, Wyoming	92%	0%	Well drained
27	Albany County Area, Wyoming	91%	5%	Well drained
28	Platte County, Wyoming	90%	0%	Well drained
29	Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming, Northern Part	90%	7%	Well drained
30	Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming	89%	5%	Well drained
31	Laramie County, Wyoming, Eastern Part	89%	1%	Well drained
32	Park County Area, Wyoming, Eastern Part	89%	2%	Well drained
33	Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming, Central and Western Parts	89%	9%	Well drained
34	Bridger National Forest, Wyoming, Eastern Part	86%	13%	Well drained
35	Rockefeller Parkway, Wyoming	83%	9%	Well drained
36	Sublette County Area, Wyoming	83%	11%	Well drained
37	Riverton Area, Wyoming	82%	10%	Well drained
38	Teton County, Wyoming, Grand Teton National Park Area	75%	19%	Well drained
39	Star Valley Area, Wyoming-Idaho	73%	7%	Well drained
40	Goshen County, Wyoming, Southern Part	73%	4%	Well drained
41	Eden Valley Area, Wyoming, Parts of Sweetwater and Sublette Counties	71%	5%	Well drained
42	Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming-Montana-Idaho	70%	3%	Well drained
43	Goshen County, Wyoming, Northern Part	66%	0%	Well drained