Soil Survey of Dallas County, Texas Page: 9
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DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS
Rader soils on high terraces; Dutek soils on low ridges;
and the sandy Eufaula soils on low ridges near flood
plains.
The soils in this unit are used mainly as pasture and
for urban uses. They have medium potential for im-
proved bermudagrass. These soils have no major limita-
tions to use as cropland or to urban uses. On some
sites, seepage and the sandy texture can limit the use of
the soils for sanitary facilities.
Broad land use considerations
Until now, the development of Dallas County has
taken place without broad land use planning. Residential
and industrial development decisions have been made
with little regard to land suitability. As a result, houseshave been built on flood plains, on steep unstable soils,
and on the most productive agricultural soils. In general,
the kind of soil, the slope, and the susceptibility of areas
to flooding are the main factors to be considered in
planning land use in Dallas County.
At present, about 46 percent of the land in Dallas
County is in urban and related uses. About 25 percent is
used as cropland, 20 percent as pastureland, and 9
percent as rangeland and other uses. The figures in
table 4 show that about 19 percent of the land has very
low potential for urban uses, 49 percent has low poten-
tial, 28 percent has medium potential, and only 4 percent
has high potential. About 47 percent of the land in the
county has high potential for cultivated farm crops, about
8 percent has medium potential, and 45 percent has low
potential. Much of the land that has high potential forFigure 4.-Typical pattern of soils and parent material in the Silawa-Silstid-Bastsil map unit.
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Coffee, Daniel R. Soil Survey of Dallas County, Texas, book, 1980; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth130211/m1/19/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.