Soil Texture Calculator
Learn how to calculate a single point texture class based on percent sand, silt, and clay. Including the optional sand fractions will refine the calculation.
Calculate and plot multiple texture classes based on percent sand, silt, and clay. Includes the optional sand fractions used with sandy loam, loamy sand, and sand textures. Newly designed to increase accessibility and allows up to 100 points to be entered in table format with the texture triangle on a separate tab.
This is a Microsoft Excel Macro-enabled spreadsheet to develop total sand, silt, and clay low, representative, and high values based on known textures which can be further refined using sand, silt, and clay limits. It uses an interactive texture triangle with textures that toggle on and off. Can also be used to determine control section sand, silt, and clay.
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