LOCATION BURROWSVILLE VAEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic Fragiudults
TYPICAL PEDON: Burrowsville sandy loam - on a 5 percent slope in woodland. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
A--0 to 3 inches; grayish brown (lOYR 5/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many fine roots; extremely acid; clear smooth boundary. (0 to 6 inches thick)
E--3 to 14 inches; light yellowish brown (lOYR 6/4) sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; common fine roots; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (0 to 15 inches thick)
Bt--14 to 25 inches; light yellowish brown (lOYR 6/4); sandy loam; many medium distinct yellowish brown (lOYR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation and few medium distinct pale brown (lOYR 6/3) iron depletions; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; few discontinuous tubular pores; few distinct patchy clay films on faces of peds; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (6 to 20 inches thick)
Btx--25 to 38 inches; yellowish brown (lOYR 5/6) sandy loam; many coarse distinct light gray (lOYR 7/2) and pale brown (lOYR 6/3) iron depletions; moderate coarse prismatic structure parting to moderate thick platy; brittle and firm in place; few discontinuous pores coated with clay films; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (8 to 20 inches)
2Bt--38 to 50 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; many coarse distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and few medium distinct red (2.5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; weak medium platy structure parting to weak fine subangular blocky; firm, slightly sticky; few distinct clay films on faces of peds; strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (0 to 20 inches thick)
2C--50 to 72 inches strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; few medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation and light gray (lOYR 7/1) iron depletions; massive; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Prince George County, Virginia; approximately 1000 yards southwest of intersection of VA-611 and VA-658, 300 yards east of farm land, 6 yards north of power line right-of-way.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Solum thickness ranges from 40 to 70 inches or more. Depth to the fragipan ranges from 18 to 36 inches. Rounded quartz gravel range from 0 to 15 percent by throughout the solum. The soil ranges from extremely acid through strongly acid unless limed. In most pedons, there is a lithologic discontinuity below the fragipan.
The A horizon has hue of lOYR or 2.5Y, value of 3 through 6, and chroma of 2 through 4. Texture is loamy sand, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam.
The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 to 6 and chroma of and chroma of 2 through 6. Where the Ap horizon is more than 6 inches thick the value is 4 to 6. Texture is loamy sand, sandy loam, fine sandy loam or loam.
The E horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 through 6, and chroma of 2 through 4. Texture is sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam.
The BE horizon, where present, has hue of lOYR or 2.5Y, value of 4 through 6, and chroma of 3 through 8. It is sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam.
The Bt horizon has hue of 7.5YR or lOYR, value of 5 through 7, and chroma of 4 through 8. The Bt horizon is sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, or sandy clay loam.
The Btx horizon has hue of lOYR or 2.5Y, value of 4 through 6, and chroma of 2 through 8. It has high and low chroma mottles or it is variegated. It is sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam.
The C horizon has hue of 7.5YR through 2.5Y, value of 4 through 6 and chroma of 1 through 8. It is sandy loam or sandy clay loam.
COMPETING SERIES: There are no other named series in this family.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Burrowsville soils formed fluvial and marine sediments of the upper Coastal Plain. Slopes range from 0 to 15 percent. Mean annual temperature ranges from 57 to 62 degrees F and mean annual precipitation ranges from 38 to 43 inches. Elevation at the type location is 30 yards.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These include the Bonneau, Emporia, and Slagle soils. These soils are on similar landscape positions as Burrowsville soils. Bonneau soils have a sandy surface layer more than 20 inches thick. Emporia and Slagle soils have a fine-loamy particle-size control section. Also, none of these soils has a fragipan.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Moderately well drained; slow to rapid runoff; slow or very slow permeability. Burrowsville soils commonly have a perched water table at a depth of 1.5 to 3 feet during wet periods from December through April.
USE AND VEGETATION: Burrowsville soils are used for general farm crops such as corn, soybeans, small grain, and peanuts. Wooded areas are chiefly loblolly pine and mixed hardwoods.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Coastal Plain in Virginia and possibly North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. The series is of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Prince George County, Virginia; 1980.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: a. Ochric Epipedon - from 0 to 3 deep b. The horizon between 25 to 38 inches has fragic properties (Fragipan) c. The textural control section has less than 18 percent clay.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Particle-size data, mineralogy, pH's, and 15-bar water data for the pedon (S 78VA-149-032) are available through the NSSL (Sample Nos. 80P 317-321)