LOCATION DANRIPPLE               VA+NC

Established Series
HLG-DHE-JCN/Rev. JAK-DTA
04/2026

DANRIPPLE SERIES

MLRA(s): 136 (mesic part)
Soil Survey Regional Office (SSRO) Responsible: Southeast
Depth Class: Very deep
Agricultural Drainage Class: Well drained
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None to very rare or rare for brief periods
Index Surface Runoff: Medium
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Class: Moderately high
Shrink-Swell Potential: Low
Landscape: Piedmont
Landform: Stream terraces
Parent Material: Old alluvium
Slope: 0 to 15 percent
Elevation (type location): 111 meters (364 feet)
Frost Free Period (type location): 190 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 14 degrees C (57 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 1067 millimeters (42 inches)

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults

TYPICAL PEDON: Danripple sandy loam (in an area of Danripple sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes, very rarely flooded), in a cultivated field. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise indicated.)

Ap--0 to 25 centimeters (0 to 10 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; nonsticky; nonplastic; common very fine and fine roots; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (10 to 30 centimeters (4 to 12 inches) thick)

Bt1--25 to 71 centimeters (10 to 28 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderately sticky; moderately plastic; common very fine and fine roots; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.

Bt2--71 to 102 centimeters (28 to 40 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderately sticky; moderately slightly plastic; few fine roots; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.

Bt3--102 to 122 centimeters (40 to 48 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderately sticky; slightly plastic; few fine roots; few fine prominent red (2.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; few medium iron-manganese nodules; common medium prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3) iron depletions; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 76 to 127 centimeters (30 to 50 inches)

C--122 to 183 centimeters (48 to 72 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; massive; moderately sticky; slightly plastic; few fine roots; few fine prominent red (2.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; few medium iron-manganese nodules; common medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions; very strongly acid.

TYPE LOCATION: Halifax County, Virginia; in a cultivated field; USGS Alton, Virginia topographic quadrangle.

Latitude--36.6103
Longitude-- -79.0650
Datum--WGS84

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to top of Argillic horizon: 10 to 30 centimeters (4 to 12 inches)
Depth to base of Argillic horizon: 102 to 152 centimeters (40 to 60 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 152 centimeters (60 inches)
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 102 to 152 centimeters (40 to 60 inches), December to April
Rock Fragment content: 0 to 35 percent, by volume in the A or E horizon; 0 to 10 percent in the B horizon; and 0 to 25 percent in the C horizon; mostly rounded quartzite pebbles
Soil Reaction: Very strongly acid to moderately acid, unless limed

RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A or Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 5, chroma of 3 to 5
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam

E horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam

BA or BE horizon (if they occur):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture(fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam

Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 2.5YR to 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture(fine-earth fraction)--sandy clay loam, clay loam, sandy clay, or clay
Redoximorphic features--iron masses in shades of red, brown, or yellow and iron depletions in shades of brown, yellow, or and gray occur in the lower Bt horizon (below 40 inches).

BC or BCt horizon (if they occur):
Color--hue of 2.5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture(fine-earth fraction)--loam, sandy clay loam, or clay loam
Redoximorphic features-masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, brown, or yellow and iron depletions in shades of brown, yellow, or and gray

C horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam, loam, sandy clay loam, or clay loam
Redoximorphic features--masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, brown, or yellow and iron depletions in shades of brown, yellow, or and gray

COMPETING SERIES:
Appomattox soils--formed in alluvium or colluvium capping derived dominantly from a mixture of crystalline rocks, over residuum; on ridges
Buffstat soils-formed in residuum from sericite schist, graphitic schist, or phyllite; on hills and ridges
Clover soils--formed in residuum weathered from Triassic materials; on ridges and hills
Littlejoe soils--formed in residuum from sericite schist or graphitic schist; on summits, shoulders, and back slopes of hills and ridges
Penhook soils--formed in residuum from slate, phyllite, or schist; on summits, shoulders, and back slopes interfluves and ridges
Strawfield soils--formed in residuum from phyllites and schists; on summits, shoulders, and back slopes of interfluves and ridges
Totier soils--formed in residuum weathered from Triassic red shale; on uplands
Warminster soils--formed in residuum of Triassic red shale; on summits,
shoulders, and back slopes of hills, ridges, interfluves, and side slopes
Yellowbottom soils--have a moderately low saturated hydraulic conductivity and formed in residuum of sericite schist, phyllonite, and metamonzogranite

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Piedmont
Landform: Stream terraces
Parent Material: Old alluvium
Slope: 0 to 15 percent
Elevation: 107 to 168 meters (350 to 550 feet)
Frost Free Period: 165 to 200 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 11 to 15 degrees C (52 to 59 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1016 to 1270 millimeters (40 to 50 inches)

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Banister soils--have a seasonal high water at a depth of 46 to 102 centimeters (18 to 40 inches); on more convex segments of the same landform
Clifford soils--formed in residuum weathered from felsic crystalline rocks; on summits, shoulders, back slopes of ridges, interfluves, and side slopes
Minnieville soils-formed in residuum from mixed felsic to mafic crystalline rocks and volcanogenic materials; on ridges and side slopes
Turbeville soils--formed in old alluvium derived mainly from land surfaces underlain by acid igneous and metamorphic rocks; on non-flooded high stream terraces
Codorus soil--formed in alluvial materials containing medium to large quantities of mica derived from schist, gneiss, phyllite and other metamorphic rocks; on flood plains
Hatboro soils--are poorly drained and formed in alluvium largely from schist, gneiss and other metamorphic and crystalline rocks; on flood plains
Dan River soils--formed in recent fluvial sediments; on flood plain

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Agricultural Drainage Class: Well drained
Index Surface Runoff: Medium
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: Moderately high

USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Cropland, pasture
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--tobacco, melons, small grain, and hay.
Where wooded--white oak, red oak, and yellow-poplar.

SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Virginia and North Carolina
Extent: Moderate

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Halifax County, Virginia, 2009.

REMARKS: Danripple soils were previously mapped as Masada soils. Division of MLRA 136 into mesic and thermic areas necessitated the addition of this series. These soils formed in old alluvium derived from soils weathered from a mixture of felsic and mafic metamorphic and igneous rocks. Revision dated 03/09, allows a flooding class of none-DTA. The April 2026 revision changed the format. No data was changed.

Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 25 centimeters (0 to 10 inches) (Ap horizon)
Argillic horizon--the zone from 25 to 122 centimeters (10 to 48 inches) (Bt horizon)

ADDITIONAL DATA:
Laboratory Data: No laboratory data available.
Database Information: Typical Pedon Data Mapunit ID--103338
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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.