LOCATION WANDO NCEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Thermic, coated Typic Quartzipsamments
TYPICAL PEDON: Wando fine sand. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
A--0 to 8 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) fine sand; single grained; loose; many fine and common medium roots; many uncoated sand grains giving a "salt and pepper" appearance; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
Cl--8 to 35 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine sand; single grained; loose; common fine and medium roots; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary.
C2--35 to 55 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sand; single grained; loose; few fine and medium roots; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary.
C3--55 to 75 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sand with thin strata of coarse sand; single grained; loose; few medium weakly cemented light red (2.5YR 6/6) concretions; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary.
C4--75 to 99 inches; yellow (10YR 7/6) fine sand; single grained; loose; strongly acid. (Combined thickness of the C horizon is 60 to 100 inches.)
TYPE LOCATION: Brunswick County, North Carolina, on Bowen Point; 0.3 mile west of the intersection of State Road 1137 and 1138, 50 feet north of State Road 1138.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Horizon Thickness: Thickness of the sandy horizons is more than 72 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 48 to 72 inches, January to March
Soil Reaction: strongly acid to neutral in the A horizon and very strongly acid to neutral in the C horizons. The particle-size control section contains 5 to 20 percent silt plus clay
A horizon:
Color--has hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 to 4. Where value is less than 3 it is less than 6 inches thick.
Texture--loamy fine sand or fine sand
E horizon (if they occur):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 4
Texture--loamy fine sand or sand
Bw horizon (if they occur):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 7,and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture--loamy fine sand or fine sand
C horizon:
Color(upper part)--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 8, and chroma of 3 to 8
Color(lower part)--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 6 to 8 and chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--loamy fine sand, fine sand or sand
Redoximorphic Features (if they occur)--iron masses and concretions in shades of yellow, brown, or red and iron depletions in shades of gray, olive, and brown. Depletions occur 40 to 60 inches below surface
COMPETING SERIES:
Alaga soils--have a minimum of 10 percent silt plus clay in the control section and do not allow 5YR values in the profile.
Bigbee soils--have 5 to 10 percent silt plus clay in the control section
Cainhoy soils--soils have E horizons that are underlain below 80 inches by a Bh horizon
Darden soils--soils are dry in some part of the moisture control section for 75 to 90 cumulative days in most years
Foxworth soils-- have 5 to 10 percent silt plus clay in the control section
Glentosh soils--soils are dry in some part of the moisture control section for no more than 90 cumulative days
Lakeland soils--have 5 to 10 percent silt plus clay in the control section
McNeely soils--are excessively drained
Tonkawa soils-are dry in some part of the moisture control section for 125 to 150 cumulative days in most years
Turkey soils--are somewhat excessively drained
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain
Landform: Terraces
Elevation: 7 to 25 feet above mean sea level
Parent Material: Sandy marine sediments
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 60 to 70 degrees
Mean Annual Precipitation: 45 to 60 inches
Frost Free Period: 210 to 270 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Baratari soils--poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) with Bh horizons on flats and in depressions
Charleston soils--moderately well drained soils (seasonal high water table 24 to 42 inches) in coarse-loamy family on lower landscapes
Conetoe soils--Well drained soils (seasonal high water table below 72 inches) in loamy family on similar landscapes
Eddings soils--well drained soils (seasonal high water table 42 to 54 inches) in loamy family on similar landscapes
Edisto soils--somewhat poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 12 to 36 inches) in coarse-loamy family on lower landscapes
Fripp soils--excessively drained soils (seasonal high water table below 72 inches) that have less than 5 percent silt plus clay to more than 80 inches
Kiawah soils--somewhat poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 12 to 24 inches) with weakly developed argillic horizons on lower landscapes
Murad soils--moderately well to somewhat poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 18 to 36 inches) in loamy family on lower landscapes
Polawana soils--very poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table near or above surface for 6 months during most years) having cumulic epipedon on flats and in depressions
Ridgeland soils--somewhat poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 18 to 30 inches) with Bh on horizons and occur on lower landscapes.
Seabrook
Seewee soils--somewhat poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 12 to 24 inches) that have Bh horizons an occur on slightly lower landscapes
Wahee soils--somewhat poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 12 to 18 inches) in fine family on lower landscapes
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Agricultural Drainage Class: Well drained
Permeability: Rapid
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Mostly Woodland
Dominant Vegetation: Where wooded--loblolly pine, longleaf pine, liveoak, sweetgum, southern red oak, sumard oak, post oak, blackjack oak, and white oak. Common understory plants are red maple, turkey oak, bluejack oak, American holly, yaupon holly, sassafras, redbay, blueberry, waxmyrtle, American beautyberry, threeawn grass, and flowering dogwood. Where cultivated-corn and soybeans with some acreage of watermelon, snapbeans, cucumbers, tomatoes, and oats
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Lower marine terraces in South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and possibly Georgia and Florida
Extent: Moderate
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Charleston County, South Carolina; 1971.
REMARKS: Laboratory data indicate that Wando soils contain more available phosphorus and calcium than somewhat similar soils on higher marine terraces.
Diagnostic horizons recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon - The zone from 0 to 8 inches (A horizon).
ADDITIONAL DATA:
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation NC0164 WANDO 0-8 60-70 210-270 45-60 7-25SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock NC0164 NONE 4.0-6.0 APPARENT JAN-MAR 60-60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- NC0164 0-8 LFS FS 0-0 95-100 2-15 2-10 NC0164 8-99 S FS 0-0 98-100 1-10 0-5
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll NC0164 0-8 5.6-7.3 .5-1. 0-0 6.0-20 LOW NC0164 8-99 5.6-7.3 0.-.5 0-0 6.0-20 LOW