LOCATION AUTRYVILLE NC+SCEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Arenic Paleudults
TYPICAL PEDON: Autryville loamy sand--cultivated. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 9 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; many fine roots; moderately acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (3 to 10 inches thick)
E--9 to 23 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; few fine roots; strongly acid; about one-half of sand grains have thin coatings of silt and clay; clear smooth boundary. (10 to 30 inches thick)
BEt--23 to 26 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; few fine roots; few clay bridging between sand grains; strongly acid; sand grains are weakly bridged; clear smooth boundary. (0 to 5 inches thick)
Bt--26 to 41 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots; many clay bridging between sand grains; strongly acid; sand grains are coated and weakly bridged; clear wavy boundary. (6 to 20 inches thick)
BCt--41 to 46 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; few clay bridging between sand grains; very strongly acid; sand grains are weakly bridged with clay; clear irregular boundary. (0 to 20 inches thick)
E'--46 to 58 inches; very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sand; single grained; loose; very strongly acid; about one-half of sand grains have thin coatings of silt and clay; clear wavy boundary. (3 to 24 inches thick)
B't--58 to 85 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few faint clay films on faces of peds; common medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) iron depletions and common medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; few coarse pockets of sandy loam; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Sampson County, North Carolina; 5 miles north of Salemburg on North Carolina Highway 242; 3.5 miles northwest of Piney Green; 0.4 mile southwest of the intersection of Secondary Road 1466 and Secondary Road 1456; 50 feet west of Secondary Road 1466.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Thickness of the sandy surface and subsurface layers: 20 to 40 inches
Depth to top of the Argillic horizon: 20 to 40 inches
Depth to the base of the Argillic: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 80 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 48 to 72 inches, January to April
Rock Fragment Content: 0 to 15 percent by volume in the A through E' horizons and 0 to 34 percent below the E' horizon, mostly rounded quartz gravel
(Effective) Cation Exchange Capacity: 1 to 3 milliequivalents per 100 grams of soil in the A, E and upper B horizon; 2 to 5 in the middle part of the B horizon; 1 to 2 in the B lower B horizon , and 2 to 7 in the C horizon
Organic matter content: 0.5 to 1 percent in the A horizon; less than 0.5 below the A horizon
Soil Reaction: Very strongly acid to slightly acid, except where limed
Other Features: Pedons are bisequel with sandy E horizons and loamy Bt horizons. Some B't subhorizons have brittle and hard bodies that make up 5 to 40 percent of the horizon by volume
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
Ap horizon or A horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 1 to 3
Texture--sand, fine sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand
Clay content: 2 to 10 percent
E horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--sand, fine sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand
Clay content: 2 to 10 percent
BEt or BE horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 or 6, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--loamy sand, loamy fine sand, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam
Clay content: 2 to 12 percent
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 to 7, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or sandy clay loam
Clay content: 12 to 27 percent
BCt horizon or BC horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 7, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--loamy sand, loamy fine sandy, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam
Clay content: 5 to 20 percent
E' horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 to 8, and chroma of 1 to 8
Texture--sand, fine sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand
Clay content: 2 to 8 percent
B't horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 7, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or sandy clay loam. Some pedons have thin subhorizons of loamy fine sand.
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of brown, olive, or gray
Clay content: 10 to 27 percent
B'tg horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 7, chroma of 1 or 2
Texture--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or sandy clay loam. Some pedons have thin subhorizons of loamy fine sand
Clay content: 10 to 27 percent
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of brown, olive, white, or gray
B'tx horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 2.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, chroma of 3 to 8, or is variegated in shades of these colors
Texture--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, sandy clay loam, or sandy clay
Clay content: 10 to 40 percent
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of brown, olive, white, or gray
Other features--brittle and hard bodies commonly make up 5 to 40 percent of the horizon by volume
C horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, chroma of 3 to 8, or is variegated in shades of these colors
Texture--stratified sandy or loamy material
Clay content: 5 to 35 percent
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of brown, olive, white, or gray
COMPETING SERIES:
Bonneau soils--do not have bisequal profiles
Lovett soils--do not have bisequal profiles
Lowndes soils--contain hard, white, phosphatic nodules
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Lower, middle, upper coastal plain, sandhills
Landform: Marine terrace, uplands
Geomorphic Component: Interfluves
Hillslope Profile Position: Summit, shoulder
Parent Material: Fluviomarine deposits, marine deposits
Slope: 0 to 6 percent
Elevation: 40 to 750 feet
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 57 to 70 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation: 38 to 52 inches
Frost Free Period: 190 to 245 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Ailey soils--not bisequal, have densic materials or fragic soil properties
Blanton soils--are not bisequel
Butters soils--are bisequal, but do not have an arenic surface
Candor soils--have a sandy upper B horizon
Eustis soils--are not bisequel and are sandy throughout
Foreston soils--are not bisequel and have gray depletions within 30 inches of the soil surface
Goldsboro soils--are not bisequel and have gray depletions within 30 inches of the soil surface
Lakeland soils--are not bisequel, are sandy throughout, and do not have an argillic horizon
Lucy soils--are not bisequel and does not have gray depletions
Lynchburg soils--are not bisequel and are dominantly gray matrix between the Ap and 30 inches
Norfolk soils--are not bisequel and does not have gray depletions
Rains soils--are not bisequel and have gray matrix between the Ap and 30 inches
Stallings soils--are not bisequel and are dominantly gray matrix between the Ap and 30 inches
Wagram soils--are not bisequel and does not have gray depletions
Wakulla soils--are not bisequel and are sandy throughout
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Well drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Deep, transitory
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible, very low
Permeability: Moderately rapid (Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: high, 14.11 to 42.34 micrometers per second)
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Cropland
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--cotton, corn, soybeans, tobacco, peanuts, and other crops. Where wooded--mixed pines and hardwoods.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Middle and Lower Coastal Plain of North Carolina, and South Carolina
Extent: Moderate
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Edgecombe County, North Carolina; 1976.
REMARKS: Autryville soils were originally mapped as an inclusion with the Pocalla series.
Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the surface to a depth of 26 inches (the Ap and E horizons).
Argillic horizon--the zone from a depth of 23 to 46 inches (the BE, Bt and BC horizons)
Arenic features--the zone of sandy textures from the surface to a depth of 26 inches (the Ap, E and BE horizons)
ADDITIONAL DATA: No data is available from the USDA-NRCS Soil Survey Laboratory.