LOCATION APPLING NC+AL GA SC VA
Established Series
Rev. AG, DTA
11/2025
APPLING SERIES
MLRA(s): 136 (thermic part)
Soil Survey Regional Office (SSRO) Responsible: Southeast
Depth Class: Very deep
Agricultural Drainage Class: Well drained
Index Surface Runoff: Medium
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Class: Moderately high
Shrink-Swell Potential: Low
Landscape: Piedmont uplands
Landform: Interstream divides, ridges, and side slopes
Parent Material: Residuum weathered from felsic igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks
Slope: 0 to 25 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 16 degrees C (60 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1143 millimeters (45 inches)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Appling sandy loam, in a cultivated field. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 15 centimeters (0 to 6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; common medium pores: common fine roots; about 10 percent angular quartz gravel; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary. (13 to 30 centimeters (5 to 12 inches) thick)
E--15 to 23 centimeters (6 to 9 inches): light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; common medium pores; common fine roots; about 5 percent angular quartz gravel; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary. (0 to 13 centimeters (0 to 5 inches) thick)
BE--23 to 30 centimeters (9 to 12 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; few fine flakes of mica; strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (0 to 18 centimeters (0 to 7 inches) thick)
Bt--30 to 122 centimeters (12 to 48 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; common medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; sticky and plastic; few fine and medium roots; few distinct clay films on faces of peds; few fine flakes of mica; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 61 to 127 centimeters (24 to 50 inches)
BC--122 to 135 centimeters (48 to 53 inches); mottled red (2.5YR 4/8) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly sticky and slightly plastic; few fine and medium roots; few bodies of saprolite; common fine flakes of mica; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 76 centimeters (0 to 30 inches) thick)
C--135 to 203 centimeters (53 to 80 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), red (2.5YR 4/8), and yellow (10YR 8/6) sandy clay loam saprolite; massive; friable; common fine flakes of mica; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Union County, North Carolina; about 1.8 miles west of Wesley Chapel on North Carolina Highway 84, about 2.2 miles north on Secondary Road 1338 to its intersection with Secondary Road 1358, about 250 feet northwest of the intersection, in a cultivated field; USGS Matthews, North Carolina topographic quadrangle.
Latitude--35.055
Longitude-- -80.723611
Datum--WGS84
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum thickness: 102 to greater than 152 centimeters (40 to greater than 60 inches)
Thickness of Bt horizon: 61 to 127 centimeters (24 to 50 inches)
Depth to bedrock: Greater than 152 centimeters (60 inches)
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: Greater than 152 centimeters (60 inches)
Rock Fragment Content: 0 to 35 percent, by volume, in the A and E horizons and 0 to 10 percent, by volume, in the Bt horizon.
Mica Content: 2 to 20 percent, by volume, in the A and Bt horizons and 2 to greater than 20 percent in the BC and C horizons
Soil Reaction: Very strongly acid or strongly acid, unless limed
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A or Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 6, chroma of 2 to 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, coarse sandy loam, loamy sand, loamy coarse sand. Eroded phases are sandy clay loam or clay loam.
E horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 4 to 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, coarse sandy loam, loamy sand, or loamy coarse sand
BA or BE horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 5 or 6, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy clay loam or sandy loam
Bt horizon:
Color--has hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 4 to 8. Pedons of 5YR hue have evident patterns of mottling in a subhorizon of the Bt horizon. Mottles in shades of red, yellow, and brown range from few to many throughout most pedons.
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy clay, clay loam, or clay with thin layers of sandy clay loam and contains less than 30 percent silt
BC horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 4 to 8, or is mottled in these colors. BC horizons that have hue of 5YR have evident patterns of mottling.
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--clay loam, sandy clay loam, or sandy clay
C horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 4 to 8, or is mottled in these colors.
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy clay loam, loam, fine sandy loam, or sandy loam saprolite
COMPETING SERIES:
Bethlehem soils--have a red subsoil and have a paralithic contact within 51 to 102 centimeters (20 to 40 inches)
Cecil soils--have a red subsoil
Georgeville soils--have a red subsoil, formed in residuum from the Carolina slate belt, and have more than 30 percent silt
Herndon soils--formed in residuum from the Carolina slate belt and have more than 30 percent silt
Madison soils--have a red subsoil and contain many mica flakes
Nanford soils--formed in residuum from the Carolina slate belt, have more than 30 percent silt, and have a paralithic contact within 102 to 152 centimeters (40 to 60 inches)
Nankin soils--formed from marine sediments in the coastal plain
Pacolet soils--have a red subsoil
Saw soils--have a red subsoil and have a lithic contact within 51 to 102 centimeters (20 to 40 inches)
Tarrus soils--have a red subsoil, formed in residuum from the Carolina slate belt, and have more than 30 percent silt
Wedowee soils--have a thinner Bt horizon
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Piedmont uplands
Landform: Ridges and hill slopes
Landform: Interstream divides, ridges, and side slopes
Parent Material: Residuum weathered from felsic igneous and high-grade metamorphic rocks
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 14 to 18 degrees C (58 to 65 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 940 to 1753 millimeters (37 to 69 inches)
Frost Free Period: 185 to 240 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Beltline soils--are fine-loamy, have a red subsoil, and formed from human transported material
Cataula soils--have a red subsoil and a perched water table at 61 to 122 centimeters (24 to 48 inches)
Chestatee soils--have stones throughout the solum and have a solum less than 102 centimeters (40 inches) thick
Cullen soils--are red and have more clay in the subsoil
Durham soils--are fine-loamy
Hard Labor soils--have a perched water table at 76 to 152 centimeters (30 to 60 inches)
Helena soils--have a perched water table at 46 to 76 centimeters (18 to 30 inches) and have mixed mineralogy
Hulett soils--contain many mica flakes
Lloyd soils--are rhodic in color
Lockhart soils--have more than 35 percent rock fragments in the particle-size control section
Louisburg soils--are coarse-loamy
Rion soils--are fine-loamy
Rolesville soils--are sandy and have a lithic contact within 51 to 102 centimeters (20 to 40 inches)
Vance soils--have mixed mineralogy
Wateree soils--are coarse-loamy and have a paralthic contact within 51 to 102 centimeters (20 to 40 inches)
Worsham soils--are poorly drained and are around the heads of drains
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 or pasture and woodland
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--corn, tobacco, soybeans, cotton, and small grains. Where wooded--loblolly pine, Virginia pine, red oak, white oak, post oak, hickory, blackgum, maple, and dogwood.
SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia
Extent: Large
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Columbia County, Georgia; 1911.
REMARKS:
The June 1988 revision recognized low activity clay properties of this soil as defined in the Low Activity Clay Amendment to Soil Taxonomy, August, 1986 and changed the classification from Typic Hapludults to Typic Kanhapludults. The December 2005 revision changed the type location from a mesic region (Rockingham County, North Carolina) to a thermic region. The November 2025 revision changed the format. No data was changed.
REVISED: 6/5/97-RLV; 12/30/2000-DTA; 11/2025-DTA
Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 30 centimeters (0 to 12 inches). (Ap, E, and BE horizons)
Argillic and kandic horizon--the zone between 30 to 122 centimeters (12 to 48 inches) has low activity clay in more than 50 percent of the horizon (Bt horizon)
ADDITIONAL DATA: Perkins, H.F. Southern Cooperative Series Bulletin 61, January, 1959, Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Blacksburg, Virginia.
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
NC0032 APPLING 0-25 58-65 185-240 37-69 350-900
SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness
NC0032 NONE >6.0 - >60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC-
NC0032 0-9 FSL SL LS 0-5 80-100 5-20 1-5
NC0032 0-9 GR-SL GR-SCL 5-15 55-85 5-30 2-6
NC0032 0-9 SCL CL 0-5 85-100 20-35 5-10
NC0032 9-12 SCL, SL 0-5 90-100 20-35 5-10
NC0032 12-48 SC CL C 0-5 90-100 35-60 3-12
NC0032 48-53 SC CL SCL 0-5 85-100 20-45 2-8
NC0032 53-80 VAR - - - -
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll
NC0032 0-9 4.5-6.5 .5-2. 0-0 2.0- 6.0 LOW
NC0032 0-9 4.5-6.5 .5-2. 0-0 2.0- 6.0 LOW
NC0032 0-9 4.5-6.5 .5-1. 0-0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
NC0032 9-12 4.5-6.5 0.-.5 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW
NC0032 12-48 4.5-5.5 0.-.5 0-0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
NC0032 48-53 4.5-5.5 0.-.5 0-0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
NC0032 53-80 - - - -
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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.