LOCATION BAYBORO NC+AL FL GA SC VAEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Umbric Paleaquults
TYPICAL PEDON: Bayboro loam--cultivated. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 9 inches; black (10YR 2/1) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many fine to medium roots; high content of organic matter content; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
A--9 to 14 inches; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; common fine and medium roots; stained with organic matter; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Ap and A horizons is 10 to 24 inches)
BAg--14 to 18 inches; dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, sticky and slightly plastic; common fine and medium roots; some organic matter in root channels; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 16 inches thick)
Btg1--18 to 40 inches; gray (10YR 5/1) clay; common medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) soft masses of iron accumulation; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, sticky and very plastic; few fine and medium roots; common distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (15 to 30 inches thick)
Btg2--40 to 50 inches; gray (10YR 6/1) clay, common medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) soft masses of iron accumulation; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, sticky and very plastic; common distinct clay films on vertical ped faces; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (6 to 15 inches thick)
Btg3--50 to 64 inches; gray (N 6/0) clay; common medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) soft masses of iron accumulation and common medium faint light gray (10YR 7/1) iron depletions; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky and very plastic; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Beaufort County, North Carolina; 3.8 miles northwest of Pantego on county road 1625, 2.9 miles north on farm road, large field on east side of road.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the base of the clayey part of the Argillic: greater than 60 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 0 to 12 inches, November to May
Rock Fragment content: 0 to 5 percent, by volume
Soil Reaction: extremely acid to strongly acid, except where limed
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A or Ap horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR or is neutral, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 0 to 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, clay loam, or their mucky analogues
Eg horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- loam, fine sandy loam, or sandy loam
Beg or BAg horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR, value of 3 to 6, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- loam, clay loam, or sandy clay loam
Btg horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, or they are neutral, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 0 to 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- clay loam, clay, or sandy clay
BCg horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, or they are neutral, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 0 to 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- clay, sandy clay, clay loam, or sandy clay loam
Cg horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, 5GY, or 5G, or they are neutral, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 0 to 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- stratified clayey, loamy, or sandy sediment
COMPETING SERIES:
There are no known series in the same, nor in subactive or active families.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape:
Landscape: Coastal Plain, Talbot and similar surfaces
Landform: upland depressions and flats
Hillslope Profile Position: summits
Geomorphic Component: interfluves
Parent Material: marine sediments
Elevation: 30 to 300 feet
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 59 to 70 degrees
Mean Annual Precipitation: 38 to 52 inches
Frost Free Period: 190 to 245 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Bethera soils- have better drainage and lack the dark colored umbric epipedon
Bladen soils- have better drainage and lack the dark colored umbric epipedon
Craven soils- have better drainage and lack the dark colored umbric epipedon
Leaf soils- have better drainage and lack the dark colored umbric epipedon
Lenoir soils- have better drainage and lack the dark colored umbric epipedon
Lynchburg soils- have better drainage and lack the dark colored umbric epipedon
Pantego soils- have less clay in the particle-size control section
Paxville soils- have less clay in the particle-size control section and lack the dark colored umbric epipedon
Rains soils- have better drainage and lack the dark colored umbric epipedon
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage Class (Agricultural): very poorly drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: very shallow, presistent
Index Surface Runoff: negligible
Permeability: slow
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses:forest, some cropland
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated-- corn, soybeans, small grains, and pasture. Where wooded-- loblolly pine, pond pine, water tupelo, swamp tupelo, sweetgum, yellow-poplar, American elm, baldcypress, red maple, swamp chestnut oak, and willow oak.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi
Extent: large
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Pamilco County, North Carolina; 1935.
REMARKS: This revision restricts the series to soils with less than 10 percent weatherable minerals in the sand and silt fractions.
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Umbric epipedon - the zone from the surface to a depth of 14 inches. The A and AB horizons.
Argillic horizon - the zone between the depth of 14 and 64 inches. The BAg, Btg1, Btg2 and Btg 3 horizons.
Aquic moisture regime - horizons with a chroma of 1 or 2. The AB and B horizons.
ADDITIONAL DATA: None
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation NC0029 BAYBORO 0- 2 59- 70 190-275 38- 68 30- 300 NC0141 BAYBORO 0- 2 59- 70 190-275 38- 68 30- 300SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness NC0029 NONE 0-1.0 APPARENT NOV-MAY 60-60 NC0141 NONE - APPARENT - 60-60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- NC0029 0-14 FSL 0- 0 100-100 5-20 5- 13 NC0029 0-14 L CL 0- 0 100-100 10-35 6- 17 NC0029 0-14 MK-FSL MK-L 0- 0 100-100 8-20 11- 24 NC0029 14-64 CL SC C 0- 0 100-100 35-60 7- 15 NC0141 0-14 FSL 0- 0 100-100 5-20 5- 13 NC0141 0-14 L CL 0- 0 100-100 10-35 6- 17 NC0141 0-14 MK-FSL MK-L 0- 0 100-100 8-20 11- 24 NC0141 14-64 CL SC C 0- 0 100-100 35-65 7- 15
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll NC0029 0-14 3.5- 5.5 4.-10 0- 0 2.0- 6.0 LOW NC0029 0-14 3.5- 5.5 4.-10 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW NC0029 0-14 3.5- 5.5 10-15 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW NC0029 14-64 4.5- 5.5 .5-3. 0- 0 0.06- 0.2 MODERATE NC0141 0-14 3.5- 5.5 4.-10 0- 0 2.0- 6.0 LOW NC0141 0-14 3.5- 5.5 4.-10 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW NC0141 0-14 3.5- 5.5 10-15 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW NC0141 14-64 4.5- 5.5 .5-3. 0- 0 0.06- 0.2 MODERATE