LOCATION BUTTERS NC+SCEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Paleudults
TYPICAL PEDON: Butters loamy fine sand--cultivated. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated).
Ap--0 to 11 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many fine roots; slightly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (6 to 12 inches thick)
E--11 to 18 inches; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common fine roots; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary. (3 to 10 inches thick)
Bt--18 to 29 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; few medium roots; common fine pores; sand grains coated and bridged with clay; few medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (10 to 22 inches thick)
BC--29 to 35 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) loamy fine sand; few coarse distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2) pockets of clean sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; few fine roots; common fine pores; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 8 inches thick)
E'--35 to 48 inches; yellow (10YR 7/6) fine sand; common coarse distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2) pockets of clean sand; weak fine granular structure; few medium faint yellow (10YR 8/8) iron depletions; very friable; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (2 to 20 inches thick)
B'tg--48 to 52 inches; light gray (2.5Y 7/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; few fine pores; sand grains coated and bridged with clay; few medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8) and many medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
B't--52 to 70 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; many coarse distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions; few iron concretions; strongly acid. (10 to 30 inches thick)
TYPE LOCATION: Bladen County, North Carolina; 3 miles northeast of Bladenboro, 1.3 miles northeast from intersection of North Carolina Highway 242 and State Road 1117 on North Carolina Highway 242, 200 feet south of farm road, and 5 feet west of farm road, in a cultivated field.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Thickness of sandy and loamy textured horizons: More than 60 inches thick over stratified sediments
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 48 to 60 inches, January to March
Rock Fragment content: 0 to 15 percent, by volume, throughout, but less than 5 percent in most pedons
Soil Reaction: Very strongly acid to strongly acid, except where limed; In a few pedons, reaction in the BC and E' horizon ranges to slightly acid
Other Soil Features--0 to 4 percent (by volume) plinthite in Bt horizons
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
Ap horizon or A horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 3
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--coarse sand, sand, fine sand, loamy coarse sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand
E horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 to 8, and chroma of 3 to 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--coarse sand, sand, fine sand, loamy coarse sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand
BE horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, and chroma of 4 to 8, or is variegated in shades of these colors
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy fine sand or loamy sand
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 7, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)coarse sandy loam, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shade of red, yellow, or brown
Other features--upper 20 inches of the argillic horizon has an average clay content of 10 to 18 percent
BC horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 4 to 8
7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 4 to 8. Most pedons have pockets or lenses of clean sand.
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy sand or loamy fine sand
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shade of yellow or brown
E' horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 6 to 8, and chroma of 1 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sand, fine sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shade of red, yellow or brown, iron depletions in shades of yellow or brown, and below 48 inches, iron depletions in shades of gray
E/B, B/E, EB, BE, or BE' horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 6 to 8, and chroma of 1 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--pockets and lenses of sandy loam within a matrix of sand, fine sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shade of red, yellow or brown and iron depletions in shades of gray
B'tg horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 8, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or sandy clay loam
Redoximorphic features--masses of oxidized iron in shade of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of gray
B't horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 8, and chroma of 3 to 8, or it is variegated in shades of these colors
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or sandy clay loam
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of gray
COMPETING SERIES:
Benndale soils--do not have a bisequal profile and have more than 20 percent silt in the upper 20 inches of the Bt
Niwana soils--do not have a bisequal profile, have tongues of albic material within the Bt, and have A horizons more than 20 inches thick
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Lower to upper coastal plain
Landform: Marine terrace
Hillslope Profile Position: Summit, shoulder, backslope
Geomorphic Component: Interfluve, side slope
Parent Material: Marine deposits or fluviomarine sediments
Elevation: 30 to 450 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:
Autryville soils--have an arenic surface
Blanton soils--are not bisequel
Bonneau soils--have an arenic surface
Eustis soils--not bisequel, are sandy throughout
Foreston soils--not bisequel, has gray depletions within 30 inches of the soil surface
Goldsboro soils--not bisequel, has gray depletions within 30 inches of the soil surface
Lakeland soils--not bisequel, are sandy throughout, do not have an argillic horizon
Lucy soils--not bisequel, does not have gray depletions
Lynchburg soils--not bisequel, dominantly gray matrix between the Ap and 30 inches
Norfolk soils--not bisequel, does not have gray depletions
Ocilla soils--have an arenic surface
Rains soils--not bisequel, gray matrix between the Ap and 30 inches
Stallings soils--not bisequel, dominantly gray matrix between the Ap and 30 inches
Wagram soils--not bisequel, does not have gray depletions
Wakulla soils--not bisequel, are sandy throughout
Woodington soils--are poorly drained
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Well drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Deep and very deep, transitory
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible to low
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
Permeability: Moderate or moderately rapid
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Cropland, some forest
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--corn, soybeans, tobacco, peanuts, small grain, truck crops, and pasture. Where wooded--hickories, flowering dogwood, American holly, American sweetgum, loblolly pine, longleaf pine, blackjack oak, southern red oak, post oak, and common greenbrier.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Upper surfaces of the Lower Coastal Plain and the Middle Coastal Plain of North Carolina and possibly Virginia and South Carolina
Extent: moderate
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Cumberland and Hoke Counties, North Carolina; 1981.
REMARKS: The Butters series was formerly mapped in the Brogdon series.
ADDITIONAL DATA:
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation NC0131 BUTTERS 0-10 57-70 190-245 38-52 30-450SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness NC0131 NONE 4.0-5.0 APPARENT JAN-MAR >80
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- NC0131 0-18 LS LFS 0-0 95-100 5-12 1-3 NC0131 0-18 FS S 0-0 95-100 2-8 1-3 NC0131 18-29 SL FSL 0-0 95-100 10-20 1-3 NC0131 29-48 LS LFS S 0-0 95-100 1-10 0-2 NC0131 48-62 SL SCL FSL 0-0 95-100 10-25 1-3
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll NC0131 0-18 4.5-5.5 0.5-2.0 0- 0 6.0-20 LOW NC0131 0-18 4.5-5.5 0.5-2.0 0-0 6.0-20 LOW NC0131 18-29 4.5-5.5 0.0-0.5 0-0 2.0-6.0 LOW NC0131 29-48 4.5-6.5 0.0-0.5 0-0 6.0-20 LOW NC0131 48-62 4.5-5.5 0.0-0.5 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW