LOCATION BERTIE NC+SC VAEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Endoaquults
TYPICAL PEDON: Bertie fine sandy loam. (Colors are for moist soil.)
Ap--0 to 5 inches; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; common fine roots; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary. (5 to 10 inches thick)
Bt1--5 to 8 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few fine roots; common fine tublar pores; many medium prominent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) iron depletions; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary. (3 to 12 inches thick)
Bt2--8 to 15 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common fine tubular roots; few fine root; many medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) iron masses; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary. (4 to 12 inches thick)
Bt3--15 to 23 inches; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron masses and many medium distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary. (4 to 12 inches thick)
BCg--23 to 31 inches; gray (2.5Y 6/1) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; many medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and common medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) iron masses; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (6 to 16 inches thick)
Cg1--31 to 43 inches; gray (2.5Y 6/1) loamy sand; weak coarse granular structure; very friable; common medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) iron masses; strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (10 to 24 inches thick)
Cg2--43 to 60 inches; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) sand; massive; loose; common medium distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Pasquotank County, North Carolina; approximately 2.5 miles northwest of Morgans Corner, 1.4 miles north west of intersection of Secondary Road 1417 and United States Highway 158, 0.95 mile south on Secondary Road 1359, 800 feet south on farm path, 100 feet west in cultivated field.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum Thickness: 30 to 60 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 12 to 18 inches, December to April
Soil Reaction: Very strongly acid to moderately acid, except where limed
Other Features: Flakes of mica range from few to common in the lower profile of most pedons
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
Color--A or Ap horizon: hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 3.
Texture--loamy sand, loamy fine sand, fine sandy loam, or sandy loam
E or BE horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 or 7, and chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--loamy sand, loamy fine sand, fine sandy loam, or sandy loam
Redoximorphic features--iron masses in shades of red and iron depletions in shades of gray are in some pedons
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture--sandy clay loam, clay loam, loam, or sandy loam; silt content is less than 30 percent
Redoximorphic features--iron masses in shades of red and iron depletions in shades of gray, olive, brown, or yellow
BC or BCg:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 0 to 8
Texture--sandy clay loam, clay loam, or sandy loam
Redoximorphic features--iron masses in shades of red and iron depletions in shades of gray, olive, brown, or yellow
C or Cg horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 7, and chroma of 0 to 6
Texture--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loamy sand, loamy fine sand, or fine sand; some pedons contain pockets or strata of loamy or clayey material.
Redoximorphic features--iron masses in shades of red and iron depletions in shades of gray, olive, brown, or yellow
COMPETING SERIES:
Augusta soils--on low lying stream terraces at elevations above 25 feet.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain
Landform: Marine terrace
Elevation: Less than 25 feet above mean sea level
Parent Material: Loamy materials of marine origin often underlain by sandy marine sediments
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 59 to 62 degrees
Mean Annual Precipitation: 46 to 54 inches
Frost Free Period: 190 to 250 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Chapanoke soils--somewhat poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 12 to 18 inches) in fine-silty family on similar landscapes
Deloss soils--very poorly drained soils, on nearly level flats and in slight depressions
Dogue soils--moderately well drained soils (seasonal high water table 18 to 36 inches) in fine family on slightly higher landscapes
Eulonia soils--moderately well drained soils (seasonal high water table 18 to 42 inches) in fine family on similar landscapes
Munden soils--moderately well drained soils (seasonal high water table 18 to 30 inches) in coarse-loamy family on slightly higher landscapes
Nemours soils--moderately well drained soils (seasonal high water table 18 to 30 inches) in fine family on slightly higher landscapes
Portsmouth soils--very poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) on flats and in depressions
Tomotley soils--poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) on flats and in depressions
Wahee soils--somewhat poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 12 to 18 inches) in fine family on similar landscapes
Yeopim soils--moderately well drained soils (seasonal high water table 18 to36 inches) in fine-silty family on slightly higher landscapes
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Agricultural Drainage Class: Somewhat poorly drained
Permeability: Moderate
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Mostly agriculture;
Dominant vegetation: Where cultivated--corn, soybeans, small grains, cotton, and truck crops. Where wooded--loblolly pine, sweetgum, yellow poplar, water oak, southern red oak, and red maple; understory plants include American holly, flowering dogwood, sassafras, greenbrier, giant cane and inkberry (bitter gallberry)
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Lower Coastal Plain of Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina
Extent: small
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Pasquotank County, North Carolina, 1951.
REMARKS: Bertie soils were previously mapped with dual drainage class
(moderately well to somewhat poorly)
ADDITIONAL DATA:
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation Bertie 0-2 60-68 200-225 45-55 0-25FloodL Watertable Kind Months Bedrock None 1.0-2.0 Apparent Dec-May >60
Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- 0-8 LS LFS 0-0 90-100 3-10 6-10 0-8 SL FSL 0-0 90-100 5-20 8-16 0-8 SIL L 0-0 90-100 10-25 10-18 15-31 SCL CL L 0-0 90-100 20-35 8-14 31-60 VAR
Depth -pH- O.M. Permeab Shnk-Swll 0-8 4.5-6.0 .5-2 6.0-2.0 LOW 0-8 4.5-6.0 .5-2 2.0-6.0 LOW 0-8 4.5-6.0 .5-2 0.6-2.0 LOW 15-31 4.5-6.0 0 0.6-2.0 LOW 31-60 4.5-6.0