LOCATION CHESAPEAKE VA+NCEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Chesapeake sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, in a cultivated field
Ap--0 to 7 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common fine roots and common medium roots; moderately acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
Bt1--7 to 28 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots and few medium roots; many clay bridging between sand grains; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bt2--28 to 52 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky; few fine roots; few discontinuous clay films on all faces of peds and many clay bridging between sand grains; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
BC--52 to 58 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common clay bridging between sand grains; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
C--58 to 65 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), sand; single grain; loose; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: City of Chesapeake, Virginia; approximately 300 feet east of the intersection of Mt. Pleasant Road and Lockheed Ave.; 36 degrees, 42 minutes, 46 seconds North, 76 degrees, 8 minutes, 20 seconds West
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum Thickness: 30 to 65 inches or more
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 42 to 72 inches, December to June
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid through strongly acid
Other Features: Flakes of mica are in the solum and C horizon of some pedons
Reaction: Extremely acid through slightly acid
Ap or A horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 2.5Y, value of 2 to 6, and chroma of 1 to 6. Where value is less than 3 it is less than 6 inches thick
Texture--loamy sand, loamy fine sand, sandy loam, fine sandy loam
E horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--fine sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand
BA or BE (it if occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, loam
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8.
Texture--is sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, sandy clay loam, or clay loam
BC or CB horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture--loamy sand, loamy fine sand, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, loam, or sandy clay loam
Redoximorphic features--some pedons may have iron accumulations in shades of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of gray, yellow, or brown
C or 2C horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture fine sand, sand, loamy sand, loamy fine sand, fine sandy loam
Redoximorphic features--some pedons have iron accumulations in shades of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of gray, yellow, or brown
COMPETING SERIES:
Cheaha soils--have hard bedrock at a depth of 20 to 40 inches and have greater than 15 percent sandstone cobbles in each horizon
Fruithurst soils--have a paralithic contact of weathered sericite schist or slate at a depth of 20 to 40 inches
Motonia soils--have a paralithic contact at a depth of 20 to 40 inches
Rion soils--has lithic contact that occurs below 60 inches
Rome soils--soils have solum greater than 60 inches thick with black concretions throughout
Salacoa soils-- depth to soft bedrock is more than 5 feet but is normally less than 7 feet
Sherless soils--have a paralithic contact at a depth of 20 to 40 inches and have sandstone fragments throughout
Sherwood soils--have a lithic contact at a depth of 30 to 60 inches
State soils--well drained soils (seasonal high water table 48 to 72 inches) on slightly higher landscapes
Sugargrove soils-- depth to soft bedrock ranges from 20 to 60 inches
Tidings soils--have a paralithic contact at a depth of 40 to 60 inches
Wickham soils--have Bt horizons that are redder than 7.5YR
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain
Landform: Stream terraces and marine terraces
Elevation: 5 to 200 feet above mean sea level
Parent Material: Loamy fluvial and marine sediments
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 56 to 65 degrees
Mean Annual Precipitation: 38 to 54 inches
Frost Free Period: 175 to 260 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Augusta soils--Somewhat poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 12 to 18 inches) on lower landscapes
Bertie soils--Somewhat poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 12 to 18 inches) on lower landscapes
Bojac soils--well drained soils (seasonal high water table 48 to 72 inches) in coarse-loamy family on similar landscapes
Cartecay soils--Somewhat poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 6 to 18 inches) in coarse-loamy family on lower landscapes
Chowan soils--poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 6 inches) in fine silty-family on adjacent flood plains
Conetoe soils--Well drained soils (seasonal high water table below 72 inches) in loamy family on similar landscapes
Dogue soils--moderately well drained soils (seasonal high water table 18 to 30 inches) in fine family on slightly lower landscapes
Dragston soils--somewhat poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 12 to 30 inches) in coarse-loamy family on lower landscapes
Gertie soils--poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) in fine family on flats and in depressions
Munden soils--moderately well drained soils (seasonal high water table 18 to 30 inches)in coarse-loamy family on slightly lower landscapes
Nimmo soils--poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) in coarse-loamy family on flats and in slight depressions
Pamunkey soils--well drained soils (seasonal high water table below 72 inches) with a base saturation greater than 35%
Tarboro soils--somewhat excessively drained soils (seasonal high water table is below 6 feet) with sandy textures throughout on higher landscapes
Tetotum soils--moderately well drained soils (seasonal high water table 18 to 30 inches) in fine-loamy family on higher landscapes. The upper 20 inches of the argillic horizon averages more than 30 percent silt or more than 40 percent silt plus very fine sand
Tomotley soils--poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) on flats and in depressions
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Agricultural Drainage Class: Well drained
Permeability: Moderate
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Mostly cultivated
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--corn, soybeans, peanuts, small grain, flue-cured tobacco, and vegetables. Where wooded-- white oak, red oak, American beech, elm, sycamore, American holly, sweetgum, loblolly pine, shortleaf pine, Virginia pine, and yellow-poplar.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia
Extent: Moderate
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: City of Chesapeake, Virginia 2004.
REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
a. Ochric epipedon - the zone from 0 to 7 inches (Ap horizon).
b. Argillic horizon - the zone between 7 and 52 inches (Bt horizon).
ADDITIONAL DATA:
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
CHESAPEAKE 0-10 56-65 175-260 38-54 5-200
FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock NONE OCCAS 3.5-6.0 APPARENT DEC-JUN 60-60Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- 0-7 FSL SL 0-0 95-100 5-15 0-7 LS LFS 0-0 95-100 2-8 7-52 L CL SCL 0-0 95-100 18-34 52-58 FSL SL 0-0 95-100 5-15 58-65 FSL LS S 0-0 90-100 2-12
Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll 0-10 3.6-6.5 .5-2. 0-0 0.6-6.0 LOW 0-10 3.6-6.5 .5-2. 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW 7-52 3.6-6.5 0.-.5 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW 52-58 3.6-6.5 0.-.5 0-0 0.6-6.0 LOW 58-65 3.6-6.5 0.-.5 0-0 2.0-20 LOW