LOCATION CONETOE NC+VAEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Arenic Hapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Conetoe loamy sand--cultivated. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 8 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; many fine and medium roots; moderately acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (3 to 10 inches thick)
E--8 to 25 inches; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; common fine roots; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary. (14 to 37 inches thick)
Bt1--25 to 28 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; sand grains are coated and bridged with clay; few fine roots; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt2--28 to 41 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular structure; very friable; sand grains coated and bridged with clay; few fine roots; few fine and medium opaque grains; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of Bt ranges from 10 to 40 inches.)
BC--41 to 48 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; sand grains coated and bridged with clay; few fine and medium opaque grains; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 40 inches thick)
C1--48 to 57 inches; reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) sand; single grained; loose; common medium opaque grains; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (10 to 22 inches thick)
C2--57 to 90 inches; very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sand; common coarse faint very pale brown (10YR 8/2) streaks; single grained; loose; common medium opaque grains; moderately acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Edgecombe County, North Carolina; 1.1 miles northwest of Conetoe on U. S. Highway 64; 1/4 mile north on State Road 1524 to path; 450 feet west on path and 200 feet south in cultivated field.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum thickness: 40 to 60 inches or more.
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: Greater than 60 inches
Soil Reaction: very strongly acid through slightly acid, unless limed
A or Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 1 to 3. Where the A horizon is less than 6 inches thick, the value ranges to 3.
Texture--loamy sand, loamy fine sand, sand, or fine sand
E horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--loamy sand, loamy fine sand, sand, or fine sand
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture--fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or sandy clay loam. The control section averages 10 to 25 percent clay.
BC horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loamy fine sand, or loamy sand
C horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 8, and chroma of 1 to 8
Texture--dominantly loamy sand, sand, loamy fine sand, or fine sand, but some pedons have lenses of fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or sandy clay loam
COMPETING SERIES:
Autryville soils--have siliceous mineralogy and bisequum profile
Baymeade soils--have siliceous mineralogy
Blanton soils--have siliceous mineralogy and sandy E horizons thicker than 40 inches
Dragston soils--have low chroma mottles indicative of wetness in the upper 24 inches or the argillic
Eustis soils--have siliceous mineralogy and Bt horizons of loamy sand
Kalmia soils--have siliceous mineralogy, surfaces less than 20 inches thick and more clay in the Bt horizon
Kenansville soils--have siliceous mineralogy
Lucy soils--have siliceous mineralogy and thicker Bt horizons
Maxton soils--have siliceous mineralogy, surfaces less than 20 inches thick and more clay in the Bt horizon
Molena soils--have siliceous mineralogy and Bt horizons of loamy sand
Pocalla soils--have siliceous mineralogy bisequum profile
Rumford soils--have siliceous mineralogy and surfaces less than 20 inches thick
State soils-have surfaces less than 20 inches thick and more clay in the Bt horizon
Tarboro soils--are sandy throughout and lack Bt horizons
Troup soils--have siliceous mineralogy and sandy E horizons thicker than 40 inches
Wagram soils--have siliceous mineralogy and thicker Bt horizons
Wando soils--are sandy throughout and lack Bt horizons
Wakulla soils--have siliceous mineralogy and Bt horizons of loamy sand
Wickham soils--
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain
Landform: Stream terraces and low marine terraces
Elevation: 10 to 70 feet above mean sea level
Parent Material: Loamy and sandy fluvial sediments and marine sediments
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 60 to 70 degrees
Mean Annual Precipitation: 46 to 60 inches
Frost Free Period: 200 to 330 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: Of the competing series, the
Altavista soils--Moderately well drained soils (seasonal high water table 18 to 30 inches) in fine-loamy family on slightly lower landscapes
Bertie soils--Somewhat poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 12 to 18 inches) in fine-loamy family on lower 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) on lower landscapes
Munden soils--moderately well drained soils (seasonal high water table 18 to 30 inches)in 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
State soils--well drained soils (seasonal high water table 48 to 72 inches) in fine-loamy family on similar landscapes
Tarboro soils--somewhat excessively drained soils (seasonal high water table is below 6 feet) with sandy textures throughout on higher landscapes
Tomotley
Wando soils-well drained soils (seasonal high water table is below 6 feet) with sandy textures throughout on slightly higher landscapes
Wickham soils--well drained soils (seasonal high water table is below 6 feet) in fine-loamy family on similar landscapes
are on low ridges. Associated soils in slightly lower areas are the moderately well drained Altavista and Dogue soils and the somewhat poorly drained
Augusta soils. The more poorly drained
Arapahoe,
Cape Fear,
Deloss,
Portsmouth,
Roanoke, and Tomotley soils are in flats and depressions.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Agricultural Drainage Class: Well drained
Permeability: Moderately rapid
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Mostly cultivated
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--peanuts, soybeans, tobacco, and corn. Where wooded--loblolly pine, sweet gum, oak, hickory, and maple
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Atlantic Coastal Plain of Virginia, North Carolina, and possibly South Carolina
Extent: Moderate
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Edgecombe County, North Carolina, 1976.
REMARKS:
These soils were formerly included in the Kenansville series.
Diagnostic horizons and features include:
Arenic feature - the zone from the surface to 25 inches.
Argillic horizon - the zone from 25 to 41 inches.
Hapl feature - clay decrease beginning at 41 inches.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Laboratory data for particle size distribution and mineralogy is available for one pedon sampled in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The laboratory determinations were made at the North Carolina State University Soil Department.
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation NC0009 CONETOE 0-10 60- 70 200-300 46-60 10-70SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness NC0009 NONE RARE 6.0-6.0 - 60-60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- NC0009 0-25 LS LFS 0- 0 100-100 2-10 1- 4 NC0009 0-25 S FS 0- 0 100-100 2-10 1- 4 NC0009 25-41 SL SCL FSL 0- 0 100-100 10-22 2- 5 NC0009 41-80 LS S 0- 0 100-100 2-10 0- 2
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll NC0009 0-25 4.5- 6.0 .5-2. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW NC0009 0-25 4.5- 6.0 .5-1. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW NC0009 25-41 4.5- 6.0 0.-.5 0- 0 2.0- 6.0 LOW NC0009 41-80 4.5- 6.0 0.-.5 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW