LOCATION DEVOTION NC+VA
Established Series
RJL-DCC-MHC/Rev. JAK/DTA
06/2026
DEVOTION SERIES
MLRA(s): 136 (mesic part)
Soil Survey Regional Office (SSRO) Responsible: Southeast
Depth Class: Moderately deep
Agricultural Drainage Class: Well drained
Index Surface Runoff: Medium
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Class: High
Shrink-Swell Potential: Low
Landscape: Piedmont uplands
Landform: Interstream divides, ridges, and side slopes
Parent Material: Residuum from felsic to intermediate metamorphic or igneous rock
Slope: 2 to 90 percent
Elevation (type location): 1000 feet
Frost Free Period (type location): 174 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 14 degree C (57 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 1168 millimeters (46 inches)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
TYPICAL PEDON: Devotion gravelly fine sandy loam (in an area of Devotion-Rhodhiss-Bannertown complex, 40 to 95 percent slopes, very rocky), on a 65 percent slope, in an area of woodland. (Colors are for moist soil, unless otherwise indicated.)
A--0 to 18 centimeters (0 to 7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4); gravelly fine sandy loam, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; weak medium granular structure; very friable; many fine and medium and few coarse roots; few fine flakes of mica; 20 percent, by volume fine gravel; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (2 to 25 centimeters (1 to 10 inches) thick)
Bw--18 to 51 centimeters (7 to 20 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure parting to weak medium granular structure; very friable; common fine and medium and few coarse roots; few fine tubular pores; common fine flakes of mica; 15 percent, by volume fine gravel; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (25 to 76 centimeters (10 to 30 inches) thick)
C--51 to 61 centimeters (20 to 24 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) gravelly fine sandy loam saprolite; massive; very friable; few fine, medium, and coarse roots; few fine tubular pores; common fine flakes of mica; 20 percent fine gravel; very strongly acid; abrupt irregular boundary.
Cr--61 to 114 centimeters (24 to 45 inches; slightly weathered quartz mica gneiss; weakly cemented; low excavation difficulty; very strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
R--114 centimeters (45 inches); quartz mica gneiss; very strongly cemented; extremely high excavation difficulty.
TYPE LOCATION: Surry County, North Carolina; about 5 miles northeast of Elkin, 0.9 mile south of the intersection of Secondary Roads 1301 and 1307 on Secondary Road 1301, 1.2 mile southeast on farm road into wooded area between the Mitchell River and the South Fork of the Mitchell River, 50 feet east of farm road in woodland; USGS Elkin North, North Carolina topographic quadrangle.
Latitude--36.3431
Longitude-- -80.8240
Datum--WGS84
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to top of Cambic horizon: 2 to 25 centimeters (1 to 10 inches)
Depth to base of Cambic horizon: 38 to 102 centimeters (15 to 40 inches)
Thickness of Cambic horizon: 25 to 76 centimeters (10 to 30 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: 51 to 102 centimeters (20 to 40 inches) to soft bedrock
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: Greater than 152 centimeters (60 inches)
Rock Fragment Content: 5 to 35 percent, by volume throughout; mostly gravel, cobbles, or stones
Mica Content: 0 to 20 percent. by volume, mica flakes throughout
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to moderately acid, unless limed
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A horizon or Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 to 6, chroma of 2 to 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--coarse sandy loam, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loamy sand, loamy fine sand, or loam
E horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 3 or 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--coarse sandy loam, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loamy sand, loamy fine sand, or loam
BA or BE horizon (if they occur):
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 2 to 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--coarse sandy loam, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam
Bw horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--coarse sandy loam, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam with thin layers of loamy sand or sandy clay loam in some pedons
Mottles (if they occur)--shades of brown and yellow
BC horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--coarse sandy loam, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam
Mottles (if they occur)--shades of brown and yellow
C horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 6 or 8, or it is variegated in shades of these colors
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--coarse sandy loam, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loamy sand, sand, fine sand, loamy fine sand, or loamy coarse sand saprolite
Cr horizon:
Bedrock kind--commonly, mica schist, mica gneiss, or granitic rock
Bedrock hardness--extremely weakly cemented to moderately cemented
Fracture interval--greater than 10 centimeters (4 inches)
Excavation difficulty--low to high
R horizon (if it occurs):
Bedrock kind--commonly, mica schist, mica gneiss, or granitic rock
Bedrock hardness--strongly cemented to indurated
Fracture interval--greater than 10 centimeters (4 inches)
Excavation difficulty--very high or extremely high
COMPETING SERIES:
Bannertown soils--are moderately deep to hard bedrock
Edneyville soils--formed in residuum affected by soil creep from felsic to mafic crystalline rock
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Piedmont uplands
Landform: Interstream divides, ridges, and side slopes
Parent Material: Residuum from felsic to intermediate metamorphic or igneous rock
Slope: 2 to 90 percent
Elevation: 91 to 488 meters (300 to 1600 feet)
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 11 to 14 degrees C (52 to 57 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1016 to 1397 millimeters (40 to 55 inches)
Frost Free Period: 160 to 190 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Bannertown soils--moderately deep to hard bedrock; on similar landforms
Nathalie soils--are very deep to bedrock and are clayey; on similar landforms
Clifford soils--are very deep to bedrock and are clayey; on similar landforms
Fairview soils--are very deep to bedrock and are clayey; on similar landforms
Rhodhiss soil--are very deep to bedrock and are fine-loamy; on similar landforms
Stott Knob soils--are moderately deep to soft bedrock and are fine-loamy; on similar landforms
Toast soils--are very deep to bedrock and are clayey; on similar landforms
Westfield soils--are deep to soft bedrock and are clayey; on similar landforms
Woolwine soils--are moderately deep to soft bedrock and are clayey; on similar landforms
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Agricultural Drainage Class: Well drained
Index Surface Runoff: Medium
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: High
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Woodland and limited acreage of cultivated crops
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--corn, tobacco, small grain, hay, and apples. Where wooded--Eastern white pine, Virginia pine, red oak, white oak, post oak, hickory, blackgum, red maple, and dogwood.
SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: North Carolina and Virginia
Extent: Moderate
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Surry County, North Carolina, 2003.
REMARKS: Devotion soils were previously mapped with the Wateree series. The 04/1997 relocation of the mesic/thermic line in MLRA 136 in North Carolina and Virginia necessitated the need for the Devotion series as a mesic counterpart. The June 2026 revision changed the formatting. No data was changed.
Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 18 centimeters (0 to 7 inches) (A horizon)
Cambic horizon--the zone from 18 to 51 centimeters (7 to 20 inches) (Bw horizon)
Paralithic contact--soft bedrock contact at 61 centimeters (24 inches) (Cr layer)
Paralithic materials--the zone from 61 to 114 centimeters (24 to 45 inches) (Cr horizon)
ADDITIONAL DATA:
Laboratory Data:
No laboratory data available.
Database Information:
Typical Pedon Data Mapunit ID--102207
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
2-90 52-57 160-190 40-55 300-1600
SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness
SC0091 NONE >6.0 - 20-40 SOFT
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC-
SC0091 0-7 LS LFS 0-5 75-95 2-15 1-2
SC0091 0-7 SL FSL 0-5 75-98 5-18 1-3
SC0091 7-20 COSL SL 0-5 75-95 5-18 1-3
SC0091 20-24 S LS SL 0-5 65-98 2-15 1-2
SC0091 24-45 WB - - - -
SC0091 45 UWB - - - -
SC0153 0-7 GR-LS GR-LFS 0-5 65-85 2-15 1-2
SC0153 0-7 GR-SL GR-FSL 0-5 65-85 5-18 1-3
SC0153 7-20 GR-COSL GR-SL GR-FSL 0-5 65-85 5-18 1-3
SC0153 20-24 GR-S GR-LS GR-FSL 0-5 65-85 2-15 1-2
SC0153 24-45 WB - - - -
SC0153 45 UWB - - - -
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll
SC0091 0-7 3.5-6.0 0.5-1.0 0-0 2.0-6.0 LOW
SC0091 0-7 3.5-6.0 0.5-1.0 0-0 2.0-6.0 LOW
SC0091 7-20 3.5-6.0 0.0-0.5 0-0 2.0-6.0 LOW
SC0091 20-24 3.6-6.0 0.0-0.5 0-0 2.0-6.0 LOW
SC0091 24-45 - - - - -
SC0091 45 - - - - -
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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.