LOCATION DEVOTION NCEstablished Series
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 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. (1 to 10 inches thick)
Bw--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. (10 to 30 inches thick)
C--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--24 to 45 inches; slightly weathered quartz mica gneiss; weakly cemented; low excavation difficulty; very strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
R--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, NC topographic quadrangle; lat. 36 degrees 20 minutes 25 seconds N and long. 80 degrees 49 minutes 03 seconds W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to top of Cambic horizon: 1 to 10 inches
Depth to base of Cambic horizon: 15 to 40 inches
Thickness of Cambic horizon: 10 to 30 inches
Depth to Bedrock: 20 to 40 inches to soft bedrock and 40 to 60 inches or more to hard bedrock
Rock Fragment Content: 5 to 35 percent, by volume throughout; mostly gravel, cobbles, or stones
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to moderately acid, unless limed
Mica Content: 0 to 20 percent. by volume mica flakes throughout
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A horizon or Ap horizon (if it occurs):
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 (if it occurs):
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
Cr horizon:
Bedrock kind--commonly, mica schist, mica gneiss, or granitic rock
Bedrock hardness--extremely weakly cemented to moderately cemented
Fracture interval--greater than 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 4 inches
Excavation difficulty--very high or extremely high
COMPETING SERIES:
Ashe soils--above an elevation of 1400 feet in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Bannertown soils--moderately deep to hard bedrock
Brookfield soils--formed in micaceous glacial till
Buladean soils--deep to soft bedrock, formed in residuum affected by soil creep, and are at higher elevations in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Cardigan soils--formed in glacial till
Charlton soils--formed in glacial till
Chatfield soils--formed in glacial till
Cheshire soils--formed in supraglacial till
Chestnut soils--formed in residuum affected by soil creep and are at higher elevations in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Delaware soils--formed in alluvium on post glacial and glacial terraces
Dutchess soils--formed in glacial till
Ditney soils--formed in residuum from arkose, graywacke, or quartzite in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Edneyville soils--formed in residuum affected by soil creep from felsic to mafic crystalline rock
Fedscreek soils--formed in colluvium
Foresthill soils--formed in a thin mantle of humanly-transported natural soil materials in fill areas
Gallimore soils--formed in glacial outwash
Greenbelt soils-- formed in a thin mantle of humanly-transported natural soil materials in fill areas
Hazel soils--formed in residuum of sandstone and phyllite
Lordstown soils--formed in siltstone and sandstone glacial till
Marrowbone soils--formed in residuum or colluvium from sandstone and siltstone
Maymead soils--formed in colluvium from feldspathic quartzite, graywacke, arkosic sandstone, granite, and gneiss
Newport soils--formed in compact glacial till
Riverhead soils--formed in glacial outwash
Soco soils--formed in residuum affected by soil creep from metasedimentary rock in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
St. Albans soils--formed in glacial till
Stecoah soils--formed in residuum affected by soil creep from metasedimentary rock in the Appalachian Mountains
Steinsburg soils--formed in residuum from weakly cemented sandstone, arkosic sandstone, and conglomerate
Stinger soils--formed in colluvium from granite rock
Tipsaw soils--formed in residuum from interbedded sandstone and siltstone in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
Yalesville soils--formed in glacial till
Wakeman soils--formed in residuum over sandstone bedrock on till or lake plains
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Piedmont upland
Landform: Hill, ridge
Geomorphic Component: Crest, side slope, head slope, nose slope
Hillslope Profile Position: Summit, shoulder, backslope
Parent Material: Residuum from felsic to intermediate metamorphic or igneous rock
Slope: 2 to 90 percent
Elevation: 300 to 1600 feet
Parent Material: Residuum from felsic to intermediate, high-grade metamorphic, or igneous rock; mostly mica gneiss, mica schist, and granitic rock
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 52 to 57 degrees
Mean Annual Precipitation: 40 to 55 inches
Frost Free Period: 160 to 205 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Bannertown soils--moderately deep to hard bedrock; on similar landforms
Nathalie soils--very deep to bedrock and a fine particle-size control section; on similar landforms
Clifford soils--very deep to bedrock and a fine particle-size control section; on similar landforms
Fairview soils--very deep to bedrock and a fine particle-size control section; on similar landforms
Rhodhiss soil--very deep to bedrock and a fine-loamy particle-size control section; on similar landforms
Stott Knob soils--moderately deep to soft bedrock and a fine-loamy particle-size control section; on similar landforms
Toast--very deep to bedrock and a fine particle-size control section; on similar landforms
Westfield soils--deep to soft bedrock and a fine particle-size control section; on similar landforms
Woolwine soils--moderately deep to soft bedrock and a fine particle-size control section; on similar landforms
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Depth Class: Moderately deep (20 to 40 inches) to soft bedrock and deep or very deep (40 to 60 inches or more) to hard bedrock
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Well drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Very deep
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
Index Surface Runoff: Very low to medium
Permeability: Moderately rapid
Shrink-Swell Potential: Low
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.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: North Carolina and Virginia
Extent: Moderate
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina.
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 North Carolina and Virginia necessitated the need for the Devotion series as a mesic counterpart.
Diagnostic horizon and features recognized in this pedon:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 7 inches (A horizon)
Cambic horizon--the zone from 7 to 20 inches (Bw horizon)
Paralithic contact--bedrock contact at 24 inches (Cr layer)
Paralithic materials--the zone from 24 to 45 inches (Cr horizon)
Other soil features identified with this pedon:
Series control section--the zone from 0 to 34 inches
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 40-55 300-1600SOI-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 - - - - -