LOCATION DRAPERMILL VA
Established Series
MAV, Rev.MHC; DTA
06/2026
DRAPERMILL SERIES
MLRA(s): 136 (mesic part)
Soil Survey Regional Office (SSRO) Responsible: Southeast
Depth Class: Moderately deep
Drainage Class: Well drained
Permeability: Moderate
Index Surface Runoff: High to very high
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Class: Moderately high
Shrink-Swell Potential: Low
Landscape: Piedmont uplands
Landform: Interstream divides, ridges, and side slopes
Parent Material: Residuum from phyllite or schist
Slope: 25 to 75 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 13 degrees C (55 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 1143 millimeters (45 inches)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Drapermill gravelly silt loam, on a 30 percent slope, in mixed hardwood and pine woodland (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise indicated.)
Oi--0 to 5 centimeters (0 to 2 inches); loose leaves, twigs, and moss.
A--5 to 13 centimeters (2 to 5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine through very coarse roots; 16 percent subrounded quartz gravels and subangular phyllite channers; very strongly acid (pH 4.5); clear smooth boundary.
BA--13 to 23 centimeters (5 to 9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; common very fine through very coarse roots; few medium and coarse tubular pores; 16 percent subrounded quartz gravels and subangular phyllite channers; very strongly acid (pH 4.7); clear smooth boundary.
Bt--23 to 58 centimeters (9 to 23 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky and slightly plastic; common very fine through very coarse roots; few medium and coarse tubular pores; few faint clay films on faces of peds; 16 percent subrounded quartz gravels and subangular phyllite channers; strongly acid (pH 5.1); gradual smooth boundary.
BC--58 to 79 centimeters (23 to 31 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky and nonplastic; few very fine through very coarse roots; 16 percent subrounded quartz gravels and subangular phyllite channers; strongly acid (pH 5.1); clear irregular boundary.
C/Bt--79 to 94 centimeters (31 to 37 inches); C part is 60% strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 20 percent subangular phyllite channers; Bt part is 40% red (10R 4/6) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, sticky, plastic; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent subangular phyllite channers; C and B parts are strongly acid (pH 5.1); clear irregular boundary.
R--94 centimeters (37 inches); hard, unweathered phyllite.
TYPE LOCATION: Franklin County, Virginia, located 5,300 feet north 31 degrees east of the intersection of State Routes 619 and 854; in woodland; in the southeastern part of Franklin County; USGS Gladehill, Virginia topographic quadrangle.
Latitude--36.9041
Longitude-- -79.7758
Datum--WGS84
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Thickness of Argillic Horizon: 28 to 89 centimeters (11 to 35 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: 51 to 102 centimeters (20 to 40 inches) to hard
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: More than 183 centimeters (72 inches)
Rock Fragment Content: 0 to 35 percent, by volume, throughout
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid, except where limed
Other Features: Flakes of mica, none to common throughout
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 through 6, chroma of 4 or 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-fine sandy loam, loam, or silt loam
BA horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 OR 5, chroma of 4 or 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)- fine sandy loam, loam, silt loam, clay loam, or silty clay loam
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 2.5YR through 10YR, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-loam, silt loam, clay loam, or silty clay loam
BC horizon:
Color--hue of 2.5YR through 10YR, value of 5 or 6, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-loam, silt loam, clay loam, or silty clay loam
C horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 2.5YR through 10YR, value of 4 through 8, chroma of 4 to 8, or it is multicolored
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-fine sandy loam, loam, silt loam, clay loam, or silty clay loam
C/Bt horizon:
Horizon of parent material and translocated clay directly above bedrock. Translocated clay textures are usually heavier and redder than overlying eluvial horizons.
COMPETING SERIES:
Rhodhiss soils--are very deep and formed in material from felsic crystalline rock such as mica schist
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Piedmont uplands
Landform: Interstream divides, ridges, and side slopes
Elevation: 244 to 488 meters (800 to 1600 feet)
Parent Material: Residuum from phyllite or schist
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 11 to 14 degrees C (52 to 57 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1020 to 1520 millimeters (40 to 60 inches)
Frost Free Period: 175 to 205 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Buffstat soils--are clayey and have a depth to bedrock of 102 to 152 centimeters (40 to 60 inches)
Bugley soils--are clayey and have a depth to bedrock of 25 to 51 centimeters (10 to 20 inches)
Fairystone soils--have over 35 percent rock fragments
Littlejoe soils--are clayey and have a depth to bedrock of 102 to 152 centimeters (40 to 60 inches)
Penhook soils--are clayey and have a depth to bedrock of greater than 152 centimeters (60 inches)
Strawfield soils--are clayey
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Agricultural Drainage Class: Well drained
Index Surface Runoff: High to very high
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: Moderately high
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Woodland and some pasture
Dominant Vegetation: Where wooded--mixed hardwood and pine.
SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Virginia
Extent: Small
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Franklin County, Virginia, 2004
REMARKS: The soil horizon depths were revised on 10/2021 to ensure the description began at the soil surface. The June 2026 revision changed the format. No data was changed.
Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 23 centimeters (0 to 9 inches) (O, A and BA horizon)
Argillic horizon--the zone from 23 to 58 centimeters (9 to 23 inches) (Bt horizon)
Lithic contact--94 centimeters (37 inches) (R horizon)
ADDITIONAL DATA: This pedon sampled as S99VA067-008.
DATA MAP UNIT ID: 27439
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness
NONE >72 20-40 HARD
Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay%
0-9 FSL,L, SIL 0-5 50-100 10-27
0-9 GR-FSL,GR-L, GR-SIL 0-5 50-100 10-27
9-37 L, CL, SICL 0-5 50-100 18-35
37 UWB - - -
Depth -pH- O.M. Permeab Shrnk-Swll
0-9 3.5-4.5 1.5-3.0 2.0-6.0 LOW
9-37 3.5-4.5 0.0-0.5 0.6-2.0 LOW
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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.