LOCATION DRAPERMILL VA
Established Series
MAV, Rev. MHC
10/2021
DRAPERMILL SERIES
MLRA(s): 136
Depth Class: Moderately deep
Drainage Class: Well drained
Permeability: Moderate
Surface Runoff: High to very high
Parent Material: Residuum from phyllite or schist
Slope: 25 to 75 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 55 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 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 2 inches; loose leaves, twigs, and moss.
A--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--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--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--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--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; B 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); c;ear irregular boundary.
R--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 topographic Quadrangle; lat. 36 degrees 54 minutes 16.3 seconds N. and long. 79 degrees 46 minutes 34.5 seconds W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to Bedrock: 20 to 40 inches to soft and hard
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: More than 72 inches
Rock Fragments: 0 to 35 percent, by volume, throughout
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid, except where limed
Thickness of Argillic horizon: 11 to 35 inches
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, and chroma of 4 or 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-fine sandy loam loam, silt loam
BA horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 OR 5, and chroma of 4 OR 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)- fine sandy loam, loam, silt loam, clay loam, silty clay loam
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 2.5YR through 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 through 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-loam, silt loam, clay loam, silty clay loam
BC horizon:
Color--hue of 2.5YR through 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 4 through 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-loam, silt loam, clay loam, silty clay loam
C horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 2.5YR through 10YR, value of 4 through 8, and chroma of 4 through 8, or it is multicolored
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-fine sandy loam, loam, silt loam, clay loam, 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 horions.
COMPETING SERIES:
In same family:
Chetwynd soils-very deep, formed in dissected glacial outwash materials
Gilpin soils-formed in material from siltstone and shale
Gilwood soils-formed in material from siltstone and shale
Glenelg soils-very deep, formed in material from felsic crystalline rock such as mica schist
Rhodhiss soils-very deep, formed in material from felsic crystalline rock such as mica schist
Tate soils-very deep, formed in alluvium and colluvium from crystalline rock
In subactive family:
Brasstown-deep, formed in residuum from metasediments, in Appalachian Mountains
Junaluska-formed in residuum from metasediments, in Appalachian Mountains
Sauratown-formed in residuum from high-grade metamorphic rock
In active family:
Edneytown-very deep, formed in residuum from granite, gneiss, and schist, in Appalachian Mountains
Gladstone-very deep, formed in residuum and colluvium from granitic gneiss, in Appalachian Mountains
Millstone-very deep, formed in alluvium on stream terraces in glaciated areas
Pigeonroost-formed in residuum from felsic high-grade metamorphic or igneous rock, in Appalachian Mountains
Shelocta-deep an dvery deep, colluvium from shale, siltstone and sandstone
Syenite-formed in loess over residuum from granite
Soils previously in mixed family, without activity class determined this date:
Albemarle,
Allegheny,
Allenwood,
Arendtsville,
Bedington,
Bucks,
Butano,
Chester,
Clymer,
Edgemont,
Elsinboro,
Eubanks,
Ezel,
Frankstown,
Freehold,
Joanna,
Leck Kill,
Leedsville,
Lonon,
Meadowville,
Murrill,
Nixon,
Pineville, Quakertwon,
Rayne,
Shouns,
Ungers, Whiteford.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Piedmont
Landform: Interfluves and ridges
Geomorphic Component: Interfluves and sideslopes
Elevation: 800 to 1600 feet
Parent Material: residuum from phyllites and schists
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 52 to 57 degrees
Mean Annual Precipitation: 40 to 60 inches
Frost Free Period: 175 to 205 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Buffstat soils- >35 percent clay, bedrock at 40 to 60 inches
Bugley soils- >35 percent rock fragments, 10 to 20 inches to bedrock
Fairystone soils - >35 percent rock fragments
Littlejoe soils- >35 percent clay, bedrock at 40 to 60 inches
Penhook soils - >35 percent clay, more than 60 inches to bedrock
Strawfield soils - >35 percent clay
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Agricultural Drainage Class: Well drained
Permeability of Restrictive Layer (upper 60 inches): Moderate
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Very deep and/or absent
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Woodland, few areas in pasture
Dominant Vegetation: Where wooded-mixed hardwood and pine.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Virginia
Extent: Small
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Franklin County, Virginia, 2004
REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 9 inches (O, A and BA horizon)
Argillic horizon--the zone from 9 to 23 inches (Bt horizon)
Lithic contact-37 inches (R horizon)
Series control section--the zone from 0 to 37 inches
The soil horizon depths were revised on 10/2021 to ensure the description began at the soil surface.
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-inches 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.