LOCATION FAIRVIEW NC+VA
Established Series
RJL-DCC/Rev. JAK/DTA
05/2026
FAIRVIEW SERIES
MLRA(s): 136 (mesic part)
Soil Survey Regional Office (SSRO) Responsible: Southeast
Depth Class: Very deep
Agricultural Drainage Class: Well drained
Index Surface Runoff: Medium
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Class: Moderately high
Shrink-Swell Potential: Low
Landscape: Piedmont uplands
Landform: Interstream divides, ridges, and side slopes
Parent Material: Residuum from felsic metamorphic or igneous rock such as mica schist, gneiss, granite gneiss, mica gneiss, granodiorite, and granite
Slope: 2 to 60 percent
Elevation (type location): 384 meters (1260 feet)
Frost Free Period (type location): 174 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 14 degrees C (57 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 1118 millimeters (44 inches)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, kaolinitic, mesic Typic Kanhapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Fairview sandy clay loam (in an area of Fairview sandy clay loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, moderately eroded), on a convex 11 percent slope in pastureland. (Colors are for moist soil)
Ap1--0 to 10 centimeters (0 to 4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; many fine roots throughout; 1 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter schist fragments and 4 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary.
Ap2--10 to 23 centimeters (4 to 9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; common fine roots throughout; common fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, clay bodies and 1 percent fine mica flakes; 1 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter schist fragments and 4 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary; (2 to 30 centimeters (1 to 12 inches )thick);
Bt--23 to 61 centimeters (10 to 24 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) broken face clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; common fine roots throughout; common fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 25 percent discontinuous faint red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine mica flakes; 1 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary; 20 to 60 centimeters (8 to 24 inches) thick)
BCt--61 to 74 centimeters (24 to 29 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) broken face clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate excavation difficulty; 1 percent discontinuous faint red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine mica flakes; 2 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter schist fragments and 4 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter quartz fragments and 5 percent flat very angular weakly cemented 2- to 150-millimeter schist fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary; (0 to 75 centimeters (0 to 29 inches) thick)
C--74 to 200 centimeters (29.1 to 78.7 inches); red (10R 5/6) broken face loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; low excavation difficulty; common fine roots throughout; common fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent fine mica flakes; 1 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 75-millimeter schist fragments and 2 percent nonflat angular indurated 2- to 75- millimeter quartz fragments and 10 percent flat very angular weakly cemented 2- to 150-millimeter schist fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3.
TYPE LOCATION: Surry County, North Carolina; about 2.5 miles west of Dobson, 1000 feet northwest of the intersection of Secondary Roads 1001 and 1124, in a pasture; USGS Bottom, North Carolina topographic quadrangle.
Latitude--36.4008
Longitude-- -80.7736
Datum--WGS84
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to top of Argillic horizon: 2 to 38 centimeters (1 to 15 inches)
Depth to base of Argillic horizon: 38 centimeters (15 inches) or more
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 152 centimeters (60 inches)
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: Greater than 152 centimeters (60 inches)
Rock Fragment Content: 0 to 40 percent in the A and E horizons and 0 to 30 percent in the B and C horizons; mostly gravel, cobbles or stones, but may include channers and flagstones
Mica Content: 0 to 20 percent, by volume mica flakes in the A, E and B horizons, and 0 to 30 percent in the BC and C horizons
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to moderately acid throughout. Limed soils are typically moderately acid or slightly acid in the upper part.
Other Features: Clayey part (greater than 35 percent clay) of the argillic horizon is less than 61 centimeters (24 inches) thick and typically extends to a depth of less than 76 centimeters (30 inches)
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 3 to 6, chroma of 2 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam
Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 3 to 6, chroma of 2 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam. Eroded phases include sandy clay loam or clay loam.
E horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or loam
BE or BA horizons (if they occur):
Color--hue of 2.5YR to 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--fine sandy loam, loam, sandy clay loam, or clay loam
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 10R to 5YR, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--clay loam, sandy clay, or clay
Non-redoximorphic mottles (if they occur)--masses of saprolite in shades of shades of red, brown, or yellow
BC horizon or BCt or CB horizon (if they occur):
Color--hue of 10R to 7.5YR, value of 4 or 6, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, sandy clay loam, or clay loam
Non-redoximorphic mottles (if they occur)--masses of saprolite in shades of shades of red, brown, or yellow
C horizon:
Color--hue of 10R to 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, sandy clay loam, or clay loam saprolite
Non-redoximorphic mottles (if they occur)--masses of saprolite in shades of shades of red, brown, or yellow
COMPETING SERIES:
Clifford soils--clayey part of the argillic horizon extends to a depth of more than 76 centimeters (30 inches) and is 63 to 152 centimeters (25 to 60 inches) thick
Nathalie soils--clayey part of the argillic horizon extends to a depth of more than 76 centimeters (30 inches) and is 63 to 152 centimeters (25 to 60 inches) thick and have Bt horizons with browner hue
Toast soils--have subsoils with browner hue
Westfield soils--have a depth to soft bedrock of 102 to 152 centimeters (40 to 60 inches)
Woolwine soils--have a depth to soft bedrock of 51 to 102 centimeters (20 to 40 inches)
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Piedmont uplands
Landform: Interstream divides, ridges, and side slopes
Parent Material: Residuum from felsic metamorphic or igneous rock such as mica schist, gneiss, granite gneiss, mica gneiss, granodiorite, and granite
Slope: 2 to 60 percent
Elevation: 91 to 427 meters (300 to 1400 feet)
Frost Free Period: 160 to 205 days
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)
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Clifford soils--have a clayey argillic horizon that extends to a depth of more than 76 centimeters (30 inches) and is 63 to 152 centimeters (25 to 60) inches thick; on similar landforms
Nathalie soils--have subsoils with browner hue and have a clayey argillic horizon that extends to a depth of more than 76 centimeters (30 inches); on similar landforms
Poplar Forest soils--have more mica in the subsoil; on similar landforms
Rhodhiss soils--are fine-loamy; on similar landforms
Stott Knob soils-are fine-loamy and have a depth to soft bedrock of 51 to 102 centimeters (20 to 40 inches); on similar landforms
Toast soils--have subsoils with browner hue; on similar landforms
Westfield soils--have a depth to soft bedrock of 102 to 152 centimeters (40 to 60 inches);; on similar landforms
Woolwine soils-- have a depth to soft bedrock of 51 to 102 centimeters (20 to 40 inches); on similar landforms
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Agricultural Drainage Class: Well drained
Index Surface Runoff: Medium
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: Moderately high
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Cropland, pasture, and woodland
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--corn, tobacco, small grain, hay, and apples. Where forested--Eastern white pine, Virginia pine, red oak, white oak, post oak, hickory, blackgum, red maple, yellow poplar, and dogwood.
SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Virginia and North Carolina
Extent: Moderate
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Surry County, North Carolina; 2003.
REMARKS: Fairview soils were previously mapped as Pacolet soils. The April 1997 relocation of the mesic/thermic line in North Carolina and Virginia necessitated the establishment of the Fairview series as a mesic counterpart. The 2008 revision is intended to limit the amount of mica allowed in the Fairview series. The May 2026 revision changed the format. No data was changed.
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 23 centimeters (0 to 9 inches) (Ap1 and Ap2 horizons)
Argillic horizon--the zone from 23 to 61 centimeters (9 to 24 inches) (Bt horizon)
Kandic horizon--the zone from 23 to 74 centimeters (9 to 29 inches) (Bt & BC horizons).
ADDITIONAL DATA:
Laboratory Data: No laboratory data available.
Database Information:
Typical Pedon Data Mapunit ID82665
User Pedon ID--88NC171001
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
2-60 52-57 160-205 40-55 300-1400
SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness
NONE >6.0 >60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC-
0-9 SL FSL L 0-10 75-100 8-20 4-10
0-9 SCL CL 0-10 75-100 20-35 2-10
9-24 SC CL C 0-10 55-100 35-60 2-12
24-60 SL FSL L SCL CL 0-10 55-100 10-30 1-10
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll
0-9 3.6-6.0 0.5-2 2.0-6.0 LOW
0-9 3.6-6.0 0.5-1 0.6-2.0 LOW
9-24 3.6-6.0 0-0.5 0.6-2.0 LOW
24-60 3.6-6.0 0-0.5 0.6-6.0 LOW
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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.