LOCATION GEORGEVILLE NC+AL GA SC VA
Established Series
Rev. DTA
09/2025
GEORGEVILLE SERIES
MLRA(s): 136 (thermic 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 weathered from fine-grained metavolcanic rock of the Carolina Slate Belt
Slope: 2 to 50 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 16 degrees C (60 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 1194 millimeters (47 inches)
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Georgeville silt loam--forested. (Colors are for moist soil.)
A--0 to 13 centimeters (0 to 5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; common fine and medium roots; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (5 to 23 centimeters (2 to 9 inches) thick)
Bt1--13 to 79 centimeters (5 to 31 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine and medium roots; few distinct clay films on faces of peds; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt2--79 to 107 centimeters (31 to 42 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) silty clay with common medium faint reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; very strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon ranges from 61 to 122 centimeters (24 to 48 inches) or more)
BC--107 to 122 centimeters (42 to 48 inches); light red (2.5YR 6/8) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (13 to 63 centimeters (5 to 25 inches) thick)
C--122 to 163 centimeters (48 to 64 inches); mottled red (2.5YR 4/8), reddish yellow (5YR 7/6), and yellow (10YR 7/8) silt loam saprolite with pockets of silty clay loam; massive; very friable; very strongly acid. (13 to 63 centimeters (5 to 25 inches) thick)
TYPE LOCATION: Montgomery County, North Carolina; 5.5 miles north on US 220 to Secondary Road 1362 at Steads; 1.6 miles southeast of Steads on Secondary Road 1362; 50 feet east of Secondary Road 1362, in woods. USGS Star, North Carolina topographic quadrangle.
Latitude--35.565
Longitude-- -79.765
Datum--WGS84
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to Base of Argillic Horizon: Greater than 76 centimeters (30 inches)
Thickness of Clayey part of Argillic Horizon: 61 to 122 centimeters (24 to 48 inches)
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 20 percent, by volume, in the A and E horizons, and 0 to 10 percent, by volume, in the Bt, BC and C horizons
Mica Content: 0 to 2 percent, by volume, mica flakes in the lower part of the solum
Soil Reaction: Very strongly acid to neutral in the A horizon and very strongly acid or strongly acid throughout the rest of the profile, unless limed
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A or Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5 chroma of 0 to 8. Where eroded, hue of 2.5YR to 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 4 to 8.
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--silt loam, loam, or very fine sandy loam. Where eroded, clay loam or silty clay loam
E horizon, where present:
Color--hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--silt loam, loam, or very fine sandy loam
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 10R or 2.5YR, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 6 to 8. Mottles in shades of red, yellow, or brown may be present.
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--clay loam, silty clay loam, silty clay, or clay. The particle-size control section averages more than 30 percent silt or more than 40 percent silt plus very fine sand, or less than 15 percent sand coarser than very fine sand.
BC horizon:
Color--hue of 10R to 5YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 6 to 8. Mottles in shades of yellow or brown may be present.
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--silt loam, loam, silty clay loam, or clay loam.
C horizon:
Color--hue of 10R to 10YR, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 3 to 8. Mottles in shades of brown, yellow, white, gray, or red may be present.
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--silt loam, loam, very fine sandy loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or silty clay loam saprolite
COMPETING SERIES:
Appling soils--are not as red as Georgeville and have less than 30 percent silt in the control section
Cecil soils--have less than 30 percent silt in the control section
Herndon soils--are not as red as Georgeville
Nanford soils--are not as red as Georgeville and have a depth to weathered bedrock of 102 to 152 centimeters (40 to 60 inches)
Pacolet soils--have less than 30 percent silt in the control section
Tarrus soils--have a depth to weathered bedrock of 102 to 152 centimeters (40 to 60 inches)
Wedowee soils--are not as red as Georgeville and lack the greater than 30 percent silt requirement in the control section
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Piedmont Plateau of the thermic Southern Piedmont
Landform: Interstream divides, ridges, and side slopes
Parent Material: Residuum weathered from fine-grained metavolcanic rocks of the Carolina Slate Belt
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 15 to 19 degrees C (59 to 66 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 940 to 1524 millimeters (37 to 60 inches)
Frost-free period: 190 to 240 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Alamance soils--are fine-silty
Badin soils--have a depth to weathered bedrock of 51 to 102 centimeters (20 to 40 inches)
Goldston soils--are loamy-skeletal
Gundy soils--have mixed mineralogy and a base saturation over 35 percent
Kirksey soils--are fine-silty
Nason soils--are not as red, have a depth to weathered bedrock of 102 to 152 centimeters (40 to 60 inches) and have mixed mineralogy
Tatum soils--have a depth to weathered bedrock of 102 to 152 centimeters (40 to 60 inches) and have mixed mineralogy
Uwharrie soils--have mixed mineralogy
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Agricultural Drainage Class: Well drained
Index Surface Runoff: Medium
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Class: Moderately high
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Cultivated crops, pasture, and woodland
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--cotton, small grains, tobacco, corn, hay, and pasture. Where wooded--mixed hardwood and pines
SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Extent: Extensive
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Cabarrus County, North Carolina, 1910.
REMARKS:
Previous revision 10/2002 by JAK. Soil horizon depths were updated 10-04-2021 as there was a 1 inch Oe horizon that didn't begin at the soil surface.
The September 2025 revision reformatted the description to semi-tabular. The type location was also moved from Lancaster County, South Carolina to Montgomery County, North Carolina which represents the dominant area as mapped.
Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the surface of the soil to 13 centimeters (5 inches) (A horizon)
Argillic horizon--the zone from 13 to 107 centimeters (5 to 42 inches) (Bt1 and Bt2 horizons)
SIR = SC0014, SC0124 (ROCKY)
ADDITIONAL DATA:
Typical Data Map Unit:
Typical User Pedon ID:
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
SC0014 GEORGEVILLE 2-50 59-66 190-225 37-60 300-1100
SC0124 GEORGEVILLE 2-50 59-66 190-225 37-60 300-1100
SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness
SC0014 NONE >6.0 - >60
SC0124 NONE >6.0 - >60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC-
SC0014 0- 5 L VFSL SIL 0-2 80-100 5-27 8-16
SC0014 0- 5 SICL CL 0-2 90-100 27-35 8-16
SC0014 0- 5 FSL SL 0-2 80-100 5-20 4-10
SC0014 5-42 C SIC SICL 0-1 95-100 35-65 9-15
SC0014 42-64 SICL L SIL 0-5 90-100 15-40 7-15
SC0124 0-5 GR-L GR-SIL GR-VFSL 0-10 55-75 5-27 8-16
SC0124 0-5 SY-SIL SY-L SY-VFSL 0-5 70-80 5-27 8-16
SC0124 0-5 GR-FSL GR-SL 0-10 55-75 5-20 4-10
SC0124 5-42 C SIC SICL 0-1 95-100 35-65 9-15
SC0124 42-64 SICL L SIL 0-5 90-100 15-40 7-15
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll
SC0014 0-5 4.5-7.3 .5-2. 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW
SC0014 0-5 4.5-7.3 0.-.5 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW
SC0014 0-5 4.5-6.0 .5-2. 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW
SC0014 5-42 4.5-5.5 0.-.5 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW
SC0014 42-64 4.5-5.5 0.-.5 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW
SC0124 0-5 4.5-7.3 .5-2. 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW
SC0124 0-5 4.5-7.3 .5-2. 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW
SC0124 0-5 4.5-7.3 .5-2. 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW
SC0124 5-42 4.5-5.5 0.-.5 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW
SC0124 42-64 4.5-5.5 0.-.5 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW
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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.