LOCATION GEORGEVILLE SC+AL GA NC VA
Established Series
Rev.DJD;DTA
10/2021
GEORGEVILLE SERIES
The Georgeville series consists of very deep, well drained, moderately permeable soils that formed in material mostly weathered from fine-grained metavolcanic rocks of the Carolina Slate Belt. Slopes are 2 to 50 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Georgeville silt loam - forested. (Colors are for moist soil.)
Oe--0 to 1 inches; moderately decomposed organic matter.
A--1 to 5 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many fine and common medium roots; strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (2 to 9 inches thick)
E--5 to 7 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many fine and medium roots; strongly acid; abrupt broken boundary. (0 to 5 inches thick)
Bt1--7 to 11 inches; yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silt clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine and few medium roots; few distinct clay films on faces of peds; common fine pores; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bt2--11 to 29 inches; red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine and medium roots; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; common fine pores; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bt3--29 to 42 inches; red (2.5YR 4/6) clay with few fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; few fine pores; strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary.
Bt4--42 to 54 inches; red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam with few fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; few fine pores; few fine flakes of mica; strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon ranges from 24 to 48 inches or more)
BC--54 to 64 inches; red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam with common fine and medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and few fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) mottles; weak coarse and very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; few faint clay films on faces of peds; few fine flakes of mica; strongly acid. (5 to 25 inches thick)
TYPE LOCATION: Lancaster County, South Carolina; 6 miles northeast of Lancaster, South Carolina; 1.3 miles east of junction of State Highway 28 and 82; 60 feet south of State Highway 28; and 235 feet southeast of power pole no. COA31.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Thickness of the clayey part of the Bt horizon ranges from 24 to 48 inches. Depth to the bottom of the clayey Bt horizon exceeds 30 inches. Depth to a lithic contact is more than 60 inches. The soil is very strongly acid to neutral in the A horizon and very strongly acid or strongly acid throughout the rest of the profile. Content of rock fragments ranges 0 to 20 percent in the A and E horizons, and 0 to 10 percent in the Bt, BC and C horizons. Few fine flakes of mica are in the lower part of the solum of some pedons, and some pedons may have few fine manganese concretions in the surface and upper subsoil horizons.
The A horizon has hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 0 to 8. It is silt loam, loam, or very fine sandy loam in the fine-earth fraction. Where eroded, the A horizon has hue of 2.5YR to 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 8. It is clay loam or silty clay loam.
The E horizon, where present, has hue of 5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 3 to 8. It is silt loam, loam, or very fine sandy loam in the fine-earth fraction.
The upper part of the Bt horizon has hue of 5YR, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 6 to 8. The middle part of the Bt horizon has hue of 10R or 2.5YR, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 6 to 8. The lower part of the Bt horizon has hue of 10R or 2.5YR, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 6 to 8, commonly with mottles in shades of red, yellow, or brown. The Bt horizon is 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..
The BC horizon has hue of 10R to 5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 6 to 8, commonly with mottles in shades of yellow or brown. It is silt loam, loam, silty clay loam, or clay loam.
The C horizon has hue of 10R to 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 8, commonly with mottles in shades of brown, yellow, white, gray, or red. In some pedons, the C horizon is coarsely mottled in shades of red, brown, yellow or gray. The C horizon is silt loam, loam, very fine sandy loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, or silty clay loam saprolite of fine-grained metavolcanic rock.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the
Appling,
Aragon,
Cataula,
Cecil,
Chestatee,
Darley,
Herndon,
Hulett, Kolomaki,
Mahan,
Nanford,
Nectar,
Neeses,
Pacolet,
Spotsylvania,
Tarrus, and
Wedowee series. Appling, Cecil, Hulett, Pacolet, and Wedowee soils have less than 30 percent silt in the control section. Aragon soils have Bt horizons that are mottled in the upper part. Aragon and Nectar soils formed in weathered limestone, sandstone, shale, or siltstone. Chestatee soils have more than 15 percent by volume of coarse fragments throughout. Darley soils contain layers of fractured ironstone in the B horizon. Herndon soils have Bt horizons with hue of 5YR or yellower. Nanford and Tarrus soils have a depth to weathered bedrock of 40 to 60 inches. Spotsylvania soils have a lithologic discontinuity. Mahan soils formed in coastal plain sediments and have coarse fragments of ironstone.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Georgeville soils are on gently sloping to moderately steep Piedmont uplands. Slopes are generally 6 to 15 percent but range from 2 to 50 percent. The soil formed in residuum weathered from fine-grained metavolcanic rocks. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 37 to 60 inches, mean annual temperature ranges from 59 to 66 degrees F, and the frost-free season ranges from 190 to 240 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: In addition to the competing
Herndon,
Nanford, and
Tarrus series, these are the
Alamance,
Badin,
Goldston,
Gundy,
Kirksey,
Nason,
Tatum, and
Uwharrie series. Alamance and Kirksey soils are fine-silty. Goldston soils are loamy-skeletal. Badin, Gundy, Nason, Tatum, and Uwharrie soils have mixed mineralogy.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained; medium runoff; moderate permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: Cleared areas are used for cotton, small grains, tobacco, corn, hay, and pasture. Forested areas are in mixed hardwood and pines.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Piedmont of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. The series is extensive.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Cabarrus County, North Carolina, 1910.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon - the zone from the surface of the soil to 7 inches (A and E horizons)
Argillic horizon - the zone from 7 to 54 inches (Bt1, Bt2, Bt3, and Bt4 horizons)
Soil horizon depths were updated 10-04-2021 as there was a 1 inch Oe horizon that didn't begin at the soil surface.
MLRA = 136
SIR = SC0014, SC0124 (ROCKY)
ADDITIONAL DATA:
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 6.0-6.0 - 60-60
SC0124 NONE 6.0-6.0 - 60-60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC-
SC0014 0- 7 L VFSL SIL 0- 2 80-100 5-27 8-16
SC0014 0- 7 SICL CL 0- 2 90-100 27-35 8-16
SC0014 0- 7 FSL SL 0- 2 80-100 5-20 4-10
SC0014 7-11 SICL CL 0- 1 90-100 27-35 6-10
SC0014 11-54 C SIC SICL 0- 1 95-100 35-65 9-15
SC0014 54-64 SICL L SIL 0- 5 90-100 15-40 7-15
SC0124 0-7 GR-L GR-SIL GR-VFSL 0-10 55- 75 5-27 8-16
SC0124 0-7 SY-SIL SY-L SY-VFSL 0- 5 70- 80 5-27 8-16
SC0124 0-7 GR-FSL GR-SL 0-10 55- 75 5-20 4-10
SC0124 7-11 SICL CL 0- 1 90-100 27-35 6-10
SC0124 11-54 C SIC SICL 0- 1 95-100 35-65 9-15
SC0124 54-64 SICL L SIL 0- 5 90-100 15-40 7-15
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll
SC0014 0- 7 4.5- 7.3 .5-2. 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
SC0014 0- 7 4.5- 7.3 0.-.5 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
SC0014 0- 7 4.5- 6.0 .5-2. - 0.6- 2.0 LOW
SC0014 7-11 4.5- 5.5 0.-.5 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
SC0014 11-54 4.5- 5.5 0.-.5 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
SC0014 54-64 4.5- 5.5 0.-.5 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
SC0124 0- 7 4.5- 7.3 .5-2. 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
SC0124 0- 7 4.5- 7.3 .5-2. 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
SC0124 0- 7 4.5- 7.3 .5-2. - 0.6- 2.0 LOW
SC0124 7-11 4.5- 5.5 0.-.5 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
SC0124 11-54 4.5- 5.5 0.-.5 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
SC0124 54-64 4.5- 5.5 0.-.5 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.