LOCATION MEADOWS VA+NCEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic, shallow Humic Dystrudepts
TYPICAL PEDON: Meadows gravelly loam (in an area of Meadows gravelly loam, 2 to 7 percent slopes ), on a 3 percent slope in fallow field. (Colors are for moist soil, unless otherwise indicated.)
A--0 to 4 inches; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) gravelly loam; reddish brown (5YR 5/3) dry; weak fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; many fine and very fine roots; many very fine irregular pores; 25 percent, by volume reddish brown siltstone gravel; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 5 inches thick)
Bw--4 to 9 inches; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) gravelly loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; common fine roots; many very fine irregular pores; 30 percent, by volume reddish brown siltstone gravel; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary. (4 to 12 inches thick)
C--9 to 16 inches; reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silt loam saprolite; massive; firm; common fine and very fine roots; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 9 inches thick)
Cr--16 to 24 inches; moderately weathered reddish brown (5YR 4/3) siltstone; extremely weakly cemented; low excavation difficulty; rock material crushes to silt loam; abrupt smooth boundary. (5 to 20 inches thick)
R--24 inches; reddish brown siltstone; strongly cemented; very high excavation difficulty.
TYPE LOCATION: Pittsylvania County, Virginia; about 1.0 mile southeast of intersection of Virginia 690 and Virginia 683, 1.3 miles east-northeast of the intersection of Virginia 649 and Virginia 691, about 690 feet east of 2 small farm ponds, in a fallow field; USGS Unknown, VA topographic quadrangle; lat. 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds N. and long. 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to top of Cambic horizon: 0 to 5 inches
Depth to base of Cambic horizon: 5 to 20 inches
Depth to Bedrock: 10 to 20 inches to soft bedrock and 20 to 40 inches to hard bedrock
Rock Fragment Content: 2 to 35 percent, throughout; mostly siltstone, mudstone, or shale gravel. Some fragments are pararock fragments.
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A horizon or Ap horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 2.5YR or 5YR, value of 3 or less, chroma of 2 to 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loam or silt loam
Bw horizon
Color--hue of 2.5YR or 5YR, value of 2 to 4, chroma of 2 to 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-loam or silt loam
C horizon:
Color--hue of 2.5YR or 5YR, value of 2 to 4, chroma of 2 to 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loam or silt loam saprolite
Cr horizon:
Bedrock kind--siltstone, mudstone, or shale
Bedrock hardness--extremely weakly cemented to moderately cemented
Fracture interval--greater than 4 inches
Excavation difficulty--low to high
R horizon:
Bedrock kind--siltstone, mudstone, or shale
Bedrock hardness--strongly cemented to indurated
Fracture interval--greater than 4 inches
Excavation difficulty--very high or extremely high
COMPETING SERIES: None
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Piedmont basin
Landform: Low hill
Geomorphic Component: Interfluve, side slope, nose slope, head slope
Hillslope Profile Position: summit shoulder, backslope
Parent Material: Residuum from Triassic rock, commonly siltstone, mudstone, or shale
Slope: 0 to 60 percent
Elevation: 250 to 900 feet
Frost Free Period: 160 to 205 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 52 to 57 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation: 40 to 55 inches
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Ayersville soils--are moderately deep to soft and hard bedrock and are fine-loamy in the particle-size control section; on similar landforms
Lackstown soils--are very deep to bedrock and are moderately well to somewhat poorly drained; on similar landforms
Pinkston soils--are coarse-loamy in the particle-size control section and are moderately deep to bedrock; on higher landforms
Rockbarn soils--are moderately deep to soft bedrock and deep or very deep to hard bedrock; on higher landforms
Stoneville soils--are deep to soft bedrock; on higher landforms
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Depth Class: Shallow to soft bedrock and moderately deep to hard bedrock
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Somewhat excessively drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Very deep
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
Index Surface Runoff: Very low to medium
Permeability: Moderately rapid
Shrink-Swell Potential: Low
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Abandoned farmland or cutover woodland.
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--small grain. Where wooded--Virginia pine or planted to loblolly pine.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: The Triassic basin of the mesic part of the Southern Piedmont of Virginia and North Carolina.
Extent: Small
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, 1989.
REMARKS: This soil exhibits considerable variability in the degree of weathering of the rock fragments and the Cr horizon. In some areas the gravel in the loamy horizons breaks down under laboratory particle size analysis. The dark colors in the solum are inherited from the parent material.
Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon:
Umbric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 9 inches (the Ap and Bw horizon)
Cambic horizon--the zone 4 to 9 inches (Bw horizon)
Paralithic contact--the contact at a depth of 16 inches (Cr horizon)
Paralithic materials--the zone from 16 to 24 inches (Cr horizon)
Other soil features identified with this pedon:
Series control section--the zone from 0 to 24 inches
ADDITIONAL DATA:
Laboratory Data: No laboratory data available.
Database Information:
Typical Pedon Data Mapunit ID--87398
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation VA0261 MEADOWS 0-60 52-57 160-205 40-55 250-900SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness VA0261 NONE >6.0 - - 10-20 SOFT
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- VA0261 0-4 L SIL 0-5 80-95 7-27 - VA0261 0-4 GR-L GR-SIL 0-5 50-95 7-27 - VA0261 4-9 GR-L GR-SIL 0-5 50-95 7-27 - VA0261 9-16 SIL GR-SIL GR-L 0-5 50-95 7-27 - VA0261 16-24 WB - - - - VA0261 24-34 UWB - - - -
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll VA0261 0-4 5.1-6.5 0.5-2.0 0-0 2.0-6.0 LOW VA0261 0-4 5.1-6.5 0.5-2.0 0-0 2.0-6.0 LOW VA0261 4-9 5.1-6.5 0.0-0.5 0-0 2.0-6.0 LOW VA0261 9-16 5.1-6.5 0.0-0.5 0-0 2.0-6.0 LOW VA0261 16-24 - - - 0.00-0.2 - VA0261 24-34 - - - 0.00-0.06 -