LOCATION NEVARC             VA
Established Series
MEN-JHW, Rev MHC
05/2004

NEVARC SERIES


MLRA(s): 133A, 153A
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
Depth Class: very deep
Drainage Class (Agricultural): moderately well drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: shallow and moderately deep, common
Index Surface Runoff: high to very high
Permeability: slow
Landscape: Coastal Plain
Landform: marine terrace
Geomorphic Component: tread, talf, rise
Parent Material: marine deposits
Slope: 2 to 55 percent
Elevation (type location):
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 59 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 47 inches

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, subactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults

TYPICAL PEDON: Nevarc silt loam - forested, on a 15 percent concave slope. (Colors are for moist soil.)

A--0 to 3 inches; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; many fine and medium roots; extremely acid; clear smooth boundary. (0 to 8 inches thick)

E--3 to 14 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) loam; common medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Fe masses; weak fine granular structure; many fine and medium roots; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (0 to 16 inches thick)

Bt1--14 to 19 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; common medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) Fe masses; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; many fine and medium roots; many faint clay films on faces of peds; extremely acid; gradual smooth boundary.

Bt2--19 to 26 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; common medium distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) and and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) Fe masses, and common medium distinct pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) Fe depletions; weak medium prismatic structure parting to weak medium subangular blocky; firm; common fine roots; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary.

Bt3--26 to 42 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; many medium distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) Fe masses and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) Fe depletions; weak medium prismatic structure parting to weak medium subangular blocky; very firm; few fine roots; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 20 to 50 inches)

Cg--42 to 51 inches; pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) clay with pockets of sandy clay; common medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6) Fe masses; massive; firm; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.

C--51 to 64 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam with pockets of clay; common medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Fe masses and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) Fe depletions; massive; firm; very strongly acid.

TYPE LOCATION: Middlesex County, Virginia; about 1.5 miles east of VA-640 on VA-693; .5 mile north of VA-693 on farm lane and 250 feet south of Weeks Creek.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 72 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 00 to 00 inches, Month to Month
Rock Fragment content: Quartz gravel range from 0 to 15 percent throughout the solum and 0 to 35 percent in the substratum
Soil Reaction: extremely acid through moderately acid, except where limed
Other Features: Linear extensibility is estimated to be less than 6.0 cm between the soil surface to a depth of 40 cm

RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:

A or Ap horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR through 2.5Y, value of 2 through 6, and chroma of 2 through 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- very fine sandy loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loam, or silt loam

E horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR through 5Y, value of 5 through 7, and chroma of 3 through 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- very fine sandy loam, fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loam, or silt loam

BA or BE horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 through 7, and chroma of 4 through 8Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- loam, clay loam, sandy clay loam, or silty clay loam

Bt horizon (upper part):
Color--hue of 7.5YR through 10YR, value of 4 through 7, and chroma of 3 through 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- sandy clay loam, clay loam, sandy clay, silty clay loam, silty clay, or clay
Redoximorphic features (if they occur)-- High chroma Fe concentrations are in the upper part of the Bt horizon of some pedons
Other features-- weighted average clay content of the upper 20 inches of the argillic horizon is more than 35 percent. The weighted average of silt plus very fine sand is more than 30 percent.

Bt horizon (lower part):
Color--hue of 5YR through 2.5Y, value of 4 through 7, and chroma of 3 through 8, or it is multicolored with these or other hue without dominant matrix color
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- sandy clay loam, clay loam, sandy clay, silty clay loam, silty clay, or clay
Redoximorphic features (if they occur)-- Fe depletions and masses range from few to many
Other features-- weighted average clay content of the upper 20 inches of the argillic horizon is more than 35 percent. The weighted average of silt plus very fine sand is more than 30 percent.

Btg horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 7.5YR through 2.5Y, value of 4 through 7, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- sandy clay loam, clay loam, sandy clay, silty clay loam, silty clay, or clay
Redoximorphic features (if they occur)high chroma Fe masses range from few to many
Other features-- weighted average clay content of the upper 20 inches of the argillic horizon is more than 35 percent. The weighted average of silt plus very fine sand is more than 30 percent.

BC or CB horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR through 2.5Y, value of 4 through 7, and chroma of 3 through 8, or it is multicolored with these or other hue without dominant matrix color
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- sandy clay loam, clay loam, sandy clay, silty clay loam, silty clay, or clay

BCg or CBg horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR through 2.5Y, value of 4 through 7, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- sandy clay loam, clay loam, sandy clay, silty clay loam, silty clay, or clay

C or 2C horizon (if it occurs):
Color-- variable and commonly are multicolored shades of gray, brown, yellow, and red
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- variable in texture and commonly is stratified or contains pockets of contrasting textures. It ranges from sand to clay

Cg or 2Cg horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 5YR through 2.5Y, value of 4 through 7, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- variable in texture and commonly is stratified or contains pockets of contrasting textures. It ranges from sand to clay

COMPETING SERIES:
Craven soilshave an apparent water table
Eulonia soilshave less than 30 percent silt plus very fine sand in the upper 20 inches of the argillic horizon
Maubila soilshave ironstone fragments

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain
Landform: marine terrace
Geomorphic Component: tread, talf, rise
Parent Material: marine deposits
Elevation: 2 to 300 feet
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 58 to 62 degrees
Mean Annual Precipitation: 44 to 49 inches
Frost Free Period: 200 to 240 days

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Emporia soilshave less clay, well drained
Remlik soilshave less clay, well drained
Suffolk soilshave less clay, well drained

DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage class (Agricultural): moderately well drained
Index Surface Runoff: high to very high
Internal Free Water Occurrence: shallow and moderately deep, common
Permeability: slow

USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Most areas are in pine and mixed hardwood forest

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Virginia, and possibly Maryland, North Carolina, and other southern states
Extent: moderate

MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Middlesex County, Virginia, 1982.

REMARKS: 1. In the past Nevarc soils have been included with higher units of taxonomic classification. 2. Nevarc soils have also been part of the Craven soils concept in the past.

Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 14 inches (A and E horizons)
Argillic horizon--the zone from 14 to 42 inches (Bt horizons)
Aquic conditions--the soil has redox depletions and concentrations within the upper 24 inches of the argillic horizon, with periodic saturation and reduction at some time during the year
Series control section--the zone from 0 to 60 inches

ADDITIONAL DATA:

Data Map Unit ID (type location):

TABULAR SERIES DATA:

Soil Name   Slope  Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip  Elevation
NEVARC      6- 65   58- 62  200-240  44- 49    20- 300

FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness NONE 1.5-3.0 PERCHED DEC-APR 60-60

Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- 0-14 SL FSL 0- 0 80-100 8-18 2- 25 0-14 VFSL L SIL 0- 0 80-100 10-25 2- 25 0-14 CL 0- 0 80-100 27-40 2- 25 14-51 CL C SIC 0- 0 80-100 35-55 2- 20 51-64 SR LS SCL 0- 2 55-100 10-35 2- 15

Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll 0-14 3.6- 6.0 .5-2. 0- 0 2.0- 6.0 LOW 0-14 3.6- 6.0 .5-2. 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW 0-14 3.6- 6.0 .5-1. 0- 0 0.06- 0.2 MODERATE 14-51 3.6- 6.0 0.-.5 0- 0 0.06- 0.2 MODERATE 51-64 3.6- 6.0 0.-.5 0- 0 0.6- 6.0 LOW


National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.