LOCATION ROLESVILLE              NC

Established Series
RDH-MS-SS/Rev. DTA
11/2017

ROLESVILLE SERIES


MLRA(s): 136
Soil Survey Regional Office (SSRO) Responsible: Raleigh, North Carolina
Depth Class: Moderately deep
Agricultural Drainage Class: Excessively drained
Permeability: Rapid
Surface Runoff: Slow
Landscape: Piedmont uplands
Landform: Interstream divides, ridges, and side slopes
Parent Material: Residuum weathered from granite and gneiss
Slope: 0 to 45
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 60 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 47 inches

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, thermic Typic Udipsamments

TYPICAL PEDON: Rolesville loamy sand on an upland ridge, in cropland. (Colors are for moist soils.)

Ap--0 to 12 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; common fine roots; slightly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (1 to 14 inches thick)

Bw--12 to 26 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few fine roots; few fine and medium pores; few fine flakes of mica; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (8 to 23 inches thick)

C--26 to 32 inches; very pale brown (10YR 7/4) loamy coarse sand saprolite; common medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and common fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; massive; very friable; 5 percent by volume pararock fragments of weathered granite; common fine flakes of mica; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 12 inches thick)

Cr--32 to 38 inches; weathered, moderately fractured granite. (0 to 12 inches thick)

R--38 inches; unweathered, slightly fractured granite.

TYPE LOCATION: Wake County, North Carolina; about 0.5 mile north on SR 1945 (Young Street) from the intersection of US Highway 401 and SR 1003 in Rolesville; 0.5 mile west on Daniel Farm Road; about 50 feet south of farm road, in field. USGS Rolesville NC topographic quadrangle; lat. 35 degrees, 55 minutes, 59 seconds N and long. 78 degrees, 28 minutes, 14 seconds W. (NAD 83).

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum Thickness: 10 to 38 inches
Depth to Bedrock: 20 to 40 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: More than 60 inches
Fragments: 0 to 35 percent, by volume quartz, granite, and gneiss pararock fragments throughout the solum
Soil Reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid throughout, except where surface layers have been limed
Mica: Few to common flakes in the Bw and C horizons

RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:

Ap or A horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 4
Texture-loamy sand, loamy coarse sand, or sand in the fine earth fraction

E horizon, (where presemt):
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 4
Texture-loamy sand, loamy coarse sand, or sand in the fine earth fraction

Bw horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture-loamy sand, loamy coarse sand, or sand in the fine earth fraction

C horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 8, and chroma of 1 to 8
Texture-loamy sand, loamy coarse sand, or sand saprolite in the fine earth fraction

Cr horizon:
Color-variable
Texture-weathered fractured granite

COMPETING SERIES:
These are the Assateague, Buncombe, Crevasse, Malden, Peveto, and Tarboro series in the same family and the Ashlar, Wake, and Wateree series in related families.

Assateague soils-are very deep, formed from sandy marine sediments, and on beach dunes of the Lower Coastal Plain.
Buncombe soils-are very deep, formed from sandy fluvial sediments, and on flood plains of the Piedmont and Coastal Plain.
Crevasse soils-are very deep and formed from sandy fluvial sediments on the Mississippi River.
Malden soils-are very deep and formed from sandy sediments of old natural levees on the Mississippi River
Peveto soils-are very deep, formed from coastal beach deposits of sand and shell along the gulf coast of Louisiana
Tarboro soils-are very deep, formed in sandy fluvial and marine sediments, and occur on stream terraces of the Coastal Plain
Similar Series:
Ashlar soils-are coarse loamy, have a depth to unweathered bedrock of 20 to 40 inches, and occur on the same landscape
Wake soils-are shallow, have a a depth to weathered bedrock of 11 to 20 inches, and occur on the same landscape
Wateree soils-are coarse loamy, have a depth to weathered bedrock of 20 to 40 inches, and occur on the same landscape

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Piedmont Plateau of the thermic Southern Piedmont
Landform: Interstream divides, ridges, and side slopes
Parent Material: Residuum weathered from granites and gneiss
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 60 degrees F
Mean Annual Precipitation: 47 inches
Frost Free Period: 180 to 260 days

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
In addition to the similar Ashlar, Wateree, and Wake soils they are:
Appling soils--are very deep, clayey, and intermingled on slightly higher landscape positions
Cecil soils--are very deep, clayey, and intermingled in some areas
Durham soils--are very deep, fine-loamy, and intermingled in some areas
Louisburg soils-are very deep, coarse loamy, and intermingled in some areas
Rion soils--are very deep, fine-loamy, and intermingled in some areas
Wedowee soils-are very deep, clayey, and intermingled in some areas

DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Agricultural Drainage Class: Excessively drained
Surface Runoff: Slow
Permeability: Rapid

USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: mixed hardwood and pine forest, pasture, and cropland
Dominant Vegetation: Where forested--loblolly pine, white oak, hickory, and dogwood. Major crops grown: mixed hay, tobacco, and small grain.

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

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Thermic region of Piedmont in North Carolina and possibly Virginia
Extent: Small

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Wake County, North Carolina, 2017

REMARKS: Rolesville soils were previously mapped as Louisburg, Wake, and Wateree soils.

Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the soil surface to a depth of 12 inches (A horizon)
Paralithic contact--the zone from 32 to 38 inches (Cr horizon)
Lithic contact-the zone starting at 38 inches (R horizon)
Series control section--the zone from 0 to 32 inches

ADDITIONAL DATA:
Reference particle-size data is available from the project soil survey staff, Raleigh, North Carolina.

Data Map Unit ID:

TABULAR SERIES DATA:

Soil Name    Slope  Airtemp  FrFr/Seas  Precip   Elevation
Rolesville   0-45   57-65    180-260    40-55    150-450

FloodL FloodH   Watertable Kind     Months   Bedrock   Hardness
NONE            6.0-6.0                -      20-40     Hard

Depth  Texture            3-Inch  No-10    Clay%  -CEC-
0-12   LS LCOS S          0-2     95-100    3-15    -	
12-26  LS LCOS S          0-0     95-100    5-15    -	
26-32  LS LCOS S          0-0     95-100    3-15    -	
32-38  WB                  -        -        -      -
38     UWB                 -        -        -      -	

Depth   -pH-     O.M.  Salin    Permeab     Shnk-Swll-
0-12   3.6-5.5   1-3    0-0       2-6         LOW
12-26  3.6-5.5   0-.5   0-0     6.0-20        LOW
26-32  3.6-5.5   0-.5   0-0     6.0-20        LOW
32-38     -       -      -         -       
38        -       -      -         -      


National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.