LOCATION TUCKAHOE VAEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Dystric Fluventic Eutrudepts
TYPICAL PEDON: Tuckahoe loam - in a cultivated area.
(Colors are for moist soil.)
Ap--0 to 10 inches; dark brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; common fine roots; common fine pores; few fine flakes of mica; few worm casts; neutral; clear smooth boundary. (0 to 10 inches
thick)
BA--10 to 17 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; nonsticky, slightly plastic; common fine roots; common fine pores; few fine flakes of mica; neutral; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 14 inches thick)
Bwl--17 to 30 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots; few fine pores; few fine flakes of mica; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary. (10 to 25 inches thick)
Bw2--30 to 43 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots; few fine pores; few fine flakes of mica; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary. (8 to 20 inches thick)
Bw3--43 to 61 inches; brown (7.5YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic few fine roots; few distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand coatings; few fine flakes of mica; slightly acid; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 20 inches thick)
C--61 to 68 inches; brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots; few dark oxide stains; few fine flakes of mica; slightly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Goochland County, Virginia; 1.7 miles southeast of intersection of Highways 600 and 627 and 50 feet east of the James River.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The solum ranges from 40 to 65 inches. Depth to bedrock is greater than 60 inches. Rock fragments, where present, are less than 5 percent by volume at depths of less than 40 inches. Content of flakes of mica ranges from none to many. A buried horizon is in some pedons in the lower part of the solum. The soil ranges from strongly acid through neutral throughout the solum.
The A horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4, and chroma of 2 to 4. It is fine sandy loam, loam, or silt loam.
The B horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 through 5, and chroma of 3 through 6. Mottles are in some pedons, but mottles with chroma of 2 or less are below 24 inches. The B horizon is loam, silt loam, clay loam, or silty clay loam. Sand content is less than 45 percent.
The C horizon is stratified, and is variable in color and texture.
COMPETING SERIES: The Hannahatchee and Ocana soils are the only series in the same family. The Hannahatchee soils have greater than 45 percent sand in the B horizon. The Ocana soils are formed in alluvium weathered from limestone and have 15 to 35 percent chert in the control section.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Tuckahoe soils formed in recent alluvium on nearly level flood plains in the Piedmont and upper Coastal Plain. Slopes are commonly less than 2 percent. The loamy sediments are largely derived from soils formed in material weathered from
schist, gneiss, granite, phyllite, and other metamorphic and
igneous rocks. Slopes range from 0 to 2 percent. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 38 to 45 inches and mean annual
temperature ranges from 59 to 62 degrees F.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are
Monacan,
Toccoa,
Bolling,
Buncombe,
Fork,
Pamunkey, and
Wehadkee soils. Bolling, Fork, and Pamunkey soils are Alfisols. Buncombe soils are in a sandy family. Wehadkee soils are Fluvaquents. Monacan soils are aquentic and Toccoa soils are coarse loamy.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained, slow runoff; moderate permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of this soil are cleared and used for crops or pasture. Corn, soybeans, small grains, and hay are the principal crops. A few small areas are in woodland consisting of yellow-poplar, loblolly pine and white oak.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Virginia, North Carolina, and possibly Georgia. This series is of small extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Goochland County, Virginia, 1976.
REMARKS: Tuckahoe soils were formerly included in the Congaree and Riverview series.
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation VA0103 TUCKAHOE 0- 2 59- 62 190-220 38- 45 25- 700SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness VA0103 COMMON 6.0-6.0 - 60-60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- VA0103 0-10 L FSL SIL 0- 0 95-100 10-25 - VA0103 10-61 L CL SICL 0- 0 95-100 18-35 - VA0103 61-68 SR GR-SL SICL 0- 15 45-100 10-35 -
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll VA0103 0-10 5.6- 7.3 2.-4. 0- 0 0.6- 6.0 LOW VA0103 10-61 5.6- 7.3 .5-1. 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW VA0103 61-68 5.6- 7.3 .5-1. 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW