LOCATION WASDA NCEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, acid, thermic Histic Humaquepts
TYPICAL PEDON: Wasda muck--cultivated.
(Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Oap--0 to 6 inches; black (10YR 2/1) muck; about 10 percent fiber; 3 percent rubbed; weak medium granular structure; very friable; few fine pieces of charcoal; many fine roots; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (5 to 12 inches thick)
Oa1--6 to 14 inches; dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) muck; about 30 percent fiber; 3 percent rubbed; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; slightly sticky; many fine roots; extremely acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (0 to 8 inches thick)
A--14 to 20 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; massive; slightly sticky; slightly plastic; many fine roots; very strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (4 to 20 inches thick)
Bg1--20 to 35 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam with common dark gray (10YR 4/1) pockets of clay; common medium brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) mottles; massive; slightly sticky; slightly plastic; common fine roots; very strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary.
Bg2--35 to 42 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam with thin lenses of gray (10YR 6/1) sand; massive; moderately plastic, moderately sticky; few fine flakes of mica; very strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (The combined thickness of the Bg horizon is 18 to 32 inches).
Cg1--42 to 60 inches; dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) sandy loam with thin lenses and a few pockets of sand; slightly sticky; slightly plastic; common medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) friable irregular shaped masses of iron accumulation; few fine flakes of mica; slightly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Cg2--60 to 74 inches; dark greenish gray (5BG 4/1) sand with thin lenses of sandy loam; single grained; loose; slightly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Washington County, North Carolina; 7 miles south of Roper on SR 1127; 1 mile east of SR 1127 and 1 mile due south of Whitehurst's northslope grain elevator, 50 feet north of canal 2 and midway between canals "A" and "B".
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum Thickness: Organic material and clayey materials over unconforming sediments ranges from 40 to more than 60 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 0 to 12 inches, NOvember to May
Soil Reaction: Reaction ranges from extremely acid to strongly acid in A and Bg horizons and very strongly acid to mildly acid in the Cg horizon
Other Features: Mica, feldspar, and other weatherable minerals range from few to common in the B and C horizons
Oa horizons:
Color--hue of 2.5YR to 5Y, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 0 to 2
Texture--muck
Other Features--the muck ranges from 8 to 16 inches thick; in drained areas, it has weak to moderate medium subangular blocky structure. The unrubbed fiber content ranges from 2 to 20 percent and the rubbed fiber content ranges from 0 to 4 percent. Charcoal fragments and pockets of ash are few to common in some pedons.
A horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, values of 2 to 4, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture--mucky loam, mucky sandy loam, mucky sandy clay loam, loam, sandy loam or fine sandy loam
Bg horizons:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 2 to 5, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture--commonly clay loam but ranges to sandy loam, or sandy clay loam: it commonly contains thin lenses of sand and clay
Redoximorphic Features--Few to common masses of iron accumulation in shades of brown, yellow, or red are present in some pedons.
Cg horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y or neutral, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 0 or 2; or hue of 5GY or 5BG, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 1
Texture--stratified sandy clay loam to sand that may contain thin layers of clay loam, silty clay, or clay.
COMPETING SERIES: There are no other series in this family
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain
Landform: Flats and Depression
Elevation: 5 to 25 feet above mean sea level
Parent Material: clayey marine sediments
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 60 to 65 degrees
Mean Annual Precipitation: 46 to 54 inches
Frost Free Period: 190 to 270 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Arapahoe soils--very poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) in coarse-loamy family, lacking histic epipedons on similar landscapes
Belhaven soils--very poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) that have 16 to 51 inches of organic material on similar landscapes
Conaby soils--very poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) in coarse-loamy family on similar landscapes
Deloss soils--very poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) lacking histic epipedons on similar landscapes
Pettigrew soils--very poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) in fine family on similar landscapes
Ponzer soils--very poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) that have 16 to 51 inches of organic material on similar landscapes
Portsmouth soils--very poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) lacking histic epipedons on similar landscapes
Roper soils--very poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) in fine-silty family on similar landscapes
Tomotley soils--poorly drained soils (seasonal high water table 0 to 12 inches) on similar landscapes
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Agricultural Drainage Class: Very poorly drained
Permeability: Moderate
Runoff: Very slow
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Mostly wooded
Dominant Vegetation: Where wooded--loblolly pine, slash pine, water tupelo, sweetgum, water oak, southern bald cypress, pond pine, greenbrier, sweet pepperbush, red bay, sweetbay, wax myrtle, sourwood, switchcane, and white cedar, fetterbush lyonia, blueberry, loblolly bay, gordonia, red chokeberry, and swamp cyrilla. Where cultivated--corn, soybeans, small grains and truck crops.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Atlantic Coastal Flatwoods in North Carolina and possibly Virginia
Extent: moderate
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Washington County, North Carolina; 1979.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Histic epipedon - the zone from the surface to a depth of 14 inches.
Cambic horizon - the zone between the depths of 20 to 42 inches.
Aquic moisture regime - color with chroma of 2 or less throughout.
ADDITIONAL DATA:
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation NC0007 WASDA 0-2 60-65 190-270 46-54 5-25SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock NC0007 NONE RARE 0-1.0 APPARENT NOV-MAY 60-60
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% CEC NC0007 0-14 MUCK 0-0 -0-0 20-50 NC0007 14-20 L FSL SL 0-0 95-100 15-25 6-25 NC0007 20-42 CL SCL SL 0-0 95-100 18-35 4-9 NC0007 42-60 SL L 0-0 95-100 8-20 2-5 NC0007 60-74 VAR
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll NC0007 0-14 3.5-5.5 20-50 0-0 0.2-0.6 NC0007 14-20 3.5-5.5 3.-15 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW NC0007 20-42 3.5-5.5 .5-2. 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW NC0007 42-60 5.1-7.8 0.-1. 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW NC0007 60-74