LOCATION YANCEYVILLE             NC VA

Established Series
JWL/RJL/STE/DTA/Rev. DTA
05/2026

YANCEYVILLE SERIES

MLRA(s): 136 (mesic part)
Soil Survey Regional Office (SSRO) Responsible: Southeast
Depth Class: Very deep
Agricultural Drainage Class: Well drained
Index Surface Runoff: Medium
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Class: High
Shrink-Swell Potential: Low
Landscape: Piedmont uplands
Landform: Interstream divides, ridges, and side slopes
Parent Material: Residuum from felsic igneous or metamorphic rock, primarily granite and granite gneiss
Slope: 6 to 45 percent
Elevation (type location): 213 meters (700 feet)
Frost Free Period: 200 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 14 degrees C (57 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 1118 millimeters (44 inches)

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults

TYPICAL PEDON: Yanceyville sandy loam in an area of Rhodhiss sandy loam, 25 to 45 percent slopes, forested. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)

A--0 to 15 centimeters (0 to 6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. (5 to 23 centimeters (2 to 9 inches) thick)

E--15 to 30 centimeters (6 to 12 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 20 centimeters (0 to 8 inches) thick)

Bt1--30 to 66 centimeters (12 to 26 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5 percent fine faint yellow (10YR 7/8) mottles; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary.

Bt2--66 to 94 centimeters (26 to 37 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent medium faint yellow (10YR 7/8) mottles; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizons is 25 to 76 centimeters (10 to 30 inches)

BC--94 to 124 centimeters (37 to 49 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10 percent medium distinct white (10YR 8/1) and 15 percent medium faint yellow (10YR 7/8) mottles; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 51 centimeters (0 to 20 inches) thick)

C--124 to 203 centimeters (49 to 80 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), white (10YR 8/1), and yellow (10YR 7/8) sandy loam; massive; very friable; strongly acid, pH 5.5.

TYPE LOCATION: Caswell County, North Carolina; Yanceyville sandy loam, 15 to 45 percent slope, in an area of Rhodhiss sandy loam, 25 to 45 percent slopes; from the community of Pelham, 1.60 mile east southeast on Shady Grove (SR 1360) from the intersection of US Old Highway 29 and Shady Grove(SR 1360); 0.7 mile south on Mill Ridge Road(gravel road); 1,200 feet south southwest of curve on Mill Ridge Road, in mixed hardwoods; USGS Park Springs, North Carolina topographic quadrangle.

Latitude--36.4989
Longitude-- -79.4489
Datum--WGS84

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Solum thickness: 102 to 152 or more (40 to 60 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 152 centimeters (60 inches)
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: Greater than 152 centimeters (60 inches)
Rock Fragment Content: 0 to 35 percent, by volume, throughout. Some subhorizons range up to 60 perecnt. Rock fragments consist of gravel, cobbles, stones and boulders.
Mica content: 0 to 20 percent, by volume throughout
Soil Reaction: Very strongly acid to moderately acid

RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 6, chroma of 2 to 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loamy sand, or loamy coarse sand

E horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 6, chroma of 2 to 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--fine sandy loam, sandy loam, loamy sand, or loamy coarse sand

Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 2.5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 4 to 8. Mottles range from none to common and are in shades of red, brown, and yellow.
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--sandy loam, coarse sandy loam, or loam. Some pedons may have thin subhorizons of sandy clay loam.

BC horizon:
Color--hue of 2.5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 7, chroma of 4 to 8. Mottles range from none to common and are in shades of red, brown, and yellow.
Texture (fine-earth fraction)--loamy sand, sandy loam, coarse sandy loam, or loam.

C horizon:
Color--variable
Texture--saprolite from felsic igneous and metamorphic rock, primarily granite and granite gneiss.

Cr horizon (if it occurs):
Texture--highly weathered felsic igneous and metamorphic rock, primarily granite and granite gneiss.

The R horizon (if it occurs):
Texture--hard felsic igneous and metamorphic rock, primarily granite and granite gneiss.

COMPETING SERIES: There are no known soils in this family.

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Piedmont uplands
Landform: Interstream divides, ridges, and side slopes
Parent Material: Residuum from felsic igneous and metamorphic rocks, primarily granite and granite gneiss
Slope: 6 to 45 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 11 to 14 degrees C (52 to 57 degrees F)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1143 to 1321 meters (45 to 52 inches)
Frost Free Period: 160 to 205 days

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Bannertown soils--are moderately deep to hard bedrock.
Clifford soils--are red and clayey
Devotion soils--are moderately deep to soft bedrock and deep or very deep to hard bedrock
Fairview soils--are red and clayey
Nathalie soils are claey
Rhodhiss soils--are fine-loamy
Siloam soils--are shallow
Stott Knob soils--are fine-loamy and moderately deep to soft bedrock
Toast soils--are clayey

DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Agricultural Drainage Class: Well drained
Index Surface Runoff: Medium
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: High

USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Woodland, cropland and pasture.
Dominant Vegetation: Where wooded--post oak, white oak, and red oaks but there are some hickories, dogwoods, and shortleaf and loblolly pines. Where cultivated--corn, oats, tobacco, vegetables, and pasture.

SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Auburn, Alabama

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: North Carolina and Virginia
Extent: Low

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Caswell County, North Carolina; 2016

REMARKS: Yanceyville soils were previously mapped as Louisburg soils. The April 1997 relocation of the mesic/thermic line in MLRA 136 in North Carolina and Virginia necessitated the establishment of the Yanceyville series as a mesic counterpart to the Louisburg series. The May 2026 revision changed the format. No data was changed.

Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from 0 to 30 centimeters (0 to 12 inches) (A and E horizons)
Argillic horizon--the zone from 30 to 94 centimeters (12 to 37 inches) (Bt horizons).
ADDITIONAL DATA:
Database Information:
Data Mapunit ID--
User Pedon ID-2015NC033740
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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.