Appomattox soil series

Depth Class: Very deep

Drainage Class (Agricultural): Well drained

Depth to top of Seasonal High Water Table: 36 to 40 inches, December to March

Depth to base of Seasonal High Water Table: 42 to 60 inches or more, December to March

Internal Free Water Occurrence: Moderately deep, common, thin or thick

Flooding Frequency and Duration: None

Ponding Frequency and Duration: None

Index Surface Runoff: Medium to very high

Permeability: Moderately slow

Shrink-Swell Potential: Moderate

Landscape: Piedmont upland

Landform: Low hill, fan

Geomorphic Component: Interfluve, head slope, side slope, and nose slope

Hillslope Profile Position: Summit, shoulder, backslope, footslope

Parent Material: Capping from mixed crystalline rock colluvium and old alluvium over residuum

Slope: 0 to 45 percent

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludults

 

USE AND VEGETATION: Where cultivated--corn, small grain, hay, apple and peach orchards, berries, and vegetables. Where wooded--upland oaks, dogwood, hickory, yellow poplar, and Virginia pine.

 

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Virginia, North Carolina, and other southern states adjacent to the Blue Ridge Mountains with small extent.

 

For a detailed description from the OSD, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/A/APPOMATTOX.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#appomattox

 

To view the pedon description, visit;

nasis.sc.egov.usda.gov/NasisReportsWebSite/limsreport.asp...

 

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