Clifford soil series

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, kaolinitic, mesic Typic Kanhapludults

 

Depth Class: Very deep

Drainage Class (Agricultural): Well drained

Internal Free Water Occurrence: Very deep

Flooding Frequency and Duration: None

Ponding Frequency and Duration: None

Index Surface Runoff: Low to high

Permeability: Moderate

Shrink-Swell Potential: Low

Landscape: Piedmont uplands

Landform: Hill, interfluve

Geomorphic Component: Interfluve, side slope, nose slope

Hillslope Profile Position: Summit, shoulder, backslope

Parent Material: Residuum weathered from felsic crystalline rock such as mica schist, gneiss, granite gneiss, mica gneiss, granodiorite, and granite

Slope: 2 to 60 percent

 

USE AND VEGETATION: Where cultivated--small grains, corn, soybeans, hay, tobacco, and orchards. Where forested--Eastern white pine, Virginia pine, red oak, white oak, post oak, hickory, blackgum, red maple, yellow poplar, and dogwood.

 

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Virginia and North Carolina with moderate extent

 

For a detailed soil description, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/C/CLIFFORD.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

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

 

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