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Wake soil series

Depth Class: Shallow

Agricultural Drainage Class: Excessively drained

Permeability: Rapid

Surface Runoff: Moderate to rapid

Parent Material: Residuum weathered from a felsic igneous or high-grade metamorphic rocks

Shrink-Swell Potential: Low

Slope: 0 to 45 percent

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, thermic Lithic Udipsamments

 

USE AND VEGETATION:

Major uses: Mixed hardwood forest of post oak, blackjack oak, northern red oak, and hickory along with shortleaf pine, Virginia pine and loblolly pine. Small areas are used for corn, small grain, orchards, and pasture.

 

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:

Distribution: Thermic region of Piedmont in North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, and possibly Virginia

Extent: Small

 

The April 1994 revision changed the classification from thermic, coated Lithic Quartzipsamments to mixed, thermic Lithic Udipsamments. Laboratory data documents more than 10 percent weatherable minerals in the control section of these soils in North Carolina. North Carolina is the only state that the Wake series has been correlated in. The November 2002 revision moved the type location to another site in Wake County. It also removed the coarse fragment requirement of 15 to 35 percent throughout.

 

For a detailed description, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/W/WAKE.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

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

 

 

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