Augusta soil and landscape
A soil profile and landscape of an Augusta soil in Georgia.
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class: Somewhat poorly drained
Permeability: Moderate
Surface Runoff: Slow
Parent Material: Loamy alluvial sediments
Slope: 0 to 2 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 61 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 51 inches
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Endoaquults
Solum Thickness: 40 to 80 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 12 to 24 inches, December to May
Soil Reaction: Very strongly acid to moderately acid, except where limed
Gravel Content: 0 to 10 percent in the A and B horizons and 0 to 20 percent in the C horizon
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Mostly cultivated
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--corn, oats, soybeans, small grain, and pasture. Where wooded--white oak, red oak, post oak, loblolly pine, shortleaf pine, hickory, red maple, sweetgum, and elm; understory plants include American holly, flowering dogwood, sassafras, greenbrier, giant cane and inkberry (bitter gallberry)
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia and possibly South Carolina
Extent: Moderate
For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/A/AUGUSTA.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
Augusta soil and landscape
A soil profile and landscape of an Augusta soil in Georgia.
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class: Somewhat poorly drained
Permeability: Moderate
Surface Runoff: Slow
Parent Material: Loamy alluvial sediments
Slope: 0 to 2 percent
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 61 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 51 inches
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Endoaquults
Solum Thickness: 40 to 80 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 12 to 24 inches, December to May
Soil Reaction: Very strongly acid to moderately acid, except where limed
Gravel Content: 0 to 10 percent in the A and B horizons and 0 to 20 percent in the C horizon
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Mostly cultivated
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--corn, oats, soybeans, small grain, and pasture. Where wooded--white oak, red oak, post oak, loblolly pine, shortleaf pine, hickory, red maple, sweetgum, and elm; understory plants include American holly, flowering dogwood, sassafras, greenbrier, giant cane and inkberry (bitter gallberry)
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia and possibly South Carolina
Extent: Moderate
For a detailed description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/A/AUGUSTA.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit: