Lynchburg soil and landscape

Soil profile: A representative soil profile of the Lynchburg soil series; the State Soil of South Carolina.

 

Landscape: Lynchburg soils are on level to gently sloping areas on marine terraces and flats in the Atlantic Coastal Plain and Flatwoods. (Soil Survey of Sumter County, South Carolina; by Charles M. Ogg, Natural Resources Conservation Service)

 

These soils comprise more than 865,000 acres in 76 counties from Virginia to Alabama with half of the acreage occurring in South Carolina. Lynchburg soils are well suited to cultivated crops, pasture, hayland, and woodland with most areas used for woodland. Lynchburg soils occupy an important niche in wetland ecosystems. These soils are in the riparian buffers between uplands and wetlands and function as primary filters for sediment and contaminants.

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Aeric Paleaquults

 

For additional information about the survey area, visit:

www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/south_carolina...

 

For a detailed soil description, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/L/LYNCHBURG.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

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

 

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