Mattaponi soil series
A profile of a Mattaponi soil. These moderately well drained, very deep soils are derived from old colluvium and occur on broad hillslopes. Wetness is a limitation in areas of the Mattaponi soils. (Soil Survey of Appomattox County, Virginia; by William F. Kitchel, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Depth Class: very deep
Drainage Class (Agricultural): moderately well drained to well drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: moderately deep to deep, common
Index Surface Runoff: low to very high
Permeability: moderately slow
Landscape: Coastal Plain and Piedmont
Landform: uplands
Parent Material: fluvial and marine sediments on the Coastal Plain, fluvial sediments as capping on the Piedmont
Slope: 0 to 25 percent
Elevation (type location): 50 to 700 feet
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 59 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 42 inches
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, subactive, thermic Oxyaquic Hapludults
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 36 to 72 inches, December to March
Rock Fragment content: rounded quartz gravel from 0 to 50 percent in the A and E horizon, 0 to 35 percent in the B horizon, and 0 to 50 percent in the C horizon
Soil Reaction: very strongly acid or strongly acid, except where limed
Other Features:
particle size control section contains less than 30 percent silt
Some pedons have less than 5 percent plinthite, by volume, in the lower Bt horizon
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: mainly forest, rest cropland
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--Corn and soybeans are the principal row crops. Barley, oats, and wheat are the principal small grains. Where wooded--mixed hardwoods.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Atlantic Coastal Plain and Fall Line Region in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina
Extent: large
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/virginia/VA011...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/M/MATTAPONI.html
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Mattaponi soil series
A profile of a Mattaponi soil. These moderately well drained, very deep soils are derived from old colluvium and occur on broad hillslopes. Wetness is a limitation in areas of the Mattaponi soils. (Soil Survey of Appomattox County, Virginia; by William F. Kitchel, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Depth Class: very deep
Drainage Class (Agricultural): moderately well drained to well drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: moderately deep to deep, common
Index Surface Runoff: low to very high
Permeability: moderately slow
Landscape: Coastal Plain and Piedmont
Landform: uplands
Parent Material: fluvial and marine sediments on the Coastal Plain, fluvial sediments as capping on the Piedmont
Slope: 0 to 25 percent
Elevation (type location): 50 to 700 feet
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 59 degrees F.
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 42 inches
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, subactive, thermic Oxyaquic Hapludults
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 36 to 72 inches, December to March
Rock Fragment content: rounded quartz gravel from 0 to 50 percent in the A and E horizon, 0 to 35 percent in the B horizon, and 0 to 50 percent in the C horizon
Soil Reaction: very strongly acid or strongly acid, except where limed
Other Features:
particle size control section contains less than 30 percent silt
Some pedons have less than 5 percent plinthite, by volume, in the lower Bt horizon
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: mainly forest, rest cropland
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--Corn and soybeans are the principal row crops. Barley, oats, and wheat are the principal small grains. Where wooded--mixed hardwoods.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Atlantic Coastal Plain and Fall Line Region in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina
Extent: large
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/virginia/VA011...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/M/MATTAPONI.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit: