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Chewacla soil and landscape

Soil profile: A representative soil profile of Chewacla soil.

 

Landscape: Corn growing in an area of Chewacla loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded. Flood plain soils, like the Chewacla soil, are highly productive for many crops but are subject to frequent flooding during the rainy season. (Soil Survey of Monroe County, Georgia; by Dee C. Pederson and Sherry E. Carlson, Natural Resources Conservation Service)

archive.org/details/usda-soil-survey-of-monroe-county-geo...

 

 

Depth Class: Very deep

Drainage Class (Agricultural): Somewhat poorly drained

Internal Free Water Occurrence: Very shallow to moderately deep, common

Flooding Frequency and Duration: Frequent to rare for very brief to long periods

Ponding Frequency and Duration: None

Index Surface Runoff: Negligible to low

Permeability: Moderate

Landscape: Piedmont and Coastal Plain river valleys

Landform: Flood plains

Parent Material: Alluvium

Slope: 0 to 2 percent

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Fluvaquentic Dystrudepts

 

Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 80 inches

Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 6 to 24 inches, November to April

Rock Fragment content: Less than 5 percent, by volume, in the A and upper B horizons. In some pedons, gravel content ranges to 15 percent by volume in the lower B horizons.

Soil Reaction: Very strongly acid to slightly acid to a depth of 40 inches, very strongly acid to mildly alkaline below 40 inches, except where limed

Other Features: Few to many mica flakes throughout and none to common

concretions

 

USE AND VEGETATION:

Major Uses: Pasture, cropland, some forest

Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--corn, small grain. Where wooded--yellow poplar, sweetgum, water oak, eastern cottonwood, green ash, blackgum, red maple, willow oak, and American sycamore. Loblolly pines are in some areas that are not subject to frequent flooding. Common understory plants include river birch, winged elm, hackberry, greenbrier, American holly, black willow, sourwood, eastern and hophornbeam.

 

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:

Distribution: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Extent: Large

 

For a detailed description, visit:

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

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

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

 

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