Alcovy soil series
The Alcovy series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils that formed in old valley fill material and in the underlying residuum on uplands in the Piedmont province. Permeability is moderately rapid in the surface and subsurface layers, and slow in the lower part of the subsoil. Slopes are 2 to 10 percent. Near the type location, the mean annual temperature is about 63 degrees F. and the mean annual precipitation is about 47 inches.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Oxyaquic Kanhapludults
The Btx horizons with (30) 40 to 60 percent brittleness would key out as a member of the Fragic as well as the Oxyaquic subgroups of Kanhapludults. The low acreage (less than 1000 acres) does not warrant a dual subgroup proposal.
Thickness of the solum ranges from 40 to more than 60 inches. Depth to the horizons with brittle properties is 20 to 36 inches. Reaction is very strongly acid or strongly acid throughout except where the surface has been limed. Some pedons may contain few to common flakes of mica throughout the solum.
USE AND VEGETATION: Much of these soils have been cleared and used for growing cotton, small grain, corn, hay, and pasture. Most of the acreage has reverted to forests, chiefly loblolly pine. The original forest type is oak-pine.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Piedmont area of Georgia and possibly Alabama, South Carolina, and North Carolina. This series is of small extent; less than 2000 acres.
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Alcovy soil series
The Alcovy series consists of very deep, moderately well drained soils that formed in old valley fill material and in the underlying residuum on uplands in the Piedmont province. Permeability is moderately rapid in the surface and subsurface layers, and slow in the lower part of the subsoil. Slopes are 2 to 10 percent. Near the type location, the mean annual temperature is about 63 degrees F. and the mean annual precipitation is about 47 inches.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Oxyaquic Kanhapludults
The Btx horizons with (30) 40 to 60 percent brittleness would key out as a member of the Fragic as well as the Oxyaquic subgroups of Kanhapludults. The low acreage (less than 1000 acres) does not warrant a dual subgroup proposal.
Thickness of the solum ranges from 40 to more than 60 inches. Depth to the horizons with brittle properties is 20 to 36 inches. Reaction is very strongly acid or strongly acid throughout except where the surface has been limed. Some pedons may contain few to common flakes of mica throughout the solum.
USE AND VEGETATION: Much of these soils have been cleared and used for growing cotton, small grain, corn, hay, and pasture. Most of the acreage has reverted to forests, chiefly loblolly pine. The original forest type is oak-pine.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Piedmont area of Georgia and possibly Alabama, South Carolina, and North Carolina. This series is of small extent; less than 2000 acres.
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/A/ALCOVY.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit: