Turbeville soil series
A representative soil profile of Turbeville loam. This soil has a dark brown surface layer and a subsoil of reddish brown and red clay. (Charles City County, Virginia; by Robert L. Hodges and Pamela J. Thomas, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Soils of the Turbeville series are very deep and well drained. They formed in old alluvium. They are nearly level to steep soils on high terraces in the Piedmont and upper Coastal Plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 35 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 44 inches and mean annual temperature is about 59 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudults
Solum thickness ranges from 60 to 80 inches or more. Rock fragments ranges from 0 to 35 percent in the control section. They consist of rounded quartz, gneiss, or schist gravel or cobblestones. The soil is very strongly acid or moderately acid unless limed.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most of this soil is cleared and used for cultivated crops and pasture. Native vegetation consists of oaks, dogwood, maple, with some loblolly, shortleaf, and Virginia pines.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Piedmont Plateau and portions of the upper Coastal Plain of Virginia and North Carolina. The series is of moderate extent. In older surveys these soils were correlated as Wickham, high terrace phase, and in more recent surveys as Hiwassee, light colored variant. The April, 2003 version moves the type location from Campbell County, Virginia to Halifax County, North Carolina.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/virginia/VA036...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/T/TURBEVILLE.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#turbeville
Turbeville soil series
A representative soil profile of Turbeville loam. This soil has a dark brown surface layer and a subsoil of reddish brown and red clay. (Charles City County, Virginia; by Robert L. Hodges and Pamela J. Thomas, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Soils of the Turbeville series are very deep and well drained. They formed in old alluvium. They are nearly level to steep soils on high terraces in the Piedmont and upper Coastal Plains. Slope ranges from 0 to 35 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 44 inches and mean annual temperature is about 59 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudults
Solum thickness ranges from 60 to 80 inches or more. Rock fragments ranges from 0 to 35 percent in the control section. They consist of rounded quartz, gneiss, or schist gravel or cobblestones. The soil is very strongly acid or moderately acid unless limed.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most of this soil is cleared and used for cultivated crops and pasture. Native vegetation consists of oaks, dogwood, maple, with some loblolly, shortleaf, and Virginia pines.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Piedmont Plateau and portions of the upper Coastal Plain of Virginia and North Carolina. The series is of moderate extent. In older surveys these soils were correlated as Wickham, high terrace phase, and in more recent surveys as Hiwassee, light colored variant. The April, 2003 version moves the type location from Campbell County, Virginia to Halifax County, North Carolina.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/virginia/VA036...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/T/TURBEVILLE.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#turbeville