Buncombe soil series
A soil profile of Buncombe soils from Polk County, NC. For more information about the soils of Polk County, visit: Soil Survey of Polk County, North Carolina.
The Buncombe series consists of very deep, excessively drained sandy soils on nearly level to gently sloping flood plains in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain. They formed in sandy alluvium washed from soils formed in residuum from schist, gneiss, granite, phyllite, and other metamorphic and igneous rocks of the Piedmont. Slopes range from 0 to 6 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, thermic Typic Udipsamments
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTS: Depth to hard bedrock is more than 10 feet. Layers of gravel and cobbles are in the substrata of some pedons below a depth of 40 inches. Few to many mica flakes are present throughout the profile. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid. The A, Bw and C horizons to a depth of 40 inches are sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand. In addition, The C horizon may be fine sand within a depth of 40 inches. Below a depth of 40 inches, textures of the C horizon range from sand to loam or are stratified.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Excessively drained; very slow runoff; rapid and very rapid permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: More than one-half of the soil has been cleared and is used for growing pasture or crops. A few areas are in loblolly, longleaf, or shortleaf pines. Natural vegetation consists mainly of hardwoods such as sweetgum, oaks, birch, elm, ash, hickory, yellow- poplar, sycamore, and willow
trees.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. The series is of moderate extent.
Buncombe soil series
A soil profile of Buncombe soils from Polk County, NC. For more information about the soils of Polk County, visit: Soil Survey of Polk County, North Carolina.
The Buncombe series consists of very deep, excessively drained sandy soils on nearly level to gently sloping flood plains in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain. They formed in sandy alluvium washed from soils formed in residuum from schist, gneiss, granite, phyllite, and other metamorphic and igneous rocks of the Piedmont. Slopes range from 0 to 6 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, thermic Typic Udipsamments
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTS: Depth to hard bedrock is more than 10 feet. Layers of gravel and cobbles are in the substrata of some pedons below a depth of 40 inches. Few to many mica flakes are present throughout the profile. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid. The A, Bw and C horizons to a depth of 40 inches are sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand. In addition, The C horizon may be fine sand within a depth of 40 inches. Below a depth of 40 inches, textures of the C horizon range from sand to loam or are stratified.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Excessively drained; very slow runoff; rapid and very rapid permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: More than one-half of the soil has been cleared and is used for growing pasture or crops. A few areas are in loblolly, longleaf, or shortleaf pines. Natural vegetation consists mainly of hardwoods such as sweetgum, oaks, birch, elm, ash, hickory, yellow- poplar, sycamore, and willow
trees.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. The series is of moderate extent.