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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSW6230705_Soils/Geotechnical Report_20240304 USDA United States A product of the National Custom Soil Resource Department of Cooperative Soil Survey, Agriculture a joint effort of the United Report for NStates Department of RCS Agriculture and other Harnett County Federal agencies, State Naturalagencies including the North Carolina Resources Agricultural Experiment Conservation Stations, and local Service participants Serenity Subdivision Ph 3-5 -----.-: .. ' ' ,, 1 ibi, • k. \ i p i { --,,-/---- - iirr4 0, l0 , ...• _ ,,,.,,,,,, . '----1) Y ' o■■■■■■■■■■1,000 ft • May 26, 2023 Preface Soil surveys contain information that affects land use planning in survey areas. They highlight soil limitations that affect various land uses and provide information about the properties of the soils in the survey areas. Soil surveys are designed for many different users, including farmers, ranchers, foresters, agronomists, urban planners, community officials, engineers, developers, builders, and home buyers. Also, conservationists, teachers, students, and specialists in recreation, waste disposal, and pollution control can use the surveys to help them understand, protect, or enhance the environment. Various land use regulations of Federal, State, and local governments may impose special restrictions on land use or land treatment. Soil surveys identify soil properties that are used in making various land use or land treatment decisions. The information is intended to help the land users identify and reduce the effects of soil limitations on various land uses. The landowner or user is responsible for identifying and complying with existing laws and regulations. Although soil survey information can be used for general farm, local, and wider area planning, onsite investigation is needed to supplement this information in some cases. Examples include soil quality assessments (http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/ portal/nrcs/main/soils/health/) and certain conservation and engineering applications. For more detailed information, contact your local USDA Service Center (https://offices.sc.egov.usda.gov/locator/app?agency=nrcs)or your NRCS State Soil Scientist(http://www.nres.usda.gov/wps/portal/nres/detail/soils/contactus/? cid=nrcs142p2_053951). Great differences in soil properties can occur within short distances. Some soils are seasonally wet or subject to flooding. Some are too unstable to be used as a foundation for buildings or roads. Clayey or wet soils are poorly suited to use as septic tank absorption fields. A high water table makes a soil poorly suited to basements or underground installations. 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USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. 3 Contents Preface 2 Soil Map 5 Soil Map 6 Legend 7 Map Unit Legend 8 Map Unit Descriptions 8 Harnett County, North Carolina 10 CeB—Cecil fine sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes 10 CeD—Cecil fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes 11 DoB—Dothan loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes 12 PaE—Pacolet fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes 13 Wh—Wehadkee loam, frequently flooded 14 References 16 4 Soil Map The soil map section includes the soil map for the defined area of interest, a list of soil map units on the map and extent of each map unit, and cartographic symbols displayed on the map. Also presented are various metadata about data used to produce the map, and a description of each soil map unit. 5 Custom Soil Resource Report A Soil Map 695600 695700 695�5800 6958W 696000 696100 696200 696300 656400 696500 6966C0 35°32'44"N 1 8 35°32'44"N 7 4 r { Wh CeD �: i..,, I 111 8 v m CeD 8 I CeD 1 co PaE s 4 , A \ g M n 4.4_ �, 1 K PaE 1 M I � Wh I. j7000 5 5ap maw 1uoil k),N ea0oc7 ail aGhoX ocaOQ° Y 35°31'58"N 1 35°31'58"N 695600 695700 695800 695900 696000 696100 696200 696300 696400 696513 696600 3 3 N o Map Scale:1:6,910 if printed on A portrait(8.5"x 11")sheet. Meters N 0 100 200 400 600 Feet 0 300 600 1200 1800 Map projection:Web Mercator Comer coordinates:WGS84 Edge tics:UTM Zone 17N WGS84 6 Custom Soil Resource Report MAP LEGEND MAP INFORMATION Area of Interest(AOI) 14 Spoil Area The soil surveys that comprise your AOI were mapped at Area of Interest(AOI) 1:24,000. Q Stony Spot Soilsit Very Stony Spot Soil Map Unit Polygons Warning:Soil Map may not be valid at this scale. Wet Spot ,..,. Soil Map Unit Lines Enlargement of maps beyond the scale of mapping can cause p Other misunderstandingof the detail of mapping and accuracyof soil p Soil Map Unit Points pp 9 .• Special Line Features line placement.The maps do not show the small areas of Special Point Features contrasting soils that could have been shown at a more detailed Blowout Water Features scale. -_- Streams and Canals kg Borrow Pit Transportation Please rely on the bar scale on each map sheet for map * clay Spot 1.44 Rails measurements. 0 Closed Depression o,/ Interstate Highways Gravel Pit Source of Map: Natural Resources Conservation Service .r US Routes Web Soil Survey URL: Gravelly Spot Major Roads Coordinate System: Web Mercator(EPSG:3857) ® Landfill Local Roads Maps from the Web Soil Survey are based on the Web Mercator • Lava Flow Background projection,which preserves direction and shape but distorts distance and area.A projection that preserves area,such as the 46 Marsh or swamp Aerial Photography Albers equal-area conic projection,should be used if more It Mine or Quarry accurate calculations of distance or area are required. 4 Miscellaneous Water This product is generated from the USDA-NRCS certified data as O Perennial Water of the version date(s)listed below. v Rock Outcrop Soil Survey Area: Harnett County,North Carolina + Saline Spot Survey Area Data: Version 20,Sep 8,2022 Sandy Spot Soil map units are labeled(as space allows)for map scales Severely Eroded Spot 1:50,000 or larger. • Sinkhole Date(s)aerial images were photographed: Apr 24,2022—May 31 Slide or Slip 9,2022 oa Sodic Spot The orthophoto or other base map on which the soil lines were compiled and digitized probably differs from the background imagery displayed on these maps.As a result,some minor shifting of map unit boundaries may be evident. 7 Custom Soil Resource Report Map Unit Legend Map Unit Symbol Map Unit Name Acres in AOI Percent of AOI CeB Cecil fine sandy loam,2 to 8 31.0 18.1% percent slopes CeD Cecil fine sandy loam,8 to 15 89.0 52.0% percent slopes DoB Dothan loamy sand,2 to 6 0.6 0.4% percent slopes PaE Pacolet fine sandy loam, 15 to 25.7 15.0% 25 percent slopes Wh Wehadkee loam,frequently 24.8 14.5% flooded Totals for Area of Interest 171.1 100.0% Map Unit Descriptions The map units delineated on the detailed soil maps in a soil survey represent the soils or miscellaneous areas in the survey area. The map unit descriptions, along with the maps, can be used to determine the composition and properties of a unit. A map unit delineation on a soil map represents an area dominated by one or more major kinds of soil or miscellaneous areas. A map unit is identified and named according to the taxonomic classification of the dominant soils. Within a taxonomic class there are precisely defined limits for the properties of the soils. On the landscape, however, the soils are natural phenomena, and they have the characteristic variability of all natural phenomena. Thus, the range of some observed properties may extend beyond the limits defined for a taxonomic class. Areas of soils of a single taxonomic class rarely, if ever, can be mapped without including areas of other taxonomic classes. Consequently, every map unit is made up of the soils or miscellaneous areas for which it is named and some minor components that belong to taxonomic classes other than those of the major soils. Most minor soils have properties similar to those of the dominant soil or soils in the map unit, and thus they do not affect use and management. These are called noncontrasting, or similar, components. They may or may not be mentioned in a particular map unit description. Other minor components, however, have properties and behavioral characteristics divergent enough to affect use or to require different management. These are called contrasting, or dissimilar, components. They generally are in small areas and could not be mapped separately because of the scale used. Some small areas of strongly contrasting soils or miscellaneous areas are identified by a special symbol on the maps. If included in the database for a given area, the contrasting minor components are identified in the map unit descriptions along with some characteristics of each. A few areas of minor components may not have been observed, and consequently they are not mentioned in the descriptions, especially where the pattern was so complex that it was impractical to make enough observations to identify all the soils and miscellaneous areas on the landscape. 8 Custom Soil Resource Report The presence of minor components in a map unit in no way diminishes the usefulness or accuracy of the data. The objective of mapping is not to delineate pure taxonomic classes but rather to separate the landscape into landforms or landform segments that have similar use and management requirements. The delineation of such segments on the map provides sufficient information for the development of resource plans. If intensive use of small areas is planned, however, onsite investigation is needed to define and locate the soils and miscellaneous areas. An identifying symbol precedes the map unit name in the map unit descriptions. Each description includes general facts about the unit and gives important soil properties and qualities. Soils that have profiles that are almost alike make up a soil series. Except for differences in texture of the surface layer, all the soils of a series have major horizons that are similar in composition, thickness, and arrangement. Soils of one series can differ in texture of the surface layer, slope, stoniness, salinity, degree of erosion, and other characteristics that affect their use. On the basis of such differences, a soil series is divided into soil phases. Most of the areas shown on the detailed soil maps are phases of soil series. The name of a soil phase commonly indicates a feature that affects use or management. For example, Alpha silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, is a phase of the Alpha series. Some map units are made up of two or more major soils or miscellaneous areas. These map units are complexes, associations, or undifferentiated groups. A complex consists of two or more soils or miscellaneous areas in such an intricate pattern or in such small areas that they cannot be shown separately on the maps. The pattern and proportion of the soils or miscellaneous areas are somewhat similar in all areas. Alpha-Beta complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes, is an example. An association is made up of two or more geographically associated soils or miscellaneous areas that are shown as one unit on the maps. Because of present or anticipated uses of the map units in the survey area, it was not considered practical or necessary to map the soils or miscellaneous areas separately. The pattern and relative proportion of the soils or miscellaneous areas are somewhat similar. Alpha-Beta association, 0 to 2 percent slopes, is an example. An undifferentiated group is made up of two or more soils or miscellaneous areas that could be mapped individually but are mapped as one unit because similar interpretations can be made for use and management. The pattern and proportion of the soils or miscellaneous areas in a mapped area are not uniform. An area can be made up of only one of the major soils or miscellaneous areas, or it can be made up of all of them. Alpha and Beta soils, 0 to 2 percent slopes, is an example. Some surveys include miscellaneous areas. Such areas have little or no soil material and support little or no vegetation. Rock outcrop is an example. 9 Custom Soil Resource Report Harnett County, North Carolina CeB—Cecil fine sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes Map Unit Setting National map unit symbol: 3sp1 Elevation: 200 to 1,400 feet Mean annual precipitation: 37 to 60 inches Mean annual air temperature: 59 to 66 degrees F Frost-free period: 200 to 240 days Farmland classification: All areas are prime farmland Map Unit Composition Cecil and similar soils: 90 percent Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. Description of Cecil Setting Landform: Interfluves Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit Landform position (three-dimensional): Interfluve Down-slope shape: Convex Across-slope shape: Convex Parent material: Saprolite derived from granite and gneiss and/or schist Typical profile Ap- 0 to 7 inches: fine sandy loam Bt- 7 to 40 inches: clay BC-40 to 55 inches: clay loam C- 55 to 80 inches: sandy loam Properties and qualities Slope: 2 to 8 percent Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage class:Well drained Runoff class: Medium Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high to high (0.57 to 1.98 in/hr) Depth to water table: More than 80 inches Frequency of flooding: None Frequency of ponding: None Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Moderate (about 8.2 inches) Interpretive groups Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 2e Hydrologic Soil Group: A Ecological site: F136XY820GA-Acidic upland forest, moist Hydric soil rating: No 10 Custom Soil Resource Report CeD—Cecil fine sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes Map Unit Setting National map unit symbol: 3sp2 Elevation: 200 to 1,400 feet Mean annual precipitation: 37 to 60 inches Mean annual air temperature: 59 to 66 degrees F Frost-free period: 200 to 240 days Farmland classification: Farmland of statewide importance Map Unit Composition Cecil and similar soils: 85 percent Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. Description of Cecil Setting Landform: Interfluves Landform position (two-dimensional): Summit, shoulder Landform position (three-dimensional): Interfluve Down-slope shape: Convex Across-slope shape: Convex Parent material: Saprolite derived from granite and gneiss and/or schist Typical profile Ap- 0 to 7 inches: fine sandy loam Bt- 7 to 40 inches: clay BC-40 to 55 inches: clay loam C- 55 to 80 inches: sandy loam Properties and qualities Slope: 8 to 15 percent Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage class:Well drained Runoff class: Medium Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high to high (0.57 to 1.98 in/hr) Depth to water table: More than 80 inches Frequency of flooding: None Frequency of ponding: None Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Moderate (about 8.2 inches) Interpretive groups Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 3e Hydrologic Soil Group: A Ecological site: F136XY820GA-Acidic upland forest, moist Hydric soil rating: No 11 Custom Soil Resource Report DoB—Dothan loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes Map Unit Setting National map unit symbol: 2wb94 Elevation: 50 to 660 feet Mean annual precipitation: 40 to 69 inches Mean annual air temperature: 55 to 70 degrees F Frost-free period: 190 to 310 days Farmland classification: All areas are prime farmland Map Unit Composition Dothan and similar soils: 82 percent Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. Description of Dothan Setting Landform: Interfluves Landform position (two-dimensional): Shoulder Landform position (three-dimensional): Interfluve Down-slope shape: Convex Across-slope shape: Linear Parent material: Loamy marine deposits Typical profile Ap-0 to 7 inches: loamy sand E- 7 to 13 inches: loamy sand Bt- 13 to 40 inches: sandy clay loam Btv-40 to 79 inches: sandy clay loam Properties and qualities Slope: 2 to 6 percent Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage class:Well drained Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high (0.20 to 0.57 in/hr) Depth to water table:About 36 to 59 inches Frequency of flooding: None Frequency of ponding: None Maximum salinity: Nonsaline to very slightly saline (0.0 to 2.0 mmhos/cm) Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Moderate (about 6.8 inches) Interpretive groups Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 2e Hydrologic Soil Group: B Forage suitability group: Loamy and clayey soils on rises and knolls of mesic uplands (G133AA321 FL) Other vegetative classification: Loamy and clayey soils on rises and knolls of mesic uplands (G133AA321FL) Hydric soil rating: No 12 Custom Soil Resource Report PaE—Pacolet fine sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes Map Unit Setting National map unit symbol: 3sq5 Elevation: 200 to 1,400 feet Mean annual precipitation: 37 to 60 inches Mean annual air temperature: 59 to 66 degrees F Frost-free period: 200 to 240 days Farmland classification: Not prime farmland Map Unit Composition Pacolet and similar soils: 85 percent Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. Description of Pacolet Setting Landform: Hillslopes on ridges Landform position (two-dimensional): Backslope Landform position (three-dimensional): Side slope Down-slope shape: Linear Across-slope shape: Convex Parent material: Saprolite derived from granite and gneiss and/or schist Typical profile Ap- 0 to 5 inches: sandy loam E-5 to 8 inches: sandy loam Bt- 8 to 29 inches: clay BC-29 to 38 inches: sandy clay loam C-38 to 80 inches: sandy loam Properties and qualities Slope: 15 to 25 percent Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage class:Well drained Runoff class: High Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high to high (0.57 to 1.98 in/hr) Depth to water table: More than 80 inches Frequency of flooding: None Frequency of ponding: None Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Moderate (about 7.4 inches) Interpretive groups Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 4e Hydrologic Soil Group: B Ecological site: F136XY820GA-Acidic upland forest, moist Hydric soil rating: No 13 Custom Soil Resource Report Wh—Wehadkee loam, frequently flooded Map Unit Setting National map unit symbol: 3sqv Elevation: 80 to 330 feet Mean annual precipitation: 38 to 55 inches Mean annual air temperature: 59 to 70 degrees F Frost-free period: 210 to 265 days Farmland classification: Not prime farmland Map Unit Composition Wehadkee, undrained, and similar soils: 80 percent Wehadkee, drained, and similar soils: 10 percent Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit. Description of Wehadkee, Undrained Setting Landform: Depressions on flood plains Down-slope shape: Concave Across-slope shape: Linear Parent material: Loamy alluvium Typical profile A -0to7inches: loam Bg- 7 to 58 inches: loam Cg- 58 to 84 inches: sandy loam Properties and qualities Slope: 0 to 2 percent Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage class: Poorly drained Runoff class: Very high Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high to high (0.57 to 1.98 in/hr) Depth to water table:About 0 to 12 inches Frequency of flooding: FrequentNone Frequency of ponding: None Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: High (about 10.4 inches) Interpretive groups Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6w Hydrologic Soil Group: B/D Hydric soil rating: Yes Description of Wehadkee, Drained Setting Landform: Depressions on flood plains Down-slope shape: Concave Across-slope shape: Linear 14 Custom Soil Resource Report Parent material: Loamy alluvium Typical profile A -O to 7 inches: loam Bg- 7 to 58 inches: loam Cg- 58 to 84 inches: sandy loam Properties and qualities Slope: 0 to 2 percent Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches Drainage class: Poorly drained Runoff class: Very high Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water(Ksat): Moderately high to high (0.57 to 1.98 in/hr) Depth to water table:About 0 to 12 inches Frequency of flooding: FrequentNone Frequency of ponding: None Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: High (about 10.4 inches) Interpretive groups Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 4w Hydrologic Soil Group: B/D Hydric soil rating: Yes 15 References American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). 2004. 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