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Home My WebLink About20131166 Ver 1_Application_20131029Dennison, Laurie tI Iq From: Microsoft Outlook To: Dennison, Laurie Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 3:46 PM Subject: Delivered: FW: Crowe Hot Tub - Buffer - 2 -more sets needed Your message has been delivered to the following recipients: Dennison, Laurie (laurie.i.dennison @ncdenr.gov) Subject: FW: Crowe Hot Tub - Buffer - 2 -more sets needed 1 Dennison, Laurie From: Dennison, Laurie Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 3:46 PM To: kevinhardymusic @hotmail.com Subject: FW: Crowe Hot Tub - Buffer - 2 -more sets needed Importance: High Kevin — Just a quick follow up to my earlier email of Thursday 10/24. Please remit two (2) more buffer application sets so your project can be moved forward. Thank you. Laurie Dennison Administrative Assistant 919 - 807 -6303 NCDENR - Division of Water Resources Wetlands Branch - Water Quality Programs 401 & Buffer Permitting Unit Mailing address: 1650 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699 -1650 Physical location: 512 N Salisbury St 9th Fl Archdale Bldg Raleigh NC 27604 -1170 Fax line: 919 - 807 -6494 Website: http: / /Portal.ncdenr.ore /web /wa /swp /ws /webscape From: Dennison, Laurie Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 2:07 PM To: kevinhardymusicCcbhotmail.com Subject: Crowe Hot Tub - Buffer - 2 -more sets needed Importance: High DWR requires three (3) application sets for buffer projects. Please remit two (2) more application sets for the review and approval process. NUMBER OF COPIES REQUIRED Provide three (3) complete and collated copies of the BA 10 -2013 form and all required attachments. Instead of providing 3 copies of the full size plans, you may provide two copies of full size plans along with one copy of 11 X 17 inch size plans. Laurie Dennison Administrative Assistant 919 - 807 -6303 NCDENR - Division of Water Resources Wetlands Branch - Water Quality Programs 401 & Buffer Permitting Unit Mailing address: 1650 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699 -1650 Physical location: 512 N Salisbury St 9th Fl Archdale Bldg Raleigh NC 27604 -1170 Fax line: 919 - 807 -6494 Website: http: / /portal.ncdenr.org /web /wci/swp /ws /webscape Dennison, Laurie From: Dennison, Laurie Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 2:07 PM To: kevinhardymusic @hotmail.com Subject: Crowe Hot Tub - Buffer - 2 -more sets needed Importance: High DWR requires three (3) application sets for buffer projects. Please remit two (2) more application sets for the review and approval process. NUMBER OF COPIES REQUIRED Provide three (3) complete and collated copies of the BA 10 -2013 form and all required attachments. Instead of providing 3 copies of the full size plans, you may provide two copies of full size plans along with one copy of 11 X 17 inch size plans. Laurie Dennison Administrative Assistant 919 - 807 -6303 NCDENR - Division of Water Resources Wetlands Branch - Water Quality Programs 401 & Buffer Permitting Unit Mailing address: 1650 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699 -1650 Physical location: 512 N Salisbury St 91h Fl Archdale Bldg Raleigh NC 27604 -1170 Fax line: 919 - 807 -6494 Website: http: / /Portal.ncdenr.ore /web /wa /swp /ws /webscape fft.ka 8t,9WAftedb.ForTn A. Applicant Information Ia. Name of project i6.--- C_0Uq,bY:_ _ 1c. -Nearest municipality, Id. Subdivision name: 1e. Is the project located in any of North Carolina's twenty coastal counties. If yes, answer If below. Yes No A It Is the project located within a NC Division of Coastal Management Area of Environmental Yes No Concem(.�49)7_ • Owner Information_ 2a: ___Name on Recorded Deed: Apti-e J04 ( 7f TDhAl A. C & -9 i 2b. Deed Book and Page' No.- 4 9211 Qj _1071 2c. Map Book and Page No. (include a copy of the recorded map that t indicates when the lot was created): 2d. Responsible Party (for Corporations_): 2e. Street address: po 3, -i— ke v -DAL 29., . Telephone no.: 2h. Fax no.: _2i_. _E_ m- a' il -a- address: 3. Applicant Information, (11f 4111ferent from owner) 3q. , Applicant is: Other, spq*: Name: 3b. 3c. 'Business name -(If--- _applicable): 13d. Street address: 0 6;;rL 3e- . Si-t Y - S4@q-;! P_ - 27 fi- _3f. ___Telephone rig.: 39. Fax no.: 3h Email address: 4. ntlConsultant 1, doi a plicable) P01 4i. Name: J 4b Business name (if D [R@ [NOW applicable): 1 4c. Street address: TGC_T_2472011� I 4e. Telephone no.: 4f. Fax no.: -A �013 jD1ENR;-- WAM ALI TY rflranch 9 B. Project Information and Prior Project History • Property _Identification- --J Ia. Property identification no. (tax PIN or parcel 9660 - Iq - 1b. Site coordinates (in decimal degrees): Latitude: 0 OX0 14 Longitude: -0 Coot> 39 _19. Property size: -- e ti� aeres- -Lto Surface Waters 7 2a. Name of nearest body of water to proposed Lq C i- i 2b. Water Quality Classification of nearest ,� //� receiving water. X/A _ -- 2c. River basin: -- _Project Descrietion�� _ _� 3a. Describe the existing conditions on the site and the general land use in the vicinity of the project at the time of this application: _ Y- -: 3b. Attach an 8 f x 11 exoerptinom the most recent version of the USGS topographic map indicating the _ovation of the site 3c. Attach an 8 % x 11 excerpt from the ost recent version of the pukAshed Coyrrty FRCS Soil Survey W _depicting the project site : 3d. Ust the total estimated linear feet of all existing streams (intermittent and perenniaQ on the property: _. 3e. Explain the purpose of the propo . proj� 3f. Describe the overall proj in detail, indudin the type ui ment to be �sed: _• _ _Jurisdictional Detenminadons_ i4a. Have jurisdictional wetland or stream determinations by the Corps or State been Yes Unknown requested or obtained for this property/ project Comments: (induding all prior phases in the past? 4b. If yes, who delineated the jurisdictional areas? ' Agency / Consultant Company: Name (if known); I other. 4c. If yes, list the dates of the Corps jurisdictional determinations or State determinations and attach c� documentation. •_ _Pro Bees History 5a. Have permits or certifications been requested -� or obtained for this project (including all prior Yes ases) in the past?��___� - - - -- 5b. If yes, explain and detail according to °help file' instructions. Future Project Plans' 6a. Is this a phased project? u6b. If yes, explain. ON Unknown C�Proposed Impacts Inventory - Buffer impacts.,... - -- 'Ia. Project is in which protected basin? Neuse (Tar-Pamlico Catawba Randleman Jo an Goose Creek - - 1 b. Individually list all buffer impacts below. If any impacts require mitigation, then you MIUST fill out Section D � of this forrn_ . _ y Buffer impact Type of number – impact Buffer Zone 2 i Permanent Reason for (exempt, Stream name mitigation f Zone 1 impact impact allowable, impact (sq ft) (P) or allowable w/ ! d required? (sq ft) T_ empomry (T) i_ I mfigation) No��.__ �� 62 T_ j Yes No B3 P T Yes No B4 P T • Avoidance and Minimization 1 a. Sp1eaficall�ydescribe measures taken to avoid or minimize the proposed impacts in designing ct. proje _esigning 'VIeS eArh / t� �(l /`�+�A oge- Irlh;�i� Yes No • Buffer Mitigation 2a. Will the project result in an impact within a protected riparian buffer that requires buffer 135 P T mitigation? J, S 4 4 J Yes No calculate the amount of mitigation requi red in the table below. Zone B6 P T Total impact (square feet) Multiplier Required mitigation (fro feet) Yes No_� /,� km (,20 Total buffer im cts �- I to sf (_ 1c. Comments: D. Impact Justification and Mitigation • Avoidance and Minimization 1 a. Sp1eaficall�ydescribe measures taken to avoid or minimize the proposed impacts in designing ct. proje _esigning 'VIeS eArh / t� �(l /`�+�A oge- Irlh;�i� 1 b. Specfically describi imiza the proposed impacts through construction techniques. 1c x - e DD6k) d � n5_E�!1_ _S4 � • Buffer Mitigation 2a. Will the project result in an impact within a protected riparian buffer that requires buffer Yes No mitigation? J, S 4 4 J 2b. If yes, then identify the square feet of impact to each zone of the riparian buffer that requires mitigation and calculate the amount of mitigation requi red in the table below. Zone Reason for impact Total impact (square feet) Multiplier Required mitigation (fro feet) Zone 1 /,� km (,20 3 (2 for Catawba) 3 C O Zone 2 1p� ucva/ 1.5 Other BMP Total buffer mitiption ra uir+ed: spreader is proposed, please provide a plan for 2c. If buffer mitigation is required, is payment to a Yes No mitigation bank or NC EEP proposed? stomrwater treatment as outlined in Chapter 8 of 2d. If yes, attach the acceptance letter from the mitigation bank or NC EEP. 2e. If no, then discuss what type of mitigation is proposed. 2f. Comments: E. Diffuse Flow Plan _ All buffer impacts and high ground impacts require 120 s P diffuse flow or other form of stormwater treatment J, S 4 4 J Include a plan that fully documents how diffuse flow �.`�a'� will be maintained. If a Level Spreader is proposed, attach a Level Spreader Supplement Form. Diffuse flow 1p� ucva/ If due to site constraints, a BMP other than a level Other BMP spreader is proposed, please provide a plan for stomrwater treatment as outlined in Chapter 8 of the NC Stormwater BMP Manual and attach a BMP Sup lement Form. I F. Sunnlementary Information I Environmental Documentation 1a. Does the project involve an expenditure of public (federal/stateAocal) funds or the use of public Yes (federallstate) land? kL'i I b. If you answered 'yes" to the above, does the project require preparation of an environmental document pursuant to the requirements of the Yes No National or State (North Carolina) Environmental Policy Act (NEPAISE A ? 1 c. If you answered ayes' to the above, has the document been finalized by the State Clearing House? (If so, attach a copy of the NEPA or SEPA Yes No final approval letter.) Comments: Violations 2a. Is the site in violation of DWR Wetland Rules (15A NCAC 02H .0500), Isolated Wetland Rules (15A NCAC 02H .1300), DWR Surface Water or Yes No Wetland Standards, or Riparian Buffer Rules (15A 2b. Is this an after- thtfact permit application? Yes No 2c. If you answered yes° to one or both of the above questions, provide an explanation of the violation(s): �Vrh �a� ApplicantlAgenri Printed Name Applican Agent s Signature to�15f 13 �Daie service (Agents s4nftm is valid an if an audwrhMm (UPS, FedEx, etc.): _ IeW from the _ , �____ is provided.) Send this completed form and accompanying documents to the following: For government transportation For government transportation projects sent by First Class Mail via OR projects sera by delivery service the US Postal Service: (UPS, FedEx, etc.): NC DWR, Transportation NC DWR, Transportation Permitting Unit Permitting Unit 1650 Mail Service Center 512 N. Salisbury Street Raleia - Raleioh. NC 27604 For all other projects sera by delivery OR service (UPS, FedEx, etc.): _ Karen Higgins NCDWR — 401 & Buffer Permitting Unit 512 N. Salisbury Street Ralei h, NC 27604 7 NC OneMap Data Explorer 3 � , S r � 10/21/13 11:19 AM NC ONEMAP DATA EXPLORER Ind Services Ad External Service ,hoose BaseMap eedback lelp 7.1 Remove this service from the map? Would you like to limit your search area? • No thanks v1.1 http: // data. nconemap. com /geoponal /dataexplorer /index.jsp Page 1 of 1 USDA United States Department of Agriculture o MRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service A product of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, a joint effort of the United States Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies, State agencies including the Agricultural Experiment Stations, and local participants Custom Soil Resource Report for Hyde County, North Carolina @6E�ab@ OCT 2 4 2013 October 21, 2013 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: / /soils.usda.gov /sgio and certain conservation and engineering applications. For more detailed information, contact your local USDA Service Center ( http: / /offices.sc.egov.usda.gov /locator /app? agency =nres) or your NRCS State Soil Scientist (http: / /soils.usda.gov /contact/ state_officest). 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. The National Cooperative Soil Survey is a joint effort of the United States Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies, State agencies including the Agricultural Experiment Stations, and local agencies. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has leadership for the Federal part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey. Information about soils is updated periodically. Updated information is available through the NRCS Soil Data Mart Web site or the NRCS Web Soil Survey. The Soil Data Mart is the data storage site for the official soil survey information. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or a part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means 2 for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720 -2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250 -9410 or call (800) 795 -3272 (voice) or (202) 720 -6382 (TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. 3 Contents Preface...................................................................................... ..............................2 How Soil Surveys Are Made .................................................... ..............................5 SoilMap .................................................................................... ..............................7 SoilMap .................................................................................. ..............................8 Legend.................................................................................... ..............................9 MapUnit Legend ................................................................... .............................10 MapUnit Descriptions ........................................................... .............................10 Hyde County, North Carolina ............................................. .............................12 NaD— Newhan fine sand, 6 to 25 percent slopes, rarely flooded ................12 W— Water ....................................................................... .............................13 References............................................................................... .............................14 4 How Soil Survevs Are Made Soil surveys are made to provide information about the soils and miscellaneous areas in a specific area. They include a description of the soils and miscellaneous areas and their location on the landscape and tables that show soil properties and limitations affecting various uses. Soil scientists observed the steepness, length, and shape of the slopes; the general pattern of drainage; the kinds of crops and native plants; and the kinds of bedrock. They observed and described many soil profiles. A soil profile is the sequence of natural layers, or horizons, in a soil. The profile extends from the surface down into the unconsolidated material in which the soil formed or from the surface down to bedrock. The unconsolidated material is devoid of roots and other living organisms and has not been changed by other biological activity. Currently, soils are mapped according to the boundaries of major land resource areas (MLRAs). MLRAs are geographically associated land resource units that share common characteristics related to physiography, geology, climate, water resources, soils, biological resources, and land uses (USDA, 2006). Soil survey areas typically consist of parts of one or more MLRA. The soils and miscellaneous areas in a survey area occur in an orderly pattern that is related to the geology, landforms, relief, climate, and natural vegetation of the area. Each kind of soil and miscellaneous area is associated with a particular kind of landlbrm or with a segment of the landform. By observing the soils and miscellaneous areas in the survey area and relating their position to specific segments of the landform, a soil scientist develops a concept, or model, of how they were formed. Thus, during mapping, this model enables the soil scientist to predict with a considerable degree of accuracy the kind of soil or miscellaneous area at a specific location on the landscape. Commonly, individual soils on the landscape merge into one another as their characteristics gradually change. To construct an accurate soil map, however, soil scientists must determine the boundaries between the soils. They can observe only a limited number of soil profiles. Nevertheless, these observations, supplemented by an understanding of the soil- vegetation - landscape relationship, are sufficient to verify predictions of the kinds of soil in an area and to determine the boundaries. Soil scientists recorded the characteristics of the soil profiles that they studied. They noted soil color, texture, size and shape of soil aggregates, kind and amount of rock fragments, distribution of plant roots, reaction, and other features that enable them to identify soils. After describing the soils in the survey area and determining their properties, the soil scientists assigned the soils to taxonomic classes (units). Taxonomic classes are concepts. Each taxonomic class has a set of soil characteristics with precisely defined limits. The classes are used as a basis for comparison to classify soils systematically. Soil taxonomy, the system of taxonomic classification used in the United States, is based mainly on the kind and character of soil properties and the arrangement of horizons within the profile. After the soil scientists classified and named the soils in the survey area, they compared the Custom Soil Resource Report individual soils with similar soils in the same taxonomic class in other areas so that they could confirm data and assemble additional data based on experience and research. The objective of soil mapping is not to delineate pure map unit components; the objective is to separate the landscape into landfbrms or landform segments that have similar use and management requirements. Each map unit is defined by a unique combination of soil components and/or miscellaneous areas in predictable proportions. Some components may be highly contrasting to the other components of the map unit The presence of minor components in a map unit in no way diminishes the usefulness or accuracy of the data. The delineation of such landforms and landform segments on the map provides sufficient information for the development of resource plans. If intensive use of small areas is planned, onsite investigation is needed to define and locate the soils and miscellaneous areas. Soil scientists make many field observations in the process of producing a soil map. The frequency of observation is dependent upon several factors, including scale of mapping, intensity of mapping, design of map units, complexity of the landscape, and experience of the soil scientist Observations are made to test and refine the soil - landscape model and predictions and to verify the classification of the soils at specific locations. Once the soil - landscape model is refined, a significantly smaller number of measurements of individual soil properties are made and recorded. These measurements may include field measurements, such as those for color, depth to bedrock, and texture, and laboratory measurements, such as those for content of sand, silt, clay, salt, and other components. Properties of each soil typically vary from one point to another across the landscape. Observations for map unit components are aggregated to develop ranges of characteristics for the components. The aggregated values are presented. Direct measurements do not exist for every properly presented for every map unit component Values for some properties are estimated from combinations of other properties. While a soil survey is in progress, samples of some of the soils in the area generally are collected for laboratory analyses and for engineering tests. Soil scientists interpret the data from these analyses and tests as well as the field -observed characteristics and the soil properties to determine the expected behavior of the soils under different uses. Interpretations for all of the soils are field tested through observation of the soils in different uses and under different levels of management Some interpretations are modified to fit local conditions, and some new interpretations are developed to meet local needs. Data are assembled from other sources, such as research information, production records, and field experience of specialists. For example, data on crop yields under defined levels of management are assembled from farm records and from field or plot experiments on the same kinds of soil. Predictions about soil behavior are based not only on soil properties but also on such variables as climate and biological activity. Soil conditions are predictable over long periods of time, but they are not predictable from year to year. For example, soil scientists can predict with a fairly high degree of accuracy that a given soil will have a high water table within certain depths in most years, but they cannot predict that a high water table will always be at a specific level in the soil on a specific date. After soil scientists located and identified the significant natural bodies of soil in the survey area, they drew the boundaries of these bodies on aerial photographs and identified each as a specific map unit Aerial photographs show trees, buildings, fields, roads, and rivers, all of which help in locating boundaries accurately. 2 Soil Ma 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. 7 35° 641 "N 35° 640'N Custom Soil Resource Report 3 Soil Map 5 P Pn n n 410110 410113 410116 410119 410122 3 Map Scale: 1:148 f prinked on A portrait (8.5" x li') sheet N 0 2 4 8 �MeUas 0 5 10 20 30 ///�� MaP Proj"M: Web Mertaror Comer o0ordinales: WGS84 Edge t s: UTM Zone 18N WGS84 8 35° 6 41" N N Ql n mm� M 35° 64TN 410125 410128 410131 3 MAP LEGEND Area of Interest (AOI) 0 Area of Interest (AOI) Solis Soil Map Unit Polygons r�I Soil Map Unit Lines 0 Soil Map Unit Points Special Point Features V Blowout Very Stony Spot Borrow Pit Wet Spot Clay Spot Q Closed Depression X Gravel Pit • Special Line Features Gravelly Spot O Landfill A. Lava Flow 41& Marsh or swamp + Mine or Quarry a Miscellaneous Water O Perennial Water V Rock Outcrop + Saline Spot Sandy Spot 4W Severely Eroded Spot 0 Sinkhole Aerial Photography Slide or Slip oa Sodic Spot Custom Soil Resource Report MAP INFORMATION Spoil Area The soil surveys that comprise your AOI were mapped at 1:24,000. jo Stony Spot Warning: Soil Map may not be valid at this scale. Very Stony Spot Wet Spot Enlargement of maps beyond the scale of mapping can cause Other misunderstanding of the detail of mapping and accuracy of soil line placement. The maps do not show the small areas of contrasting • Special Line Features soils that could have been shown at a more detailed scale. Water Features Streams and Canals Please rely on the bar scale on each map sheet for map Transportation measurements. ... Rails Source of Map: Natural Resources Conservation Service Interstate Highways Web Soil Survey URL: http : / /websoilsurvey.nres.usda.gov Coordinate System: Web Mercator (EPSG:3857) US Routes Major Roads Maps from the Web Soil Survey are based on the Web Mercator projection, which preserves direction and shape but distorts Local Roads distance and area. A projection that preserves area, such as the Background Albers equal -area conic projection, should be used if more accurate Aerial Photography calculations of distance or area are required. This product is generated from the USDA -NRCS certified data as of the version date(s) listed below. iJ Soil Survey Area: Hyde County, North Carolina Survey Area Data: Version 11, Jul 6, 2012 Soil map units are labeled (as space allows) for map scales 1:50,000 or larger. Date(s) aerial images were photographed: May 9, 2010 Apr 17, 2011 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 Custom Soil Resource Report Map Unit Legend Hyde County, North Carolina (NC095) Map Unit symbol Map Unit Name Acres In AOI Percent of AOI NaD Newhan fine sand, 6 to 25 percent slopes, rarely flooded 0.0 4.6% W Water 0.1 95.4% Totals for Area of Interest 0.1 100.0% 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 Idnds 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. 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. 10 Custom Soil Resource Report 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 sift 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. 11 Custom Soil Resource Report Hyde County, North Carolina NaD— Newhan fine sand, 6 to 25 percent slopes, rarely flooded Map Unit Setting Elevation: 0 to 20 feet Mean annual precipitation: 42 to 58 inches Mean annual air temperature. 61 to 64 degrees F Frost free period: 190 to 270 days Map Unit Composition Newhan and similar soils. 85 percent Minor components: 5 percent Description of Newhan Setting Landform. Dunes Landform position (two - dimensional): Backslope, shoulder Landfomt position (three - dimensional): Side slope Down -slope shape: Convex Across -slope shape. Convex Parent material. Eolian sands and/or beach sand Properties and qualities Slope: 6 to 25 percent Depth to restdcdve feature. More than 80 inches Drainage class. Excessively drained Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat): Very high (19.98 to 39.96 in/hr) Depth to water table: More than 80 inches Frequency of flooding: Rare Frequency of ponding. None Maximum selinh)r. Very slightly saline to moderately saline (4.0 to 16.0 mmhos/cm) Sodium adsorption redo, maximum. 20.0 Available water capacity: Very low (about 1.8 inches) Interpretive groups Farmland classirycadon. Not prime farmland Land capability (nonirrigated): 8s Hydrologic Soil Group: A Typical profile 0 to 2 inches. Fine sand 2 to 50 inches: Fine sand 50 to 80 inches: Sand Minor Components Duckston Percent of map unit. 5 percent Landfonn: Depressions Down dope shape: Concave Across -slope shape. 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