20221431 Ver 1_Soil Report_20221012

United States
Department of
Agriculture
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
Henderson County,
North Carolina
Dodd Meadows - Bat Fork
Restoration
Natural
Resources
Conservation
Service
October 10, 2022
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.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/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.
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 Web Soil Survey, the site for official soil survey information.
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Contents
Preface....................................................................................................................2
Soil Map..................................................................................................................5
Soil Map (Dodd Meadows - Bat Fork Restoration Soil Report)............................6
Legend..................................................................................................................7
Map Unit Legend (Dodd Meadows - Bat Fork Restoration Soil Report)...............8
Map Unit Descriptions (Dodd Meadows - Bat Fork Restoration Soil Report).......8
Henderson County, North Carolina.................................................................10
AhE—Ashe stony sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes.............................10
Co—Codorus loam (arkaqua)......................................................................11
EnB—Elsinboro loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes...............................................12
HyC—Hayesville loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes...........................................13
To—Toxaway silt loam.................................................................................14
References............................................................................................................16
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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.
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Map projection: Web Mercator Corner coordinates: WGS84 Edge tics: UTM Zone 17N WGS84
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Map Scale: 1:3,430 if printed on A portrait (8.5" x 11") sheet.
Soil Map may not be valid at this scale.
MAP LEGEND MAP INFORMATION
Area of Interest (AOI)
Area of Interest (AOI)
Soils
Soil Map Unit Polygons
Soil Map Unit Lines
Soil Map Unit Points
Special Point Features
Blowout
Borrow Pit
Clay Spot
Closed Depression
Gravel Pit
Gravelly Spot
Landfill
Lava Flow
Marsh or swamp
Mine or Quarry
Miscellaneous Water
Perennial Water
Rock Outcrop
Saline Spot
Sandy Spot
Severely Eroded Spot
Sinkhole
Slide or Slip
Sodic Spot
Spoil Area
Stony Spot
Very Stony Spot
Wet Spot
Other
Special Line Features
Water Features
Streams and Canals
Transportation
Rails
Interstate Highways
US Routes
Major Roads
Local Roads
Background
Aerial Photography
The soil surveys that comprise your AOI were mapped at
1:20,000.
Warning: Soil Map may not be valid at this scale.
Enlargement of maps beyond the scale of mapping can cause
misunderstanding of the detail of mapping and accuracy of soil
line placement. The maps do not show the small areas of
contrasting soils that could have been shown at a more detailed
scale.
Please rely on the bar scale on each map sheet for map
measurements.
Source of Map: Natural Resources Conservation Service
Web Soil Survey URL:
Coordinate System: Web Mercator (EPSG:3857)
Maps from the Web Soil Survey are based on the Web Mercator
projection, which preserves direction and shape but distorts
distance and area. A projection that preserves area, such as the
Albers equal-area conic projection, should be used if more
accurate 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.
Soil Survey Area: Henderson County, North Carolina
Survey Area Data: Version 23, Sep 8, 2022
Soil map units are labeled (as space allows) for map scales
1:50,000 or larger.
Date(s) aerial images were photographed: Apr 1, 2022—May 9,
2022
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.
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Map Unit Legend (Dodd Meadows - Bat
Fork Restoration Soil Report)
Map Unit Symbol Map Unit Name Acres in AOI Percent of AOI
AhE Ashe stony sandy loam, 15 to
25 percent slopes
0.1 0.7%
Co Codorus loam (arkaqua)1.5 10.8%
EnB Elsinboro loam, 0 to 3 percent
slopes
4.9 34.1%
HyC Hayesville loam, 7 to 15 percent
slopes
0.3 2.0%
To Toxaway silt loam 7.5 52.4%
Totals for Area of Interest 14.3 100.0%
Map Unit Descriptions (Dodd Meadows -
Bat Fork Restoration Soil Report)
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
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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.
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.
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Henderson County, North Carolina
AhE—Ashe stony sandy loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes
Map Unit Setting
National map unit symbol: lc0w
Elevation: 1,400 to 5,000 feet
Mean annual precipitation: 45 to 70 inches
Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 57 degrees F
Frost-free period: 90 to 170 days
Farmland classification: Not prime farmland
Map Unit Composition
Ashe and similar soils:85 percent
Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit.
Description of Ashe
Setting
Landform:Ridges, mountain slopes
Landform position (two-dimensional):Summit, backslope
Landform position (three-dimensional):Upper third of mountainflank, side slope
Down-slope shape:Convex
Across-slope shape:Linear
Typical profile
A - 0 to 7 inches: stony sandy loam
Bw - 7 to 25 inches: gravelly sandy loam
C - 25 to 30 inches: gravelly sandy loam
R - 30 to 80 inches: unweathered bedrock
Properties and qualities
Slope:15 to 25 percent
Depth to restrictive feature:20 to 40 inches to lithic bedrock
Drainage class:Somewhat excessively drained
Runoff class: Very high
Capacity of the most limiting layer to transmit water (Ksat):Very low to low (0.00 to
0.01 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: Low (about 3.8 inches)
Interpretive groups
Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified
Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 6s
Hydrologic Soil Group: B
Ecological site: F130BY004WV - Mesic Residuum Warm Aspect
Hydric soil rating: No
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Co—Codorus loam (arkaqua)
Map Unit Setting
National map unit symbol: lc18
Elevation: 1,200 to 2,000 feet
Mean annual precipitation: 45 to 70 inches
Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 57 degrees F
Frost-free period: 116 to 170 days
Farmland classification: Prime farmland if drained and either protected from flooding
or not frequently flooded during the growing season
Map Unit Composition
Arkaqua, frequently flooded, and similar soils:90 percent
Minor components:5 percent
Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit.
Description of Arkaqua, Frequently Flooded
Setting
Landform:Flood plains
Down-slope shape:Linear
Across-slope shape:Linear
Parent material:Loamy alluvium
Typical profile
Ap - 0 to 9 inches: loam
Bw - 9 to 30 inches: clay loam
Bg - 30 to 46 inches: sandy clay loam
Cg - 46 to 80 inches: loam
Properties and qualities
Slope:0 to 2 percent
Depth to restrictive feature:44 to 72 inches to strongly contrasting textural
stratification
Drainage class:Somewhat poorly drained
Runoff class: Low
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 18 to 24 inches
Frequency of flooding:NoneOccasional
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): 4w
Hydrologic Soil Group: B/D
Ecological site: F130BY011WV - Hydric Floodplains
Hydric soil rating: No
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Minor Components
Toxaway, undrained
Percent of map unit:5 percent
Landform:Depressions on flood plains
Down-slope shape:Concave, linear
Across-slope shape:Concave
Hydric soil rating: Yes
EnB—Elsinboro loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
Map Unit Setting
National map unit symbol: lc1h
Elevation: 0 to 1,000 feet
Mean annual precipitation: 38 to 46 inches
Mean annual air temperature: 50 to 55 degrees F
Frost-free period: 150 to 210 days
Farmland classification: All areas are prime farmland
Map Unit Composition
Elsinboro and similar soils:90 percent
Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit.
Description of Elsinboro
Setting
Landform:Stream terraces
Landform position (two-dimensional):Summit, shoulder
Landform position (three-dimensional):Tread
Down-slope shape:Linear
Across-slope shape:Convex
Parent material:Old alluvium derived from igneous and metamorphic rock and/or
old colluvium
Typical profile
H1 - 0 to 15 inches: loam
H2 - 15 to 36 inches: loam
H3 - 36 to 60 inches: sandy loam
Properties and qualities
Slope:0 to 3 percent
Depth to restrictive feature:More than 80 inches
Drainage class:Well drained
Runoff class: Low
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)
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Interpretive groups
Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified
Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 1
Hydrologic Soil Group: B
Ecological site: F130BY010WV - Terraces
Hydric soil rating: No
HyC—Hayesville loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes
Map Unit Setting
National map unit symbol: lc1t
Elevation: 1,110 to 2,580 feet
Mean annual precipitation: 48 to 60 inches
Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 57 degrees F
Frost-free period: 124 to 176 days
Farmland classification: Farmland of statewide importance
Map Unit Composition
Hayesville and similar soils:90 percent
Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit.
Description of Hayesville
Setting
Landform:Ridges
Landform position (two-dimensional):Summit
Landform position (three-dimensional):Interfluve
Down-slope shape:Linear
Across-slope shape:Convex
Parent material:Residuum weathered from amphibolite
Typical profile
A - 0 to 5 inches: loam
Bt - 5 to 38 inches: clay
BC - 38 to 48 inches: sandy clay loam
C - 48 to 80 inches: fine 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 low to
moderately high (0.06 to 0.20 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: High (about 9.9 inches)
Interpretive groups
Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified
Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 3e
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Hydrologic Soil Group: C
Ecological site: F130BY007WV - Low Mountain Mesic Residuum
Hydric soil rating: No
To—Toxaway silt loam
Map Unit Setting
National map unit symbol: lc26
Elevation: 1,850 to 2,050 feet
Mean annual precipitation: 45 to 70 inches
Mean annual air temperature: 46 to 57 degrees F
Frost-free period: 116 to 170 days
Farmland classification: Prime farmland if drained and either protected from flooding
or not frequently flooded during the growing season
Map Unit Composition
Toxaway, frequently flooded, and similar soils:95 percent
Minor components:5 percent
Estimates are based on observations, descriptions, and transects of the mapunit.
Description of Toxaway, Frequently Flooded
Setting
Landform:Depressions on flood plains
Down-slope shape:Concave, linear
Across-slope shape:Concave
Parent material:Loamy alluvium
Typical profile
A - 0 to 26 inches: loam
Cg - 26 to 80 inches: stratified sandy clay loam to sand
Properties and qualities
Slope:0 to 2 percent
Depth to restrictive feature:More than 80 inches
Drainage class:Very 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:NoneFrequent
Frequency of ponding:None
Available water supply, 0 to 60 inches: Moderate (about 8.1 inches)
Interpretive groups
Land capability classification (irrigated): None specified
Land capability classification (nonirrigated): 4w
Hydrologic Soil Group: B/D
Ecological site: F130BY011WV - Hydric Floodplains
Hydric soil rating: Yes
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Minor Components
Toxaway, undrained
Percent of map unit:5 percent
Landform:Depressions on flood plains
Down-slope shape:Concave, linear
Across-slope shape:Concave
Hydric soil rating: Yes
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