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Home My WebLink AboutLand Management Group Soil Analysis - 2005Jlabl 6/11't6 fox 2522 9/'lLm6ty.low, Jlolrlll &4,olrna 2SI02 Jele�i/z�ae: 910-.1152-000-J 'Main 611ee: yrrile 15 90rm)zeg, "V7adtch 3805 0)&iyAhville/A1venire G%��/ldllrll�llllL, e�/'(Co 2c5'�03 Jerry Haire Colorado Coastal Development 808 Carolina Beach Ave. Carolina Beach, NC 28428 April 5, 2005 xwwch G/11%e: Y. 6 Oox J J20 500 wllvalala J'6reel alawleo, ,AIW27954 Weane: 252-073-3100 Re: Class IV Soils investigation or the Lt. Congleton Tract, New Hanover County, North Carolina. Dear Jerry, Land Management Group, Inc has made a site visit to the above -mentioned property to determine the extent of any Class IV soils located on the tract. The attached map is a copy of the New Hanover County Soil Survey for the tract in question. The soil unit shown on the map that is considered a Class IV Soil is the Pamlico (Pm) Soil Series. The two areas mapped as a Pamlico Muck were the only areas investigated for the purposes of this report. These two areas are shown in light green on the attached map. One of these areas is located along the northern property line and the other is located in the southern property corner. I have also attached a typical profile description of the Pamlico Soil Series. The tract contains extensive drainage ditches onsite that have altered the soil properties. Typically, drainage will greatly reduce the amount of organic material in the soil profile. Additionally, I encountered varying depths of fill material throughout the tract. Generally the fill material was 18" to 24" deep. In places this fill material encountered was thicker. I did not encounter any soils on the tract that would be considered a Pamlico Muck or any other Class IV Soils. The soils along the northern property line were all mineral soils. The soils in the southern property corner did contain an old buried surface, but it would be considered a mineral muck layer and not an organic muck layer. Additionally, this layer was only 10" thick and soils in the Pamlico Series contain 16" to 51" of organic muck. The soils in the southern property corner would be considered to be in the Murvi Ile Soil Series. These soils were also covered by approximately 20" of fill. The field notes from my onsite investigation are available upon request. If you have further questions, please contact me at (910)452-0001 or (910)471-0509. cc: James Taylor wA/2 • Respectfully, Tom Gulley NCLSS# 1256 Le Kr Elgin St Le Ly Pm Ly -o 0 Q) Windy Hills Dr Le << co'.? R a Le Ur Le Le Mu On O` �y Rm O Se 0 Wa r LY Kr Se Gettysburg Dr a oLY �c Pm 0 Kr Le Wa Ur Le N Lt. Congleton Tract 1998 Aerial Photography 0 400 800 New Hanover County ft Land Management Group, Inc. PAMLICO SERIES Pagel of 3 PAMLICO SERIES The Pamlico series consists of very poorly drained soils that formed in decomposed organic material underlain by dominantly sandy sediment. The soils are on nearly level flood plains, bays, and depressions of the Coastal Plain. Slopes are less than 1 percent. TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy or sandy -skeletal, siliceous, dysic, thermic Terric Haplosaprists TYPICAL PEDON: Pamlico muck, undrained--forested. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.) Oi--O to 3 inches; very dark brown (IOYR 2/2) fibric material; 75 percent fiber content after rubbing; friable; fibers are of moss, leaves, twigs, and roots; extremely acid; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 4 inches thick) Oal--3 to 14 inches; black (10YR 2/1) sapric material; 10 percent fiber; weak coarse granular structure; friable; slightly sticky; common roots; sodium pyrophosphate extract is yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); extremely acid; gradual wavy boundary. Oa2--14 to 30 inches; very dark grayish brown (IOYR 3/2) sapric material; 20 percent fiber; less than 10 percent rubbed; massive; friable; slightly sticky; few roots; sodium pyrophosphate extract is light yellowish brown (IOYR 6/4); extremely acid; gradual wavy boundary. (combined thickness of Oa horizon is 16 to 51 inches) Cg--30 to 60 inches; very dark grayish brown (IOYR 3/2) loamy sand; single grained; loose; extremely acid. TYPE LOCATION: Wayne County, North Carolina; 8 miles east of Mt. Olive on North Carolina Highway 55; 0.6 mile south of intersection with county road 1948; 100 feet northeast of bridge crossing northeast Cape Fear River. RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Pamlico soils have 16 to 51 inches of organic material over dominantly sandy sediments. Reaction is extremely acid (less than 4.5 in 0.01 M calcium chloride) in the organic layers, and ranges from extremely acid to strongly acid in the underlying mineral layers. The Oi or Oe horizon has hue of 10YR, 7.5YR, or it is neutral, value of 2 or 3, chroma of 0 to 2. The Oa horizon has hue of IOYR, 7.5YR, or it is neutral, value of 2 or 3, chroma of 0 to 2. Fiber content is 10 to 33 percent unrubbed and less than 10 percent after rubbing. Structure is coarse granular or massive. The Cg horizon has hue of 7.5YR or IOYR or it is neutral, value of 2 to 6, chroma of 0 to 2. The weighted average of the upper 12 inches of the Cg horizon, or of the part of the Cg horizon that is within a depth of 51 inches, whichever is thicker, is sandy. Textures are typically sand, fine sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand, but may also be mucky analogs of the same fine earth textures in some pedons. In some pedons, thin subhorizons of the Cg within a depth of 51 inches are loamy. Textures are typically sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or sandy clay loam. Below a depth of 51 inches, texture is variable, typically ranging from sand to sandy clay loam. COMPETING SERIES: There is no other known series in this family. Belhaven, Croatan, Currituck, Dare, Dorovan, Ponzer, and Scup ernong series are in closely related families. Belhaven, Ponzer, and Scuppernong soils have mixed mineralogy and are underlain by dominantly loamy mineral soil material. Croatan soils are underlain by dominantly loamy mineral material. Currituck soils are less acid and have mixed mineralogy. Dare and Dorovan soils have organic layers more than 51 inches thick. GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Pamlico soils occur in the flood plains of tributaries of major streams and on level to depressional surfaces of the coastal plain. These soils are formed in decomposed organic matter overlying dominantly sandy mineral sediments. The mean annual temperature is 63 degrees F. and the annual precipitation is 48 inches near the type location. GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These include the Dare and Dorovan of the competing series, and Bibb, Johnston, Portsmouth, Rutlege, and Torhunta series. Bibb, Johnston, Portsmouth, Rutlege, and Torhunta soils are mineral soils with loamy surface layers high in organic matter. DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Very poorly drained; ponded or very slow runoff, flooding is http://www.virtualfarmersmarket.com/soil_series/Pamlico.htm 4/4/2005 I, , PAMLICO SERIES Page 2 of 3 rare to frequent; permeability is moderate to moderately rapid in the organic layers and slow to very rapid in the mineral layers. USE AND VEGETATION: In the natural stage, practically all of these soils are used for woodland and wildlife. The native vegetation consists of pond pine, tupelo gum, sweetbay, gumtrees, cypress, greenbrier, wax myrtle bushes, with undergrowth of gallberry and cut bamboo briers. These soils are used for improved pasture, corn, soybeans, oats, truck crops, and other cultivated crops when drained. DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Lower Coastal Plain areas of Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. The series is moderately extensive. MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina SERIES ESTABLISHED: Pamlico County, North Carolina; 1935. REMARKS: Pamlico muck, as mapped in the past, included a very wide range of conditions. The concept expressed in this description is restricted in thickness, degree of decomposition and nature of underlying materials. Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in the typical pedon are: Organic materials (terric) - the zone from the surface to a depth of 30 inches (the Oi, Oal, and Oa2 horizons) Sandy particle -size class - mineral material within a depth of 51 inches that has weighted average of the sandy particle -size class in the upper 12 inches of the mineral material or within the control section (51 inches), whichever is thicker (the Cg horizon) MLRA(S): 152A, 153A, 153B, 133A SIR(S): NCO050, NCO154 (LOAMY SUBSTRATUM), NCO155 (PONDED), NC0159 (FLOODED), NCO270 (PONDED, LOAMY SUBSTRATUM) REVISED=6/10/96, MHC TABULAR SERIES DATA: SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation NCO050 PAMLICO 0- 1 62- 70 240-310 45- 60 30- 150 NCO154 PAMLICO 0- 1 62- 70 240-310 45- 60 30- 150 NCO155 PAMLICO 0- 1 62- 70 240-310 45- 60 25- 150 NCO159 PAMLICO 0- 1 62- 70 240-310 45- 60 30- 150 NCO270 PAMLICO 0- 1 62- 70 240-310 45- 60 30- 150 SOI-5 F1oodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness NCO050 RARE 0-1.0 APPARENT DEC -MAY 60-60 NCO154 RARE 0-1.0 APPARENT JAN-DEC 60-60 NCO155 RARE - APPARENT - 60-60 NCO159 FREO_ - APPARENT - 60-60 NCO270 RARE - APPARENT - 60-60 SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clayo -CEC- NC0050 0-30 MUCK 0- 0 - 0- 0 100-230 NCO050 30-60 LS S LFS 0- 0 100-100 5-10 1- 5 NCO154 0-24 MUCK 0- 0 - - 100-230 NCO154 24-48 FS LFS 0- 0 100-100 5-10 1- 5 NCO154 48-72 FSL SCL 0- 0 100-100 15-35 5- 15 NCO155 0-30 MUCK 0- 0 - 0- 0 100-230 NCO155 30-60 S FS LS 0- 0 100-100 5-10 1- 5 NCO159 0-30 MUCK 0- 0 - 0- 0 100-230 NCO159 30-60 LS S LFS 0- 0 100-100 5-10 1- 5 NCO270 0-24 MUCK 0- 0 - - 20-230 NCO270 24-48 FS LFS 0- 0 100-100 5-10 1- 5 NCO270 48-72 FSL SCL 0- 0 100-100 15-35 5- 15 SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll NCO050 0-30 3.5- 4.4 20-80 0- 0 0.6- 6.0 LOW NCO050 30-60 3.5- 5.5 .5-5. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW NCO154 0-24 3.5- 4.4 20-80 0- 0 0.6- 6.0 LOW http://www.virtualfannersmarket.com/soil_series/Pamlico.htm 4/4/2005