TAXONOMIC CLASS: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, semiactive, mesic Lithic Dystrudepts. TYPICAL PEDON: Bugley channery silt loam - on a 10 percent slope in a loblolly pine plantation. (Colors are for moist soil.)

SILTY CLAY (sic) A silty clay soil is a fine textured soil with 40 to 60% silt, up to 20% sand and 40 to 60% clay. Dry it is extremely hard and it feels quite floury when crushed.

This section explains abbreviations and topics often found in soil evaluation reports, and discusses how various soil characteristics affect water flow out of septic systems into the soil. This portion of the report describes the property location, current use, and date of investigation.

Soil penetration resistance (SPR) is an important indicator for soil strength which not only affects the growth of crop roots and crop yield but also is crucial in the design and selection of...

When clay content in soils exceeds 35% (heavy cl, heavy sicl, sic, or c textures), the soils are generally poorly suited for conventional septic systems because of slow permeability.

Soils of the Nason series are deep and well drained. They are on uplands and formed in material weathered from schist and other fine grained metamorphic rocks. Slopes range from 0 to 50 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 43 inches …

Soil structure refers to the aggregation of primary soil particles into compound particles that are separated from adjoining aggregates by surfaces of weakness. Soil structure is classified in terms of grade or distinctness (weak, moderate, strong), class or size (fine, medium, coarse, very coarse), and type (granular, platy, prismatic, blocky).

Soil Use Interpretations Tables Dwellings with Basement: Adapted from NSSH Table 620-3 and modified to fit guidelines in the Southeast Region Handbook for Collegiate Soils Contest.

Hydrologic soil groups (HSGs) are a fundamental component of the USDA curve-number (CN) method for estimation of rainfall runoff; yet these data are not readily available in a format or...

Soil texture is a soil property used to describe the relative proportion of different grain sizes of mineral particles in a soil. Particles are grouped according to their size into what are called soil separates. These separates are typically named clay, silt, and sand.