Soil Survey of the City of Chesapeake, Virginia
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United States In cooperation with Department of Virginia Department of Agriculture Conservation and Soil Survey of Recreation, Division of Soil Natural and Water Conservation; the City of Resources Virginia Dare Soil and Conservation Water Conservation Service District; Virginia Chesapeake, Polytechnic Institute and State University; Atlantic Division Naval Facilities Virginia Engineering Command; and the City of Chesapeake How To Use This Soil Survey The detailed soil maps can be useful in planning the use and management of small areas. To find information about your area of interest, locate that area on the Index to Map Sheets. Note the number of the map sheet and go to that sheet. Locate your area of interest on the map sheet. Note the map unit symbols that are in that area. Go to the Contents, which lists the map units by symbol and name and shows the page where each map unit is described. The Contents shows which table has data on a specific land use for each detailed soil map unit. Also see the Contents for sections of this publication that may address your specific needs. iii This soil survey is a publication 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 agencies. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly the Soil Conservation Service) has leadership for the Federal part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey. Major fieldwork for this soil survey was completed in 2003. Soil names and descriptions were approved in 2004. Unless otherwise indicated, statements in this publication refer to conditions in the survey area in 2004. The most current official data are available at http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/app/. This survey was made cooperatively by the Natural Resources Conservation Service; the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Soil and Water Conservation; the Virginia Dare Soil and Water Conservation District; the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; the Atlantic Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command; and the City of Chesapeake. The survey is part of the technical assistance furnished to the Virginia Dare Soil and Water Conservation District. The City of Chesapeake and the Atlantic Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command provided financial assistance for the survey. Soil maps in this survey may be copied without permission. Enlargement of these maps, however, could cause misunderstanding of the detail of mapping. If enlarged, maps do not show the small areas of contrasting soils that could have been shown at a larger scale. 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An area of Dorovan-Belhaven complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded, is in the background. Additional information about the Nation’s natural resources is available online from the Natural Resources Conservation Service at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov. iv Contents Cover .............................................................................................................................i How To Use This Soil Survey ..................................................................................... iii Contents...................................................................................................................... v Foreword ..................................................................................................................... ix Introduction ................................................................................................................ 1 General Nature of the Survey Area .......................................................................... 1 How This Survey Was Made .................................................................................... 3 Detailed Soil Map Units ............................................................................................. 5 1—Acredale silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes ............................................................ 6 2—Acredale-Chapanoke complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes ........................................ 9 3—Acredale-Urban land complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes ....................................... 11 4—Acredale-Urban land-Chapanoke complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes.................... 12 5—Aquents, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently ponded .......................................... 14 6—Arapahoe mucky fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes ................................. 15 7—Arapahoe-Urban land complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes...................................... 17 8—Bojac loamy fine sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes ................................................... 18 9—Bojac-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes ............................................ 20 10—Bojac-Urban land-Wando complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes .............................. 21 11—Chapanoke-Yeopim complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes ....................................... 23 12—Chesapeake sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes ............................................. 25 13—Chesapeake-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes ............................... 27 14E—Conetoe-Chesapeake-Tetotum complex, 2 to 40 percent slopes ................. 28 15—Deloss mucky fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes .................................... 30 16—Deloss-Tomotley-Nimmo complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes ............................... 32 17—Deloss-Urban land complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes ........................................ 34 18—Dorovan-Belhaven complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded .......... 36 19—Dragston fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes ........................................... 38 20—Dragston-Tomotley complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes ........................................ 39 21—Dragston-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes..................................... 41 22—Dragston-Urban land-Tomotley complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes ..................... 42 23—Gertie silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes ............................................................ 44 24—Hyde mucky silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes .................................................. 46 25—Munden fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes ............................................. 48 26C—Munden loamy fine sand, 2 to 8 percent slopes........................................... 49 27—Munden-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes ...................................... 51 28C—Munden-Urban land complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes.................................... 52 29—Munden-Urban land-Pactolus complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes ....................... 54 30—Nawney silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded ........................... 56 31—Pactolus loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes ............................................ 57 32—Pasquotank silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes ................................................... 58 33—Pocaty mucky peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes, very frequently flooded ................ 60 34—Portsmouth mucky fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes ............................ 62 35C—Psamments, 0 to 10 percent slopes............................................................. 63 36—Pungo-Belhaven soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently ponded ................... 66 37—Rappahannock muck, 0 to 1 percent slopes, very frequently flooded ............ 67 v 38—Tetotum fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes ............................................. 69 39—Tetotum-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes ...................................... 71 40—Tetotum-Urban land-Chesapeake complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes ................. 73 41—Tomotley fine sandy loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes ............................................ 74 42—Tomotley-Bertie complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes ............................................. 77 43—Tomotley-Deloss complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes ........................................... 79 44—Tomotley-Deloss-Urban land complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes ......................... 81 45—Tomotley-Nimmo complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes ........................................... 83 46—Tomotley-Urban land complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes ..................................... 85 47—Tomotley-Urban land-Bertie complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes .......................... 87 48—Tomotley-Urban land-Nimmo complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes ........................ 89 49—Udorthents-Urban land complex, 0 to 45 percent slopes ............................... 90 50—Urban land, 0 to 5 percent slopes..................................................................