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Custom Soil Resource Report <br />®range ~®unty, North Carolina ~~~ <br />Ch-Chewacla loam <br />Map Unit Setting <br />Elevation: 200 to 1,400 feet <br />Mean annual precipitation: 37 to 60 inches <br />Mean annual air temperature: 59 to 66 degrees F <br />Frost-free period: 200 to 240 days <br />Map Unit Composition <br />Chewacla and similarsoils: 85 percent <br />Minor components: 5 percent <br />Description of Chewacla <br />Setting <br />Landform: Flood plains . <br />Down-slope shape: Concave <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />Parent material: Loamy alluvium derived from igneous and metamorphic rock <br />Properties and qualities <br />Slope: 0 to 2 percent <br />Depth to restrictive feature: More than 80 inches <br />Drainage class: Somewhat poorly drained <br />Capacity of the most limiting layer to Transmit water (Ksat): Moderately high to high <br />(0:57 to 1.9& in/hr) .. - :....,.. -- - ....__ . ~ {;. <br />Depth to water table: About 6 to 24 inches <br />Frequency of flooding: Frequent <br />Frequency of ponding: None <br />Available water capacity: High (about 11.5 inches) <br />Interpretive groups <br />Land capability (nonirrigated): 4w <br />Typical profile <br />0 fo 4 inches: Loarn <br />4 to 26 inches: Silty clay loam <br />26 to 38 inches: Loam <br />38 to 60 inches: Clay loam <br />60 to 80 inches: Loam <br />Minor Components <br />Wehadkee, undrained <br />Percent of map unit: 5 percent <br />Landform: Depressions on flood plains <br />Down-slope shape: Concave <br />Across-slope shape: Linear <br />12 <br />