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SOIL &WAIL-R 17 <br /> RECEIVE <br /> Lnj 3-7.1-$9 II) <br /> CONSERVATION <br /> Orange Soil and Water Conservation District <br /> 306 Revere Road • P.O. Box 8181 <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 • Phone: 919-732-9361 • Ext. 451 <br /> March 27, 1989 <br /> TO: Emily Crudup, ASLA Planner 11 <br /> FROM: Gail Phghes, Soil Conservationist <br /> RE: Forest Knolls <br /> According to the Orange County Soil Survey, the following soils <br /> • are located on this tract: <br /> • Herndon 8 slope - has slight limitations for dwellings with or <br /> without basements, and has moderate limitations for septic tank <br /> absorption fields due to slow percolation. <br /> Herndon C slope - has moderate limitations for both dwellings and <br /> septic tank absorption fields due to slow percolation, and steeper <br /> slopes and increased clayiness of soil. <br /> Chewacla - (found along stream floodplain) has severe limitations <br /> for both dwellings and septic tank absorption fields due to flooding <br /> potential . <br /> Please call me if you have further questions. <br /> GMH:jw <br /> 4001r* <br /> ) ) <br />