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Why Soil Data Are Needed

Many people assume that soils are all more or less alike. They are unaware that great differences in soil properties can occur within even short distances.

Soils may be seasonally wet or subject to flooding. They may be shallow to bedrock. They may be too unstable to be used as a foundation for buildings or roads. Very clayey or wet soils are poorly suited to septic tank absorption fields. These soil properties and many others that affect land use are given in soil surveys.

To obtain official soil series descriptions, click here. This option will take you to the USDA-NRCS Official Soil Series Descriptions (OSD) homepage. At the OSD site, click on View 0SD by Series Name then type the soil name.

To see a photo and brief description of the soils listed on this site, click on the soil name.

Blue Ridge Mountains Carolina Slate Belt

Cataska Georgeville
Chestnut Goldston
Cowee
Craggey
Edneytown
Edneyville
Polkton
Sylco

Coastal Plain Piedmont

Coxville                                              Appling
Foreston                                             Badin
Norfolk                                               Bethlehem
Pepperbox                                          Cecil
Red Bay                                             Cid
Sassafras                                           Hard Labor
Wakulla                                              Helena
                                                         Lillington
                                                       Nason
                                                         Paclolet
                                                         Picture
                                                         Tatum
                                                         Wedowee
                                                         Carbonton

Southern Appalachian Mountains

Chestoa
Greenlee
Potomac

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