Table 18. Relative percentages of soil types in Baldwin and Mobile Counties, 

 Alabama (McBride and Burgess 1964; Hickman and Owens 1980). 



Soil Associations Percentage of 



(numbers correspond to Percentage association, Percentage of 



those on maps) of county respectively minor soils 



Baldwin County 



1. Dorovan-Levy-Iuka-Urbo 10 45-14-22 19 



2. Annemaine-Wahee-Leaf 3 12-17-5 3 36 



3. Cowarts-Troup-Esto 21 NA-20-NA b 50 



4. Malbis-Bama-Lucedale 18 20-12-9 59 



5. Cowarts-Nlotcher-Esto 16 13-12-13 c HA 



6. Axis-Lafitte 3 96 d 4 



7. Troup-Plummer 17 34-15 51 



8. Poarch-Pactolis 7 18-17 65 



9. Fripp-Leon 5 21-13 66e 



Mobile County 



10. Troup-Heidel-Bama 27 34-25-12 29 



11. Troup-Benndale-Smithton 31 43-14-6 37 



12. Dorovan-Johnston-Levy 9 48-12-12 28 



13. Izaqora-Bethera-Suffolk 9 34-9-9 48 



14. Notcher-Saucier-Malbis 5 37-23-20 20 



15. Bayou-Escambia-Harleston 6 31-25-14 30 



16. Urban Land-Smithton-Bennedale 5 37-14-8 41 



17. Shubuta-Troup-Benndale 5 33-21-20 26 

 6. Axis-Lafitte 3 44-38 18 



a an additional 30% mapped as Annemaine-Wahee-Leaf undifferentiated mapping 



unit. 

 b an additional 30% mapped as Cowarts-Troup-Esto undifferentiated mapping unit. 

 c an unknown percentage of Cowarts-Notcher-Esto mapped as undifferentiated 



mapping unit. 



percent of individual series not available. 

 e includes an additional 10% mapped complex of Fripp and Leon soils and 20% 



water. 

 N/A = percentages for individual soil series and minor soils not available. 



Quantification of the results of all of these processes is difficult 



because detailed data over a long period is required. With few exceptions, 



that level of detailed data is not available. An understanding of the 



various processes and some quantifications are, however, possible. 



The wind affects wave and tidal movements in the Mobile Bay area, and 



thereby plays an important role in erosion patterns. During the fall and 



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