SOILS. 



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Twelve soil types are differentiated by the Bureau of Soils in the 

 Chesterfield County Survey. The soils are described as being light-textured 

 sands, sandy loams, and loams. About four-fifths of the mapped area lies 

 within the Piedmont region and the principal soils are Chesterfield 

 gravelly sandy loam, Chesterfield sandy loam, and Bradley sandy loam. 

 The principal Coastal Plain soil types represented include the Norfolk sand, 

 the Norfolk sandy loam, and the Norfolk fine sandy loam. 



There is given in the table below the name and extent of the twelve 

 soil types mapped in the Chesterfield County area. 



Areas of different soils. 



Soil 



Acres Per cent. 



Chesterfield sandy loam 



Bradley sandy loam 



Chesterfield gravelly sandy loam. 



Norfolk sandy loam 



Meadow 



Elkton fine sandy loam 



Norfolk sand 



Congaree loam 



Norfolk fine sandy loam 



Norfolk silt loam 



Wickham loam 



Swamp 



Total 305,856 



95,680 



59,072 



34,304 



32,704 



25,088 



14,656 



11.200 



9,984 



8,832 



5.952 



5,952 



2.432 



31.1 



19.3 



11.2 



10.7 



8.2 



4.8 



3.7 



3.3 



2.9 



2.0 



2.0 



0.8 



The tables below give the average results of mechanical analyses of the 

 principal Coastal Plain soil types in the area mapped, which are the 

 Norfolk sand, the Norfolk sandy loam, and the Norfolk fine sandy loam. 



Mechanical analyses of the Norfolk fine sandy loam. 



Mechanical analyses of Norfolk sandy loam. 



Soil .. 

 Subsoil 



2.5 



1.7 



21.9 

 17.0 



16.9 

 9.4 



24.7 

 19.7 



6.9 



7.7 



20.9 

 20.1 



6.1 

 24.1 



