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b. Soil Summary 



Source of information: General Soil Survey, Tyrrell County, 

 USDA-SCS; Revised 7/72. 



Shelter: Open 



Soil association: Belhaven-Dare-Dorovan 



Soil order: Histosols 



pH class: 



Moisture class: Hydric 



Associated community cover type or community type: Typha sp. 



c. Hydrology Summary 



Drainage basin: Albemarle Sound - Alligator River 



Hydrologic System: Riverine 



Hydrologic subsystem: Lower Perrenial 



Water chemistry: Fresh 



Water regime: Semipermanently flooded 



d. Summary-Topography and Physiography 

 Topographic site type characteristics 

 Land form: Estuarine point and sand spit 

 Aspect: N/A 



Slope angle: Nearly level 



Profile: N/A 



Surface patterns: Sandy-silty 



Position: N/A 



Physiographic site type of natural area: Long shoal point 



Physiographic site type of community cover type or community 

 type: Freshwater cattail marsh 



Geologic formation: Pamlico Terrace 

 Geologic formation: Quaternary 



