Wet Ultisols which comprise about 7 percent of the 

 county's total land acreage and are about 80 percent 

 in cultivation. 



Natural areas identified: none. 



b) Weeksville-Pasquotank Association - very poorly 

 drained soils with black to gray very fine 

 sandy loam or silt loam surface layers over 

 friable silt or stratified sands. 



Wet Inceptisols which comprise about 11 percent of 

 the county's total land acreage and are 85 percent 

 or more in cultivation. 



Natural areas identified: Salyer's Ridge and most 

 of the hardwood stands on the Gull Rock Game 

 Lands natural area. 



c) Hyde-Bayboro Association - very poorly drained soils 

 with thick black loam surface layers over firm 

 clay loam to very firm clay subsoils. 



Wet Ultisols which comprise about 12 percent of the 

 county's total land acreage and are about 25 percent 

 in cultivation with the rest in timberland including 

 pine plantations. 



Natural areas identified: Gull Rock Game Lands (in 

 part) ; Scranton Hardwoods. 



d) Capers Association - very poorly drained soils with 

 dark gray silty clay subsoils and loam surface 

 layers over sticky, plastic, silty clay subsoils. 



Wet Entisols (marsh soils) which comprise about 7 

 percent of the county's total land acreage and are 

 not cultivated. 



Natural areas identified: Gull Rock Game Lands (in 

 part) . 



e) Dare-Pungo-Dorovan Association - very poorly drained 

 soils with thick to moderately thick organic 

 surface layers over mineral subsurface layers 

 ranging from sand to clay. 



