24b. Soil Summary (by community type) 



Soil series: Unknown. Unmapped on any existing soil maps for 

 the area. 



Soil classification; Unknown. 



Soil associations Unknown. 



pH class: Unknown. 



Source of information: Davis et al. 1929. USDA SCS 1972. 

 USDA SCS 1974. 



Other notes: Surface soils are sands and sandy lo 



ams, 



24c. Hydrology Sximmary (by community type) 



Hydrologic system: Terrestrial 



Hydrologic subsystem: Dry-mesic. 



Water chemistry: Fresh. 



Water regime: Permanently exposed. 



Drainage class: Well-drained. 



Drainage basin: Located in the swamp near the divides between 

 the Pasquotank, Little and Perquimans Rivers. Presettlement 

 drainage for those mesic islands in Gates County may have been to 

 the Perquimans River. Mapping of subsurface drainage patterns, 

 formed before the post-Wisconsin accumulation of peat, is 

 incomplete for the southern half of the swamp (Oaks and Whitehead 

 1979). 



Hydrology characterization: A well-drained, permanently 

 exposed, dry-mesic terrestrial system, wetted by fresh rains 

 (and at its lower level, by a seasonally high water table in the 

 surrounding swamp . ) 



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