24b. Soil Summary (by community type) 



Soil series: Unknown. Simply listed as 'peat' on 1929 

 soil map. May be Pamlico. 



Soil classification: Terric medisaprist? 



Soil association: Mapped Ponzer-Dorovan-Dare on tentative 

 general soil map of Gates County; Ponzer-Pamlico-Dorovan on 

 general soil map of North Carolina. 

 pH class: 



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

 USDA SCS 1974. 



Other notes: Soil formed in a deltaic area where the mouth of 

 Corapeake Swamp delivered water and small amounts of sediment into 

 the Dismal. A textural gradient of the mineral fraction from the 

 mouth into the larger swamp would be expected. This would be an 

 interesting area for pedogenic and other studies. 



24c. Hydrology Summary (by community type) 

 Hydrologic system: Palustrine. 

 Hydrologic subsystem: Interaqueous. 

 Water chemistry: Fresh. 



Water regime: Intermittently flooded. (Was probably seasonally 

 flooded before construction of Cross Canal) . 



Drainage class: Somewhat poorly drained (Was probably poorly 

 drained before canal construction) . 



Drainage basin: Pasquotank River. 



Hydrology characterization: A somewhat poorly drained s 

 intermittently flooded, interaqueous palustrine system, wetted 

 by fresh rains, a tributary swamp and a seasonally high water 

 table. 



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