24b. Soil Summary (by community type) CT-C. 

 Soil series: Johnston? (before impoundment) 

 Soil classification: Unknown. 

 Soil association: Unknown. 

 pH class: Medium to slightly acid. 



Source of information: USDA Soil Conservation Service. 1972. 

 Tentative general soil map for Gates County. 



Other notes: Impoundment of Merchants Mill Pond about 170 years 

 ago has initiated deposition of sediment in this area, probably 

 changing the soil type. 



24c. Hydrology Summary (by community type) 



Hydrologic system: Lacustrine. 



Hydrologic subsystem: Littoral. 



Water chemistry: Fresh. pH varies from about 5.5 to 

 circumneutral during the year, depending on rainfall and 

 agricultural runoff. 



Water regime: Permanently flooded (to intermittently exposed 

 around pond periphery. 



Drainage class: N/A (flooded). 

 Drainage basin: Chowan River. 



Hydrology characterization: A littoral lacustrine system 

 in the Chowan River drainage basin. 



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