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

 Soil series: Dorovan. 



Soil classification: Typic medisaprist. 

 Soil association: Ponzer-Dorovan-Dare. 

 pH class: Slightly acid. 



Source of information: Soil Conservation Service (1972) 

 Tentative General Soil Map of Gates County. Kaplan et al.(1978)< 



Other notes 



24c o Hydrology Summary (by community type) 

 Hydrologic system: Riverine. 

 Hydrologic subsystem: Tidal. 

 Water chemistry: Circumneutral. 



Water regime: Semipermanently flooded. (Very erratically flooded 

 by wind tides. Flooding may occur at intervals from twice daily to 

 twice a week or less.) 

 Drainage class: Very poorly drained. 



Drainage basin: Chowan River. 



Hydrology characterization: a very poorly drained, 

 semipermanently flooded tidal riverine system, wetted by fresh rains 

 and wind tides. 



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