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

 Soil series: Dorovan. 



Soil classification: Typic medisaprist. 

 Soil association: Ponzer-Dorovan-Dare. 

 pH class: Circumneutral to slightly acid. 



Source of information: Field observations. Soil Conservation 

 Service Tentative General Soil Map for Gates County (1972). Kaplan 

 et al. (1978). 



Other notes: 



24c. Hydrology Summary (by community type) cT-C. 

 Hydrologic system: Riverine. 

 Hydrologic subsystem: Tidal. 



Water chemistry: circumneutral. Values obtained 31 August 1979: 

 pH 6.7, chloride 11 mg/L, conductivity 70 micromhos/cm. (All values 

 subject to considerable fluctuation in this system, esp. chloride). 

 Water regime: 

 Permanently flooded. 



Drainage class: Very poorly drained. 

 Drainage basin: Chowan River. 



Hydrology characterization: A very poorly drained, permanently 

 flooded tidal riverine system, wetted by fresh rains, tributary streams 

 and wind tides . 



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