Masontown Pocosin 



Name of Area: Masontown Pocosin 



Location: Tract of pocosin lying NW of conmunity of Masontown which 

 is about two miles NW of Town of Newport. Pocosin is bounded on 

 the east by the Atlantic and East Carolina Railroad, and the 

 west by the Lake Road (SR 1125). See Map 23. 



Quadrangle: Masontown 



Date: October 28, 1980 



Investigator: John Fussell (Report by Fussell and Jeannie Wilson) 



Physical/Habitat Feature: Pocosin 



Survey Priority: Medium - tract includes a large area of pocosin and 

 a significantly large area of low pocosin. 



Site Quality: Pinus serotina are very small; age is unknown. This is a 

 relatively large tract of low pocosin (ca. 1200+ acres) and rela- 

 tively large tract of high and low pocosin combined (ca. 4800 acres) 



Elevation: ca. 25-28' 



Topography: flat, featureless 



Soil Series: Only the southern border of the large pocosin area has 

 been mapped. Consists of a combination of Croatan Muck, Pantego 

 fine sandy loam, and Torhunta fine sandy loam. SCS, USDA, 1979. 

 Carteret County, Soil Survey, Interim Report. (Jeannie Wilson) 



Size: total pocosin 4800 acres 

 low pocosin 1200 acres 

 All low pocosin is in Carteret County; approximately one third of 

 total pocosin in Craven. 



Geological Formation: Planner Beach Formation, Pleistocene 



Mixon, R.B. & O.H. Pilkey. 1976. Reconnaissance Geology of the 

 Submerged and Emerged Coastal Plain Province, Cape Lookout Area, 

 U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 859. US Govt. Print. Off. 



Drainage: North section of pocosin drains northward into tributaries 

 of Slocum Creek. South section drains southward into tributaries 

 of Newport River. 



E & T Species Present: none observed 



Potential for E & T Species: See additional page. 



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