SOIL SURVEY OF HENDERSON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA^*

By John M. King, Jr., Soil Conservation Service

Soils Surveyed By John M. King, Jr., and John W. Turpin, Soil Conservation Service, and Charles H. Young, Forest Service

United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service and Forest Service, in cooperation with the North Carolina Agriculture Experiment Station

April 1980

Index to soil mapping units

Summary of Tables

Foreword

Introduction

    Climate

    Physiography, relief, and drainage

    Water supply

    How this survey was made

Soil map for general planning

    1. Codorus-Toxaway-Rosman association

    2. Evard-Edneyville-Ashe association

    3. Hayesville-Bradson association

    4. Fannin- Talladega association

    5. Ashe-Porters association

Soil maps for detailed planning

    Soil descriptions and potentials

Planning the use and management of the soils

    Crops and pasture

    Yields per acre

    Capability classes and subclasses

    Woodland management and productivity

    Engineering

    Building site development

    Sanitary facilities

    Construction materials

    Water management

    Recreation

    Wildlife habitat

Soil properties

    Engineering properties

    Physical and chemical properties

    Soil and water features

    Engineering test data

Classification of the soils

    Soil series and morphology

    Ashe series

    Bradson series

    Brevard series

Chandler series

Clifton series

    Codorus series

    Comus series

    Delanco series

    Edneyville series

    Elsinboro series

    Evard series

    Fannin series

    Hatboro series

    Hayesville series

    Kinkora series

    Porters series

    Rosman series

    Spivey series

    Suncook series

Talladega series

    Tate series

    Toxaway series

    Tusquitee series

    Classification

Formation of the soils

    Factors of soil formation

    Parent material

    Climate

    Plant and animal life

    Relief

    Time

References

Glossary

Online Soil Maps

* This is a publication of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, a joint effort of the United States Department of Agriculture and agencies of the States, usually the Agricultural Experiment Stations. In some surveys, other Federal and local agencies also contribute. The Soil Conservation Service has leadership for the Federal part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey. In line with Department of Agriculture policies, benefits of this program are available to all who need the information, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, marital status, or age.

     Major fieldwork for this soil survey was completed in the period 1967-71. Soil names and descriptions were approved in 1974. Unless otherwise indicated, statements in the publication refer to conditions in the county in 1971. This survey was made cooperatively by the Soil Conservation Service, the Forest Service, and the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. It is part of the technical assistance furnished to the Henderson County Soil and Water Conservation District.