Below is a general description of each type of soil. For more information, please call Soil and Water Conservation at (919) 934-7156. You can also pick up a book titled "Soil Survey of Johnston County, North Carolina" at the Soil and Water Conservation Department or at Customer Service at the Land Use Center.
AaA: Altavista fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded.
AmB: Appling-Marlboro complex, 1 to 6 percent slopes.
AsA: Augusta sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded.
AuA: Autryville sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes.
Bb: Bibb sandy loam, frequently flooded. 0 to 2 percent slopes.
BnA: Blanton sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes.
BoA: Bonneau sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes.
CeB: Cecil loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes.
CeC: Cecil loam, 6 to 10 percent slopes.
Ch: Chewacla loam, frequently flooded. 0 to 2 percent slopes.
CoB: Cowarts loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes.
CoC: Cowarts loamy sand, 6 to 10 percent slopes.
DoA: Dogue fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes.
FaA: Faceville sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes.
FaB: Faceville sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes.
FuA: Fuquay sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes.
GeB: Gilead sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes.
GeD: Gilead sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes.
GoA: Goldsboro sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes.
Gr: Grantham silt loam. 0 to 2 percent slopes.
LaB: Lakeland sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes.
Le: Leaf silt loam. 0 to 2 percent slopes.
Ly: Lynchburg sandy loam. 0 to 2 percent slopes.
MaA: Marlboro sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes.
MaB: Marlboro sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes.
McB: Marlboro-Cecil complex, 2 to 8 percent slopes.
Na: Nahunta silt loam. 0 to 2 percent slopes.
NkB: Nankin fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes.
NnB: Nason silt loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes.
NnD: Nason silt loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes.
NnE: Nason silt loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes.
NoA: Norfolk loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes.
NoB: Norfolk loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes.
NuA: Norfolk-Urban land complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes.
PaD: Pacolet loam, 10 to 15 percent slopes.
PaE: Pacolet loam, 15 to 25 percent slopes.
Pn: Pantego loam, occasionally flooded. 0 to 2 percent slopes.
Ra: Rains sandy loam. 0 to 2 percent slopes.
RbA: Rains-Urban land complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes.
RnF: Rion sandy loam, 15 to 40 percent slopes.
Ro: Roanoke loam, occasionally flooded. 0 to 2 percent slopes.
StA: State sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded.
Ta: Tarboro loamy sand, rarely flooded. 0 to 2 percent slopes.
Tn: Toisnot loam. 0 to 2 percent slopes.
To: Tomotley sand loam, rarely flooded. 0 to 2 percent slopes.
UcB: Uchee loamy coarse sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes.
UcC: Uchee loamy coarse sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes.
Ud: Udorthents, loamy. Consists of borrow pits, cut and fill areas, quarries, and landfills. In these areas all or nearly all of the natural soil has been altered by digging, grading, or filling.
VaB: Vance coarse sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes.
VrA: Varina loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes.
VrB: Varina loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes.
WaB: Wagram loamy sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes.
Wh: Wahee loam, occasionally flooded. 0 to 2 percent slopes.
WoB: Wedowee sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes.
WoD: Wedowee sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes.
Wt: Wehadkee loam, frequently flooded. 0 to 2 percent slopes.
Ww: Wehadkee-Chastain association, frequently flooded. 0 to 2 percent slopes.