Land Use Plan – 2002 - Stanly County, North Carolina

STANLY COUNTY
Table 3-1. General Soil Units of Stanly County.
Percentage of
Stanly County
Soil Unit Land Area General Description
Badin-Goldston 52.2 These soils range from undulating to steep and are
well-drained. The surface is loamy with a clayey
subsoil that is found on uplands. About half of the
County consists of this type of soil. The
northwestern portion of the County along with most
of the eastern and southern portions of the County,
except near the lakes and Morrow Mountain, are
Tatum-Badin-
Georgeville
Misenheimer-
Kirksey-Badin
Tatum
(eroded)-Badin-
Georgeville
(eroded)
Badin-Goldston soil.
25.8 Soils vary from gently sloping to rolling and are well
drained. The top layer is loamy with a clayey subsoil
and is found on uplands. The western central part of
the County is made up of this kind of soil, stretching
from the Stanfield/Locust area up past the
Millingport area.
9.1 Almost level to gently sloping soil that is somewhat
poorly drained to well drained. It contains a loamy
top layer with a loamy to clayey subsoil and is found
in depressional areas, at the top of and along
drainageways, and on knolls and ridges.
This soil is in isolated areas in the western and more
central areas of the County including Oakboro,
Misenheimer, and Richfield.
5.5 These soils are gently sloping to steep and are well
drained. The soil is generally eroded and has a
loamy top layer with a clayey subsoil and is found on
uplands.
The southeastern tip of the County along Tillery
Reservoir consists of this type of soil, this includes
the Town of Norwood.
Enon 3.8 Soils are undulating to hilly and well drained.
Surface layer is stony or cobbly with a plastic clayey
subsoil and is found on uplands. Scattered areas
along the eastern side of the County contain this
Uwharrie-
Hiwassee-
Tatum
type of soil.
3.6 Soils are gently sloping to very steep and are well
drained. The top layer is stony or gravelly with a
clayey subsoil found on uplands. The area around
Morrow Mountain State Park as well as New London
to the Yadkin River contain this type of soil.
Source: Soil Survey of Stanly County, North Carolina. United States Department of
Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, in cooperation with North
Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, North
Carolina Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina Agricultural Extension
Service, and Stanly Board of Commissioners, 1989.
Prime Farmland Areas
Stanly County is an agricultural community. Agriculture—both in terms of cropland and
pasturage—is the single-largest land use within the county. As of 1997 there were 558 farms
within the county (U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 1997). In 1999 there were 55,000
acres of harvested cropland with an estimated $61,000,000 in farm cash receipts (North
Carolina Department of Agriculture, 2000). Poultry and beef cattle are the main livestock
produced in the county, and cotton and soybeans are the major crops, with forages and corn
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