Soil Site Reporter

Soil Series

5.51 NEWPORT (Na) (1310)


Definition
Major soil group: 05 brown soils With dominantly brownish or reddish subsoils and no prominent mottling or greyish colours (gleying) above 40 cm depth. They are developed mainly on permeable materials at elevations below about 300 m.0.D. Most are in agricultural use.
Soil Group: 5 brown sands Non-calcareous sandy or sandy gravelly.
Soil Subgroup: 1 typical brown sands (unmottled with no clay-enriched subsoil)
Soil Series: sandy drift with siliceous stones

Brief Profile Description
In Soil Associations (with WRB classification of this series in each association)
0343g    Newmarket 2 Eutric Arenosols
0541r    WICK 1 Eutric Arenosols
0541t    WICK 3 Eutric Arenosols
0551a    BRIDGNORTH Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0551b    CUCKNEY 1 Eutric Arenosols
0551d    NEWPORT 1 Eutric Arenosols
0551e    NEWPORT 2 Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0551f    Newport 3 Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0551g    NEWPORT 4 Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0554b    WORLINGTON Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0555    Downham Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0571x    Ludford Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0572n    BURLINGHAM 1 Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0572p    BURLINGHAM 3 Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0581f    BARROW Eutric Lamellic Arenosols
0631f    Crannymoor Dystric Arenosols
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Surveyed profiles in LandIS
National Soil Inventory Sites: 59
Representative Profiles: 10
Auger Bores: 2216
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