West Branch
5 year old buck +
Since we are always talking about soils and that sort of stuff I though it could be interesting to do a comparison of % wise for some of our local areas. If you use the USDA web soil survey you can select an area it tells you the different types for the local area.
What to do:
Go to this link and click start WSS: http://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/HomePage.htm
On the map zoom in to your local area by clicking and dragging a box on the area you want to zoom in.
Once you are close to your property use the AOI (area of interest) selection box to select the area.
Once it loads click on the Soil Map tab near the top left of the window.
It should then list the different types of soils along with acres and %.
Here is a summary of the first one I did of the surrounding area centered around where we manage land.
~4,961 acres
41.6% - Ahmeek Loam
21.5% - Fine Sandy Loam (Multiple types)
2% - Fluvaquents (river flood plain)
Remainder is various muck and peat ground for swamps.
I did another one of pretty much just mine and my brothers property:
~600 acres
30.3% - Ahmeek Loam
37% - Fine Sandy Loam
5.6% - Fluvaquents (river flood plain)
Remainder is muck and peat
The loam and fine sandy loam are supposed to be ok farmland soil. The farm fields have had a lot of liming and I think most of their PH is at least 6.5. This should be good for the deer so they get better nutrients from the soil when eating the alfalfa and clover from what I understand. Our starting PH in most places is around 5 and sometimes less.
An airplane spreader to cover the woods with lime seems like a fun idea but probably not reasonable.
What to do:
Go to this link and click start WSS: http://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/HomePage.htm
On the map zoom in to your local area by clicking and dragging a box on the area you want to zoom in.
Once you are close to your property use the AOI (area of interest) selection box to select the area.
Once it loads click on the Soil Map tab near the top left of the window.
It should then list the different types of soils along with acres and %.
Here is a summary of the first one I did of the surrounding area centered around where we manage land.
~4,961 acres
41.6% - Ahmeek Loam
21.5% - Fine Sandy Loam (Multiple types)
2% - Fluvaquents (river flood plain)
Remainder is various muck and peat ground for swamps.
I did another one of pretty much just mine and my brothers property:
~600 acres
30.3% - Ahmeek Loam
37% - Fine Sandy Loam
5.6% - Fluvaquents (river flood plain)
Remainder is muck and peat
The loam and fine sandy loam are supposed to be ok farmland soil. The farm fields have had a lot of liming and I think most of their PH is at least 6.5. This should be good for the deer so they get better nutrients from the soil when eating the alfalfa and clover from what I understand. Our starting PH in most places is around 5 and sometimes less.
An airplane spreader to cover the woods with lime seems like a fun idea but probably not reasonable.