Soils of Virginia

Alfisols — moderately leached soils with a clay-enriched subsoil

Its state soil, Pamunkey, is a minor one locally: 197th of 704 series, 0.11% of the mapped soil. First place goes to Clifford, an Ultisol covering 4.4% of the state’s mapped soil. Ultisols make up over half of the mapped soil (64.6%).

Atlas series mapped in VirginiaGuide: state soils and where series began