Virginia is a four-season state. August days can be - on the average - hot and humid, while January days can be cold and dry. The warmth in the air in early Spring, and the chill in the air in the Fall, feel different from other seasons. That's the climate pattern.
A hydric soil is a soil that is saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part. 1  This definition can be broken up into three component parts: 2  The soil is saturated, flooded or ponded. Saturated conditions are often the result of a high water table.
This is termed 'soil roughness' â basically stopping water from running off and pooling. Hydraulic conductivity. The hydraulic conductivity of a soil is determined by soil profile characteristics. These include: Soil moisture. If the soil already has a high soil moisture content, infiltration will be low, as most of the soil pores will already be filled. Soil texture. As mentioned previously, water will infiltrate into sand quicker than into clay.