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.
It does not replace hydric soil identification by professional soil scientists. Is a county soil survey available to determine what soils are on the property? A comparison the soil series on the property to the soils on the national, state or county hydric soils lists will indicate whether or not hydric soils are present.