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tants. Erodibility is noted, with its sediment impact of streams, ponds, and wetlands.
The three square mile area within the Clevenger’s Corner Village Center Plan is now covered mostly with vegetation, the first line of defense against pollution. But, the second line of defense, the soil, is not what the Culpeper County soil survey calls firstclass, second-class, or thirdclass soil. The soil is not excellent, good, or fair for crops. Instead, it is relatively thin, lacks much organic content, is mostly strongly acidic, does not retain much water due to a lack of soil depth, and, in places, drains too rapidly.
Instead of having six to eight feet of soil for any polluted water to percolate through and cleanse itself, there is much less according to the 1941 soil survey. In fact, a considerable stretch north of US 211, between the Rappahannock River and Route 622, is a fifth-class soil called stony land (acidic rocks), so-named as it is not workable by farm equipment.
The third line of defense is surface water. Within the Village Center Plan, there are streams, but only two or three ponds, and no significant wetlands to help in diluting pollutants. Overall, though, water quality in aquifers and wells is good.
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