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.
Within the technical standard for hydric soils is a technical standard for. hydric soil hydrology: âFor at least 14 consecutive days, anaerobic conditions. (confirmed by voltage readings below the Eh/pH line and/or positive dipyridyl. reaction) and saturation conditions must exist for a soil to be considered hydric.