Home of Soil Horizons

Youngsville is a small town located about 15 miles north of Raleigh, N.C.

John R. Davis, Jr. is the owner and a NC licensed soil scientist.     See resume link at bottom of this page.

Soil Horizons provides natural resource and environmental consulting services in the following areas:

• Soil Studies for Septic System Suitability. (Known as "Perc" tests) 

• Jurisdictional Wetland Assessments. 

• Riparian Buffer Stream Assessments. 

• Septic system siting and design for new houses.

• Septic system troubleshooting for existing houses. 

• Septic system Inspections for new home buyers. 

• Flood Hazard Soil Assessments (primarily in Wake County, NC) 

• Stormwater mitigation plans for residential lots. 

• Alternative (Low Pressure Pipe) subsurface wastewater operation and maintenance. 

• Soil sampling for petroleum contamination.

• Water sampling for bacteria, metals, nitrates, etc.

• Soil Drainage Plans for subsurface wastewater disposal or agriculture. 

• Soil Hydraulic Conductivity testing. 

• Water Table Monitoring and Modeling.

• Nutrient Management Plans for septage land application sites.

• Agronomic soil sampling for farmers and gardeners to determine lime and fertilizer requirements. 

• Threaten or Endangered (Protected) Species Studies. 

• Soil Depth and Rock Assessments for basements or excavations.

• General Land Use Management Consultation

See related subpages below for area of interest!

Contact Information:     Soil Horizons

                                        PO Box 1063

                                        Youngsville, NC 27596

                                        Phone: 919-818-5087

                                        Fax: 919-554-2363

                                        Email:  soilhorizons@gmail.com

Website: https://www.soilhorizons.net/

Member of the National Society of Consulting Soil Scientists, Inc.