IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wayah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 01NC173005
  • User Pedon ID: 01NC173005
  • User Site Association ID: GSMNP Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N1064
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14395
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 35.3312173
  • Std. Longitude: -83.3404389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: WeD—Wayah sandy loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC173—Swain
  • MLRA: 130B—Southern Blue Ridge
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN640—Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, isotic, frigid Humic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wayah
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/16/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wayah
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope, ridge
  • Bedrock: gneiss, hornblende at 173cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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    173 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    paralithic contact

    3—13

    13—92

    173—

    —10—

    —79—

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    18

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    1469

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; ; fragments.
    A1—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) sandy loam; strong fine and medium granular, and strong coarse and very coarse granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3 percent fine and medium ; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 75-140-250 millimeter gneiss, hornblende fragments and 12 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-40-75 millimeter gneiss, hornblende fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N05425
    A2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular, and moderate coarse and very coarse granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3 percent fine and medium ; 12 percent by volume nonflat 2-40-75 millimeter gneiss, hornblende fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N05425
    BA—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 2.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3 percent fine and medium ; 23 percent by volume nonflat 2-40-75 millimeter gneiss, hornblende fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N05426
    Bw1—36 to 76 centimeters (14.2 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse and very coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3 percent fine and medium ; 12 percent by volume nonflat 2-40-75 millimeter gneiss, hornblende fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N05426
    Bw2—76 to 92 centimeters (29.9 to 36.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse and very coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 1.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 3 percent fine and medium ; 12 percent by volume nonflat 2-40-75 millimeter gneiss, hornblende fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N05427
    C1—92 to 152 centimeters (36.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 3 percent medium ; 12 percent by volume nonflat 2-40-75 millimeter gneiss, hornblende fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 01N05428
    C2—152 to 173 centimeters (59.8 to 68.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 01N05429
    Cr—173 centimeters (68.1 inches); bedrock; fragments.