IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lauada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 02NC173002
  • User Pedon ID: 02NC173002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N1019
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 35.3648279
  • Std. Longitude: -83.5021105
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN640—Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Doug Thomas, Tim Harlan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, paramicaceous, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lauada
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, paramicaceous, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/2002
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: low to intermediate mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope, ridge
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/2002 (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

    moderately coherent

    70 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—15

    15—47

    70—

    —15—

    —32—

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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

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 25 percent fine and medium mica flakes, unspecified throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N04897; observed in pit, small
    Bt—15 to 47 centimeters (5.9 to 18.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 25 percent fine and medium mica flakes, unspecified throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N04898; observed in pit, small
    BC—47 to 70 centimeters (18.5 to 27.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 25 percent medium and coarse mica flakes, unspecified throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N04899; observed in pit, small
    Cr—70 centimeters (27.6 inches); bedrock; high excavation difficulty; fragments. Lab sample # 02N04900; observed in pit, small