IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lauada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 02NC173003
  • User Pedon ID: 02NC173003
  • User Site Association ID: GSMNP Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N1020
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15639
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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
  • Map Unit: LeE—Lauada-Fannin complex, 30 to 50 percent slopes
  • 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

  • Describers Name: Doug Thomas, Tim Harlan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, micaceous, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lauada
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, micaceous, 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

    135 -

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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—84

    135—

    —15—

    —69—

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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

    37

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    607

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    180

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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 medium and coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 6.0 very coarse roots throughout and 6.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 25 percent fine to coarse mica flakes, unspecified throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N04901; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—15 to 61 centimeters (5.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 25 percent fine to coarse mica flakes, unspecified throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N04902; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 25 percent fine to coarse mica flakes, unspecified throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N04903; observed in pit, small
    BC—84 to 135 centimeters (33.1 to 53.1 inches); 50 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 25 percent medium and coarse mica flakes, unspecified throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N04904; observed in pit, small
    Cr—135 to 153 centimeters (53.1 to 60.2 inches); bedrock; high excavation difficulty; fragments. Lab sample # 02N04905; observed in pit, small