IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Biltmore
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003NC097010
  • User Pedon ID: 03NC097010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2003NC097010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0036
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17070
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 35.8917770
  • Std. Longitude: -80.8980560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC097—Iredell
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC097—Iredell County, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Biltmore
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: alluvial ridge
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: D6
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FESTU

    TRIFO

    Festuca

    Trifolium

    fescue

    clover

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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

    1

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    232

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    135

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    Ap—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 30 percent fine prominent mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00227
    C1—7 to 26 centimeters (2.8 to 10.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak fine granular structure; loose; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 30 percent fine prominent mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00228
    C2—26 to 40 centimeters (10.2 to 15.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse sand; 2 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; single grain; loose; 30 percent fine prominent mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00229
    C3—40 to 48 centimeters (15.7 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; 30 percent fine prominent mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00230
    C4—48 to 60 centimeters (18.9 to 23.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; 2 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; single grain; loose; 30 percent fine prominent mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N00231
    C5—60 to 72 centimeters (23.6 to 28.3 inches); 10YR 4/8 (10YR 4/8) loamy sand; single grain; loose; 30 percent fine prominent mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 04N00232