IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Appomattox
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04NC097025-Appomattox, TYP
  • User Pedon ID: 04NC097025
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1091
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17508
  • 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: 36.0356674
  • Std. Longitude: -80.9701080
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC097—Iredell
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roger J. Leab and John A. Kelley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 25
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Appomattox
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludults
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium and slope alluvium
  • Landform: old slope alluvial and colluvial deposits fan
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 31
  • Geology: Inner Piedmont Belt-blue Ridge Belt formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/4/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: C-1
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Microrelief Kind: microlow
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 30
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion sheet
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—23

    23—205

    66—108

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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

    2

    —

    —

    366

    —

    180

    20

    —

    149

    13

    —

    —

    14

    —

    —

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    North Wilkesboro, NC

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); 95 percent brown (10YR 4/3) broken face fine sandy loam; 20 percent clay; 5 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak medium and coarse granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 3.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-20-75 millimeter metaquartzite fragments; none odor; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt1—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); 95 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) interior clay; 50 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine dendritic tubular and 2.0 coarse dendritic tubular pores; 40 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium and coarse prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-20-75 millimeter metaquartzite fragments; none odor; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 268252; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 268252
    Bt2—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); 90 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) interior clay; 55 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to weak very coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 70 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium and coarse prominent platy strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-20-75 millimeter metaquartzite fragments; none odor; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 268257; continuous - phpvsfiid 268257
    Bt3—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); 95 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) interior sandy clay; 40 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to weak very coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 very fine roots between peds and 2.0 very fine roots between peds and 2.0 fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 2.0 medium dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 95 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; prominent platy brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), moist, and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, iron depletions and prominent platy brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, iron depletions and prominent platy pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, iron depletions and 2 percent very coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, iron depletions on vertical faces of peds and 2 percent very coarse prominent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), moist, iron depletions on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-20-75 millimeter metaquartzite fragments; none odor; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 268258; continuous - phpvsfiid 268258
    2Bt1—89 to 108 centimeters (35.0 to 42.5 inches); 95 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) interior sandy clay loam; 35 percent clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 2.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 90 percent distinct red (10R 4/8), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), moist, and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), moist, and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, iron depletions and prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, iron depletions and prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, iron depletions and 1 percent coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, iron depletions on vertical faces of peds and 2 percent very coarse prominent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), moist, iron depletions on vertical faces of peds and 2 percent very coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, iron depletions on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-20-75 millimeter metaquartzite fragments; none odor; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 268259; continuous - phpvsfiid 268259
    2Bt2—108 to 131 centimeters (42.5 to 51.6 inches); red (10R 4/6) interior sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 90 percent distinct red (10R 4/8), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; none odor; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 268260; continuous - phpvsfiid 268260
    2Bt3—131 to 171 centimeters (51.6 to 67.3 inches); red (10R 4/8) interior sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 90 percent distinct red (10R 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; none odor; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 268261; continuous - phpvsfiid 268261
    2CBt—171 to 205 centimeters (67.3 to 80.7 inches); 60 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) interior sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) very coarse prominent platy and 20 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) very coarse distinct platy mottles; moderate very coarse angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; low excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 70 percent distinct red (10R 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; none odor.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 268262; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 268262