IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Woolwine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04NC097027-Woolwine, TYP
  • User Pedon ID: 04NC097027
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 04NC097027-Woolwine, TYP
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1093
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17510
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 36.0275002
  • Std. Longitude: -80.9388885
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC097—Iredell
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC097—Iredell County, North Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36080-A8—Osbornville, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roger Leab, Kent Clary
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, mesic Typic Kanhapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 27
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Woolwine
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, kaolinitic, mesic Typic Kanhapludults
  • PSC - 3 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from gneiss
  • Landscape: upland piedmont
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: gneiss at 76cm with <10
  • Surface Fragments: 70.00 percent 2- to 75-millimeter gneiss, 10.00 percent 2- to 150-millimeter schist, mica,
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/5/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: C-2
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - overcast
  • Current Air Temp - 25
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion sheet
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUPR2

    QUCO2

    SAAL5

    RHUS

    VITIS

    RUBUS

    DIVI5

    Quercus prinus

    Quercus coccinea

    Sassafras albidum

    Rhus

    Vitis

    Rubus

    Diospyros virginiana

    chestnut oak

    scarlet oak

    sassafras

    sumac

    grape

    blackberry

    common persimmon

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    strongly coherent

    76 - 120

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    kandic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—3

    3—76

    3—76

    76—

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    Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    8/5/2004

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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

    3

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    358

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; very gravelly fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots between peds and 0.9 medium roots between peds and 5.0 fine roots between peds; 0.7 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 0.5 medium moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 0.7 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 0.3 coarse moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-5-10 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 10-25-50 millimeter gneiss fragments, unspecified; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Fragments are a mixture of sillimanite schist, quartzite, and black and dark red hematite subrounded pebbles
    AB—3 to 12 centimeters (1.2 to 4.7 inches); 95 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face very gravelly sandy clay loam; 20 percent clay; 5 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine distinct irregular mottles; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable, noncoherent, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 0.9 medium roots between peds and 0.9 fine roots between peds; 0.7 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 0.5 medium moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 0.7 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 0.3 coarse moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-5-10 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 10-25-50 millimeter schist, mica fragments, unspecified; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Fragments are a mixture of sillimanite schist, quartzite, and black and dark red hematite subrounded pebbles
    Bt1—12 to 27 centimeters (4.7 to 10.6 inches); 80 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) broken face gravelly clay; 45 percent clay; 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent cylindrical mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.7 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 1.0 medium moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 1.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 70 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat angular strongly coherent cemented 5-36-75 millimeter schist, mica fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-36-75 millimeter quartz fragments, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Mottles described in Bt1 horizon are mostly vertical tongues of loamy soil materials from upper layers. These materials likely washed into the old voids left by decomposed roots or annimal burrows. 2 percent parachannels; continuous - phpvsfiid 266994; continuous - phpvsfiid 266994
    Bt2—27 to 47 centimeters (10.6 to 18.5 inches); 92 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) broken face gravelly clay; 45 percent clay; 3 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) medium distinct and 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct cylindrical mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.7 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 medium moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 0.5 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 0.5 coarse moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 90 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 2-36-75 millimeter quartz fragments and 10 percent by volume flat angular strongly coherent cemented 5-36-75 millimeter schist, mica fragments, unspecified; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. 2 percent parachannels; continuous - phpvsfiid 266995; continuous - phpvsfiid 266995
    Bt3—47 to 76 centimeters (18.5 to 29.9 inches); 92 percent red (10R 4/8) broken face very gravelly clay; 40 percent clay; 3 percent 10YR 4/8 (10YR 4/8) medium prominent irregular and 5 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct irregular mottles; strong medium angular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky structure; firm, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.7 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular and 1.0 fine moderate-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 50 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 100 percent prominent clay films on rock fragments; 35 percent by volume flat angular strongly coherent cemented 10-36-100 millimeter schist, mica fragments, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry. Clay flows 1 mm. to 2 cm. in rock fractures; continuous - phpvsfiid 266996; continuous - phpvsfiid 268193; continuous - phpvsfiid 266996; continuous - phpvsfiid 268193
    Cr—76 to 120 centimeters (29.9 to 47.2 inches); mottles; strongly coherent; brittle; high excavation difficulty; fragments; 5 percent argillic tongues (volume percent).; observed in pit, large or quarry