IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tirzah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2005NC033750
  • User Pedon ID: 2005NC033750
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0094
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24523
  • 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: 36.2549706
  • Std. Longitude: -79.5197525
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Cullen clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded; 6.3 miles southwest of Yanceyville, NC in the community of Matkins; 300 feet west of the intersection of NC Highway 87 and Kerr Chapel Road; 60 feet north of Kerr Chapel Road in plant nursery field; Williamsburg USGS topographic quadrangle; lat. 36 degrees 15 minutes 17.90 seconds N. and long. 79 degrees 31 minutes 11.10 seconds W.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC033—Caswell
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-GRN—Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC033—Caswell County, North Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36079-C5—Williamsburg, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roger Leab/James Lewis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tirzah
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/8/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from volcanic rock
  • Landscape: upland on piedmont
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/8/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: A-5
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion rill
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—175

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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

    4

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    243

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    1150

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    230

    16

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 fine roots throughout; ; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00683
    Bt1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); red (10R 4/6) clay; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 fine roots; 0.8 fine tubular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00684. continuous - phpvsfiid 1377561; continuous - phpvsfiid 1377561
    Bt2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); red (10R 4/6) clay; 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 fine roots; 0.8 fine tubular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00685. continuous - phpvsfiid 1377562; continuous - phpvsfiid 1377562
    Bt3—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; 2 percent red (10R 4/8) medium faint and 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse distinct and 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) coarse prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 fine roots; 0.8 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00686. continuous - phpvsfiid 1377563; continuous - phpvsfiid 1377563
    Bt4—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 fine roots; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00687. patchy - phpvsfiid 1377564; patchy - phpvsfiid 1377564
    BCt—127 to 175 centimeters (50.0 to 68.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) silty clay; 2 percent red (10R 5/8) medium faint and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.8 fine roots; 5 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00688. patchy - phpvsfiid 1377565; patchy - phpvsfiid 1377565
    CB—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) silty clay loam; 2 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine prominent and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 09N00689