IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rabun
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978VA003001
  • User Pedon ID: 78VA003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0499
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46053
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 38.0208817
  • Std. Longitude: -78.4441681
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 100 yards S of US 250, 1/4 mi S of Pantop house.
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA003—Albemarle

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carter and Vick
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, kaolinitic, mesic Typic Rhodudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rabun
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, kaolinitic, mesic Typic Rhodudults
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior clay loam; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02897. many fine roots
    1B21t—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) interior clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02898. common fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 228529; continuous - phpvsfiid 228529
    1B22t—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) interior clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02899. few fine roots; few fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 228530; continuous - phpvsfiid 228530
    1B3t—69 to 104 centimeters (27.2 to 40.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P02900. common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 228531; patchy - phpvsfiid 228531
    1C1—104 to 163 centimeters (40.9 to 64.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P02901. Few clay flows in cracks and seams.; common medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    1C2—163 to 181 centimeters (64.2 to 71.3 inches); 40 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) interior and 40 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 78P02903. Few clay flows in cracks and seams.