IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bertie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NC015001
  • User Pedon ID: 81NC015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0792
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50186
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 36.0834122
  • Std. Longitude: -77.2496948
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Bertie County, NC: .5 mi SW on HWY 42 from entrance of Peanut Belt Research Stat. at Lewiston .25 mi W on paved Rd.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC015—Bertie
  • MLRA: 153A—Atlantic Coast Flatwoods

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry F. Ratliff
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bertie
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous Aquic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior sand; single grain; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04713. Few pockets of partially decomposed organic residue.; common fine and medium roots
    1A2—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior sand; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; single grain; very hard, firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium and coarse tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04714. few fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR66 mottles
    1B21t—40 to 71 centimeters (15.7 to 28.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium and coarse distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04715. Few coarse fragments mostly less than 5 mm in diameter. Sand grains coated and bridged with clay.; few medium and coarse distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    1B22t—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium and coarse distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04716. Sand grains coated and bridged with clay.; many medium and coarse distinct 10YR62 mottles; few fine faint 7.5YR56 mottles
    1B3—97 to 137 centimeters (38.2 to 53.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) interior sandy clay loam; 11 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04717. Mottles which are more sandy than gray parts. Sand grains coated and bridged with clay.; common fine and medium prominent 7.5YR68 mottles
    2C—137 to 183 centimeters (53.9 to 72.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior sandy clay loam; 30 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) medium and coarse prominent mottles; massive; very hard, firm; 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P04718. Mottles are more sandy than gray parts.; many medium and coarse prominent 7.5YR68 mottles