IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cheoah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NC075001
  • User Pedon ID: 85NC075001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0630
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56896
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 35.3572235
  • Std. Longitude: -83.7183304
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.3 mi W of Stecoah on SR 1226 to US 28; 0.8 mi W on US 28 to US 143; 2.0 mi on US 143 to Stecoah Gap.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC075—Graham
  • MLRA: 130B—Southern Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.Lynn, A.Goodwin, B.Hudson, D.Thomas, M.Sherrill
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, oxidic Typic Haplumbrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cheoah
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, oxidic Typic Haplumbrepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree
  • Forest Understory Veg. Type - tree
  • Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Dominant - shrub
  • Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Secondary - perennial forbs or herbaceous
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from metasedimentary rock
  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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    147 - 172

    - 25 -

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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    paralithic contact

    5—35

    35—124

    142—172

    —30—

    —94—

    —25—
    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

    60

    —

    —

    990

    —

    45

    1109

    —

    141

    12.2

    20.7

    2.4

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Canton, NC 1961-1990

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    Oi—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A1—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior channery loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 20 percent by volume flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03244; moist when described; observed in pit, small. 20 percent channers of phyllite and metasandstone.; many fine roots throughout; many medium roots throughout
    A2—25 to 35 centimeters (9.8 to 13.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior channery loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 23 percent by volume flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03245; moist when described; observed in pit, small. common fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout
    Bw1—35 to 69 centimeters (13.8 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 8 percent by volume flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03246; moist when described; observed in pit, small. few fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout
    Bw2—69 to 124 centimeters (27.2 to 48.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 9 percent by volume flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03247; moist when described; observed in pit, small. few fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout
    BC—124 to 147 centimeters (48.8 to 57.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 23 percent by volume flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03248; moist when described; observed in pit, small. 30 percent channers of phyllite and metasandstone.
    Cr—147 to 172 centimeters (57.9 to 67.7 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 85P03249; observed in pit, small