IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wayah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NC099001
  • User Pedon ID: 85NC099001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0632
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56898
  • 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: 35.3650017
  • Std. Longitude: -82.9927750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: At Richard Balsam 150 feet W of parking area along Blue Ridge Parkway; in woods.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC099—Jackson
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.Lynn, M.Sherrill, D.Thomas, B.Hale
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, isotic, frigid Andic Haplumbrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wayah
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wayah
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplumbrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.45 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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—36

    25—74

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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

    20

    —

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    1835

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    225

    254

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    312200

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    Oi—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior Error; fragments. Lab sample # 85P03256. 3/4-3'-5% coarse frag gravel size-15% stone size in locate of pit.
    A—6 to 31 centimeters (2.4 to 12.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior mucky loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03257. 5% coarse frag-gravel dominant size. Split at 10 cm for sampling.; many fine roots throughout; many medium roots throughout
    AB—31 to 42 centimeters (12.2 to 16.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03259. 15% coarse frag-gravel dominant size.; common fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout
    Bw—42 to 80 centimeters (16.5 to 31.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume metamorphic, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03260. 20 mm to 75 m fragments. 25% field estimates feldspar brick, mica gneiss-gravel dominant size.; few fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout
    C1—80 to 123 centimeters (31.5 to 48.4 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) interior and white (10YR 8/1) interior gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03262. White vein diagonally crossing pit face in C1 and C2 horizons was sampled.
    C2—123 to 158 centimeters (48.4 to 62.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and very pale brown (10YR 8/2) interior gravelly coarse sandy loam; massive; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P03263