IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Edneyville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NC113020
  • User Pedon ID: 85NC113020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0636
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56902
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 35.1169434
  • Std. Longitude: -83.5452805
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1000 meters S of Winding Stair Gap along Appalachian Trail; 30 meters E of trail in woods.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC113—Macon
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.Lynn, B.Hudson, A.Goodwin, D.Thomas, M.Sherrill
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Edneyville
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Edneyville
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrochrept
  • 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: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—23

    3—23

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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

    15

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    1226

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    180

    200

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    313228

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior gravelly loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout and 5.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03281. many fine roots throughout; many coarse roots throughout
    Bw1—13 to 34 centimeters (5.1 to 13.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03282. common medium roots throughout; common coarse roots throughout
    Bw2—34 to 62 centimeters (13.4 to 24.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03283. few medium roots throughout; few coarse roots throughout
    BC—62 to 97 centimeters (24.4 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior fine sandy loam; 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium faint and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03284. few medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few medium roots throughout; common medium faint 10YR66 mottles; common medium faint 10YR46 mottles
    Oi—94 to 5 centimeters (37.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior Error; fragments.
    C1—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); 10 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and 35 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior fine sandy loam; 11 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/3) medium distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 0.5 medium roots; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 85P03285. Roots in brown areas mainly.; few medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few medium roots; common medium distinct 10YR83 mottles
    C2—122 to 160 centimeters (48.0 to 63.0 inches); 40 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) interior and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; 0.5 medium roots; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P03286. Roots in brown areas mainly.; few medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few medium roots