IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Porters
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1985NC113021
User Pedon ID:
85NC113021
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
85P0637
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
56903
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:
35.0927773
Std. Longitude:
-83.5233307
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
300 feet SE of Rock Gap along USFS logging road; 75 feet S of road in woods.
State:
North Carolina
County:
NC113—Macon
MLRA:
130—Blue Ridge
PEDON
Describers Name:
W.Lynn, A.Goodwin, B.Hudson, D.Thomas, M.Sherrill
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
21
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Porters
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Haplumbrepts
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
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:
convex
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
36—117
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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
55
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—
1165
—
0
200
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313228
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Oi—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) interior Error; fragments.
A1—7 to 23 centimeters (2.8 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) 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; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03290. many fine roots throughout; many coarse roots throughout
A2—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior gravelly loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout and 5.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03291. many fine roots throughout; many coarse roots throughout
Bw1—43 to 89 centimeters (16.9 to 35.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03292. Split at 60 cm for sampling.; common fine roots; common medium roots
Bw2—89 to 124 centimeters (35.0 to 48.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03294. common fine roots; common medium roots
BC—124 to 139 centimeters (48.8 to 54.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior cobbly fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P03295. This soil has a strong colluvial influence.; common fine roots