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: 11/12/2024

    • 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

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    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