IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Santeetlah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986NC043001
  • User Pedon ID: 86NC043001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986NC043001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0930
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59224
  • 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: 35.1474991
  • Std. Longitude: -83.7061081
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Clay County, NC
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC043—Clay
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Thomas
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Santeetlah
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, oxidic Typic Haplumbrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1986 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACSA3

    LITU

    PRSE2

    Acer saccharum

    Liriodendron tulipifera

    Prunus serotina

    sugar maple

    tuliptree

    black cherry

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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—33

    53—152

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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

    34

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    1067

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    90

    150

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    310184

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    Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 86P05601
    A1—4 to 18 centimeters (1.6 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine to coarse roots throughout; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05602. few fine mica flakes concentrations; many fine to coarse roots throughout
    A2—18 to 37 centimeters (7.1 to 14.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior loam; moderate coarse granular, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine to coarse roots throughout; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05603. few fine mica flakes concentrations; many fine to coarse roots throughout
    AB—37 to 58 centimeters (14.6 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05604. A horizon material extending into BA in root channels.; few fine mica flakes concentrations; common medium and coarse roots throughout
    Bw1—58 to 101 centimeters (22.8 to 39.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior flaggy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05605. A horizon material extending into Bw1 in root channels.; few fine mica flakes concentrations; few medium and coarse roots throughout
    Bw2—101 to 134 centimeters (39.8 to 52.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 4 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05606. few fine mica flakes concentrations; few coarse roots throughout
    Bw3—134 to 158 centimeters (52.8 to 62.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior flaggy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 11 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05607. common fine mica flakes concentrations; few coarse roots throughout
    BC—158 to 184 centimeters (62.2 to 72.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior channery fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 11 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 4 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 13 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 86P05608. common fine mica flakes concentrations