IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Picture
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986NC077003
  • User Pedon ID: 86NC077003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986NC077003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0101
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59397
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 36.1166649
  • Std. Longitude: -78.7527771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Granville County, NC; NE Durham quad., 0.5 mi SE of Butner on SR1103, 0.2 mi SW on gas line.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC077—Granville
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon D. Vrana, Richard H. Brooks
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Picture
  • PSC - 7 to 38 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/29/2009
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Butner
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Abruptic Argiaquol
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    PITA

    Pinus taeda

    loblolly pine

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—30

    8—41

    97—127

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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

    2

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    110

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    270

    120

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    15

    24

    5

    16

    25

    6

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    1A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00599. common fine and medium roots throughout
    1Btg1—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00600. common fine and medium roots throughout
    1Btg2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior sandy clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00601. few fine and medium roots between peds; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles
    1C—41 to 97 centimeters (16.1 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 11 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00602. Water table encountered at 90 cm on 3/12/85.; common fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations
    1Cr—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed weathered bedrock; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Highly fractured diabase that can be dug with difficulty with hand tools.