IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hemphill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986NC087004
  • User Pedon ID: 86NC087004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0749
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59043
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 35.4455566
  • Std. Longitude: -82.8980560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Haywood County, NC: Approx. 0.5 mi W of intersection of US 276 and NC 110 on US 276 to intersection of NC 215.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC087—Haywood
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brooks Hale and Steve Evans.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hemphill
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hemphill
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1986
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—22

    22—56

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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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    823

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    1Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; clay loam; 22 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 35 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04537. common very fine and fine roots throughout
    1Btg1—25 to 35 centimeters (9.8 to 13.8 inches); 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; clay; 5 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 65 percent clay; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04538. Prisms are approx. 30 cm across.; few very fine and fine roots throughout; common fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles
    1Btg2—35 to 56 centimeters (13.8 to 22.0 inches); 2.5Y 5/0 (2.5Y 5/0) interior clay; 7 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 63 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04539. few very fine and fine roots throughout; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    1BCg—56 to 80 centimeters (22.0 to 31.5 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) sandy loam; 53 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 17 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent fine and medium platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04540. many fine and medium mica flakes concentrations; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    1Cg1—80 to 120 centimeters (31.5 to 47.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) sandy loam; massive; loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent fine and medium platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04541. Cg has dead roots present throughout.; many fine and medium mica flakes concentrations
    1Cg2—121 to 130 centimeters (47.6 to 51.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) gravelly sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 30 percent fine and medium platy mica flakes, unspecified; 17 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04542. Many fine and medium flakes of mica in BCg, Cg1, Cg2 and Cg3.; many fine and medium mica flakes concentrations
    1Cg3—130 to 145 centimeters (51.2 to 57.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) sandy loam; massive; loose, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent fine and medium platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 86P04543. many fine and medium mica flakes concentrations