IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Trimont
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986NC113028
  • User Pedon ID: 86NC113028
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986NC113028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0932
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59226
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 35.0913887
  • Std. Longitude: -83.4422226
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Macon County, NC 1.1 mi SE of Cartoogechane on SR1448; 2 mi SE on SR1128; 1/3 mi SW on FSRD; 0.3 mi E on ....
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC113—Macon
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Thomas
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, isotic, mesic Andic Dystrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 28
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Trimont
  • PSC - 23 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Trimont
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Humic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • 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: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: 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

    BELE

    LITU

    QURU

    Betula lenta

    Liriodendron tulipifera

    Quercus rubra

    sweet birch

    tuliptree

    northern red oak

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

    umbric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—84

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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

    50

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    1036

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    0

    120

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    312102

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    Oe—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 86P05615
    A—4 to 24 centimeters (1.6 to 9.4 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior gravelly loam; moderate coarse granular, and moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 fine to coarse roots between peds; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 4 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P05616. few fine mica flakes concentrations; many fine to coarse roots between peds
    Bt1—24 to 48 centimeters (9.4 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05617
    Bt2—48 to 78 centimeters (18.9 to 30.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine to coarse roots between peds; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05618. few fine mica flakes concentrations; common fine to coarse roots between peds
    BC—78 to 100 centimeters (30.7 to 39.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium and coarse roots between peds; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P05619. few fine mica flakes concentrations; common medium and coarse roots between peds
    Cr—100 to 135 centimeters (39.4 to 53.1 inches); 70 percent black (10YR 2/1) crushed and 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior; brittle; 0.5 medium and coarse roots between peds; 11 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P05621. common fine mica flakes concentrations; few medium and coarse roots between peds
    C—135 to 135 centimeters (53.1 to 53.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) crushed fine sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium and coarse roots in cracks; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 86P05620. few medium and coarse roots in cracks