IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clifton V
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987NC121003
  • User Pedon ID: 87NC121003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0819
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60114
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 36.0372238
  • Std. Longitude: -82.2652740
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From intersection of NC197 and SR1312, .4 mi N on SR1312 to gravel driveway .1 mi S on driveway 20 feet E in pasture
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC121—Mitchell
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Allison, E. Hayhurst and B. Brasher
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clifton V
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1987 (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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—87

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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

    9

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    315

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    1Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate medium granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots throughout; 5.5 very fine vesicular and tubular and 5.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent medium platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04499. Few coarse roots; common coarse pores; few medium mica flakes concentrations; many very fine roots; common medium roots throughout
    1Bt1—25 to 59 centimeters (9.8 to 23.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine vesicular and tubular and 0.5 medium vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04500. Few coarse roots; few coarse pores.; common fine mica flakes concentrations; common fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; common medium roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222484; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222484
    1Bt2—59 to 87 centimeters (23.2 to 34.3 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine vesicular and tubular and 0.5 medium vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent coarse spherical iron-manganese concretions; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04501. Few coarse roots; few coarse pores.; many fine mica flakes concentrations; common coarse iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; few medium roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222485; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222485
    1C1—87 to 143 centimeters (34.3 to 56.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine vesicular and tubular and 0.5 medium vesicular and tubular pores; 11 percent coarse spherical iron-manganese concretions; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04502. Few coarse roots; few coarse pores.; many fine mica flakes concentrations; common coarse iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few very fine roots; few medium roots throughout
    1C2—143 to 200 centimeters (56.3 to 78.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine vesicular and tubular and 0.5 medium vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P04503. Few coarse roots; few coarse pores. A subsample taken at 145 cm for Alfisol vs Ultisol.; many fine mica flakes concentrations; many fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few very fine roots; few medium roots throughout