IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clifton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987NC121003A
  • User Pedon ID: 87NC121003A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0172
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60295
  • 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: 36.0366669
  • Std. Longitude: -82.2655563
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From intersection of NC 197 and SR1312, .4 mi N on SR1312 to gravel driveway, .15 mi S on driveway.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC121—Mitchell
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Ranson and John B. Allison
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clifton
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clifton
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • 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: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1987 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    15—85

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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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    800

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    315

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay loam; weak coarse granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular and 2.5 medium and coarse vesicular and tubular pores; 11 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00907. common fine mica flakes concentrations; many very fine and fine roots; common medium and coarse roots throughout
    1Bt1—15 to 52 centimeters (5.9 to 20.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 5.5 very fine vesicular and tubular and 2.5 fine and medium vesicular and tubular pores; 55 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00908. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common fine mica flakes concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots; common fine and medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 222756; continuous - phpvsfiid 222756
    1Bt2—52 to 85 centimeters (20.5 to 33.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine vesicular and tubular and 0.5 fine and medium vesicular and tubular pores; 55 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00909. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common fine mica flakes concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 222757; continuous - phpvsfiid 222757
    1BC—85 to 105 centimeters (33.5 to 41.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine vesicular and tubular and 0.5 fine and medium vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00910. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many fine mica flakes concentrations; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222758; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222758
    1C1—105 to 151 centimeters (41.3 to 59.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and red (2.5YR 5/8) interior very fine sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 88P00911. few fine and medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many fine mica flakes concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout
    1C2—150 to 240 centimeters (59.1 to 94.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very fine sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 11 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese concretions; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P00912. common fine and medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many fine mica flakes concentrations; few very fine roots throughout