IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clifton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987NC199002A
  • User Pedon ID: 87NC199002A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0825
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60120
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 35.9208336
  • Std. Longitude: -82.4291687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: East of Bald Creek School on HWY 19E, .9 mi to Private Rd between 2 frame houses N of 19E up hollow approx .3 mi
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC199—Yancey
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Ranson, Ernest Hayhursy, Benny Brasher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, sesquic, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clifton
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • 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 - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • 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 - 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—20

    20—76

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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

    20

    —

    —

    830

    —

    270

    147

    —

    —

    10

    19

    1

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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. common very fine roots; common fine roots
    1Bt1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04547. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; common medium roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232348; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232348
    1Bt2—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; 37 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04548. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; few medium roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232349; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232349
    1Bt3—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); 40 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior and 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and 25 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 medium tubular pores; 37 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses and 11 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 232350; continuous - phpvsfiid 232350
    1BC—103 to 132 centimeters (40.6 to 52.0 inches); 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and 35 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior and 25 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses and 30 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. many fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; few fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232351; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232351
    1C—132 to 200 centimeters (52.0 to 78.7 inches); 40 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and 25 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) interior fine sandy loam; massive; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses and 30 percent medium spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P04549. many fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few very fine roots