IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Unison
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987NC199004
  • User Pedon ID: 87NC199004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0827
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60122
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 35.8888893
  • Std. Longitude: -82.2125015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: S of Micaville on HWY 80 1.4 mi 300 feet E of HWY on private gravel Rd 75 feet N of Rd in strip-cropped tobacco field.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC199—Yancey
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Ranson, Ernest Hayhurst, Benny Brasher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, sesquic, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Unison
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unison
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, mesic Humic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • 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: terrace—stream or lake
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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—92

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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

    7

    —

    —

    794

    —

    270

    147

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    —

    10

    19

    1

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    1Ap1—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04558. Few very fine mica.; many very fine roots; many fine roots throughout
    1Ap2—14 to 25 centimeters (5.5 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; moderate medium granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04559. Some mixing with Bt1. Few very fine mica.; many very fine roots
    1Bt1—25 to 47 centimeters (9.8 to 18.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, black stains on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04560. Common very fine mica.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common black stains surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; common fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222510; continuous - phpvsfiid 222509; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222510; continuous - phpvsfiid 222509
    1Bt2—47 to 65 centimeters (18.5 to 25.6 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; 37 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04561. Common fine mica.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; common fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 222511; continuous - phpvsfiid 222511
    1Bt3—65 to 92 centimeters (25.6 to 36.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04562. Many fine and medium mica.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots; few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 222512; continuous - phpvsfiid 222512
    1BC1—92 to 116 centimeters (36.2 to 45.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04563. Many fine and medium mica.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; common fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222513; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222513
    1BC2—116 to 156 centimeters (45.7 to 61.4 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04564. Many fine and medium mica.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 222514; patchy - phpvsfiid 222514
    1BC3—156 to 223 centimeters (61.4 to 87.8 inches); 35 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior and 35 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04565. Many fine mica.; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations
    1Ab—223 to 250 centimeters (87.8 to 98.4 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. It is not certain this is a buried A horizon.; common fine distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; few fine prominent 2.5YR46 mottles
    1Btb—250 to 300 centimeters (98.4 to 118.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. It is not certain this is a buried B horizon.; common medium distinct 7.5YR58 mottles