IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saunook
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987NC199005
  • User Pedon ID: 87NC199005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0828
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60123
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 35.8927765
  • Std. Longitude: -82.3438873
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: W of Burnsville 2.8 mi on HWY 19E, S on Bakers Creek Rd 1.8 mi, W on Farm Rd across bridge 1500 feet to house.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC199—Yancey
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Ranson, Ernest Hayhurst, Benny Brasher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Humic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Saunook
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saunook
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Humic 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: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.45 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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—23

    23—100

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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

    12

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    —

    878

    —

    90

    147

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    —

    10

    19

    1

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    1Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 medium tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04566. Common fine mica flakes.; many very fine roots; many fine roots
    1Bt1—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 medium tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04567. Common fine mica flakes.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; many fine roots; common very fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222515; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222515
    1Bt2—51 to 77 centimeters (20.1 to 30.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04568. Common fine mica flakes.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; common very fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222516; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222516
    1Bt3—77 to 100 centimeters (30.3 to 39.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent faint , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04569. Common fine and medium mica flakes.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay bridging surface features between sand grains; common fine roots; common very fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222517; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222518; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222517; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222518
    1BC1—100 to 124 centimeters (39.4 to 48.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent faint , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04570. Common fine and medium mica flakes. Few coarse mica.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; common fine roots; common very fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 222519; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222520; patchy - phpvsfiid 222519; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222520
    1BC2—124 to 144 centimeters (48.8 to 56.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04571. Common fine, medium and coarse mica.; few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; common fine roots; common very fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222521; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222521
    1C—144 to 200 centimeters (56.7 to 78.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) interior very cobbly sandy loam; massive; friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P04572. Many fine, medium and common coarse mica. Stones = 5% volume; cobbles = 15% volume; gravels greater than 3/4 = 10% volume.; common fine roots; common very fine roots