IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pinkston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NC077004
  • User Pedon ID: 88NC077004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988NC077004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0666
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60784
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 36.1083336
  • Std. Longitude: -78.7361145
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3.0 mi SW of Creedmoor on US Highway 15; 0.8 mi NW of intersection of US highway 15 and SR 1103 on SR 1103, 250 feet W of intersection of SR 1103 and 1104 in woods behind field.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC077—Granville
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Haplohumults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pinkston
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pinkston
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Ochreptic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1988 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PITA

    Pinus taeda

    loblolly pine

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—0

    0—0

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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

    14

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    99

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    305

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    9

    4

    15

    9

    4

    14

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 88P03509
    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03510. many medium roots; many very fine and fine roots
    Bt1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03511. few medium roots; many fine roots
    BC—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) interior and light red (2.5YR 6/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03512. few fine and medium roots
    C1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior and red (2.5YR 5/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior loamy sand; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03513
    C2—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); white (10YR 8/1) interior and yellow (10YR 8/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior loamy sand; massive; nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03514. few fine to coarse roots
    C3—91 to 104 centimeters (35.8 to 40.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior clay loam; massive; slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 5.5 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 88P03515. few very fine roots; many fine roots
    Cr—104 to 114 centimeters (40.9 to 44.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 88P03516