IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clifton

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1988NC199004

User Pedon ID: 88NC199004

Vegetation Plot ID: S1988NC199004

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 88P0871

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60989

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: 35.8388901

Std. Longitude: -82.1875000

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: From SE corner of South Toe Elementary School 400 feet due south and 200 feet east of SR 1163 in a pasture.

State: North Carolina

County: NC199—Yancey

MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

PEDON

Describers Name: R.H. Ranson, B.P. Smith, R. Goodwin, H. Smith, F.

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 #: 4

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Clifton

PSC - 13 to 64 cm.

Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007

Moisture Class - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Fannin

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, micaceous, mesic Typic Hapludult

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 6/1/1988

Moisture Class - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 2

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landform: hillside or mountainside

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/1/1988 (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

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
FESTU ROMU	Festuca Rosa multiflora	fescue multiflora rose	— —	— —	— —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon paralithic contact	0—13 13—76 157—203	—- —- —-

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
6	—	—	865	—	180	147	—	—	12	7	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P04704. common fine mica flakes concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 223572; patchy - phpvsfiid 223572

Bt1—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 medium tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P04705. many fine mica flakes concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium roots; many fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 223573; continuous - phpvsfiid 223573

Bt2—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P04706. many fine mica flakes concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; common medium roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 223574; continuous - phpvsfiid 223574

BC—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); 10 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and 40 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 50 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 2 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium platy masses of dark accumulation; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P04707. dark plate like masses within the remnants of saprolite maybe several mineral types i.e. manganese or graphite; many fine mica flakes concentrations; common medium soft dark masses concentrations; very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; few very fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223575; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223575

C—97 to 157 centimeters (38.2 to 61.8 inches); 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 30 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and 40 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular and 2.5 tubular pores; 11 percent coarse platy masses of dark accumulation; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P04708. dark plate like masses within the remnants of saprolite maybe several mineral types i.e. manganese or graphite and multicolored mica schist saprolite, soft; many fine mica flakes concentrations; common coarse soft dark masses concentrations; few very fine roots

CR/C—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 30 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and 40 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine sandy loam; massive; very firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent coarse platy masses of dark accumulation; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P04709. dark plate like masses within the remnants of saprolite maybe several mineral types i.e. manganese or graphite and multicolored weathered mica schist, slightly hard and root limiting; many fine mica flakes concentrations; common coarse soft dark masses concentrations