IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Thunder
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NC199005
  • User Pedon ID: 88NC199005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988NC199005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0872
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60990
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 35.9677773
  • Std. Longitude: -82.2688904
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From 197N, e. on Upper Pigpen Rd. to RB Deyton Rd. to end of state rd. 150 feet east of rd. in edge of field above a small tobacco patch and 100 feet below an old silo.
  • 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: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Thunder
  • PSC - 20 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thunder
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Humic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.45 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1988 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ROPS

    SOLID

    Robinia pseudoacacia

    Solidago

    black locust

    goldenrod

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    20—91

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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

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    865

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    0

    147

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    12

    7

    17

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; very gravelly loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 5.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04710. many medium roots; many very fine roots
    Bt1—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films throughout; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04711. few clay films surface features throughout; common medium roots; common very fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 223576; continuous - phpvsfiid 223576
    Bt2—48 to 91 centimeters (18.9 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very gravelly sandy clay loam; 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 distinct , moist, clay films throughout; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04712. few clay films surface features throughout; common fine roots; common very fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 223577; continuous - phpvsfiid 223577
    BC—91 to 175 centimeters (35.8 to 68.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very cobbly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P04713. common fine roots; common very fine roots
    C—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very cobbly sandy loam; 11 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 10 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P04714. common fine roots; common very fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR72 mottles