IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Watauga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NC199006
  • User Pedon ID: 88NC199006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988NC199006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0873
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60991
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 35.9027786
  • Std. Longitude: -82.2450027
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From 19E in the Windom Community go south on S.R. 1144 (Bearwallow Rd.) 0.8 miles, turn left on private driveway, go approx. 800 feet south, turn left on abandoned road, go 200 feet to a cut area
  • 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-loamy, sesquic, mesic Typic Haplohumults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Watauga
  • PSC - 8 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Watauga
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, micaceous, mesic Typic 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

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: high
  • 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 - 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

    ACRU

    QUCO2

    QURU

    Acer rubrum

    Quercus coccinea

    Quercus rubra

    red maple

    scarlet oak

    northern red oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—8

    8—71

    224—244

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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

    26

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    840

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    315

    147

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    12

    7

    17

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 88P04715. leaves, twigs, and very fine root fibers partially decomposed into humus; many fine roots
    A—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 medium tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04716. many coarse roots, few fine and medium kyanite crystals; many fine mica flakes concentrations; many fine roots; many medium roots
    Bt1—13 to 46 centimeters (5.1 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; , moist, skeletans over cutans and 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04717. common distinct clay films, common coarse roots, F2 kyanite crystals; many fine mica flakes concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; common medium roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 223578; continuous - phpvsfiid 223578
    Bt2—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; moderate 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 , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04718. common distinct clay films, few fine and medium kyanite crystals; many fine mica flakes concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; common medium roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 223580; continuous - phpvsfiid 223580
    BC—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine sandy 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; 2 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium platy masses of dark accumulation; 30 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04719. common faint clay films, few fine and medium kyanite crystals; many fine mica flakes concentrations; common medium soft dark masses concentrations; very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; common medium roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223581; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223581
    C1—99 to 157 centimeters (39.0 to 61.8 inches); fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 2.5 medium roots and 5.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified and 1 percent medium mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04720. few fine kyanite crystals, multicolored mica schist saprolite; few medium mica flakes concentrations; common fine mica flakes concentrations; common medium roots; many fine roots
    C2—157 to 229 centimeters (61.8 to 90.2 inches); fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified and 11 percent medium mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P04721. few fine kyanite crystals, multicolored mica schist saprolite; common medium mica flakes concentrations; many fine mica flakes concentrations; few fine roots
    2Cr—229 to 249 centimeters (90.2 to 98.0 inches); sandy loam; massive; very firm; 1 percent coarse mica flakes, unspecified and 11 percent medium mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P04722. no roots, white and gray multicolored felsic pegmatite; few coarse mica flakes concentrations; common medium mica flakes concentrations