IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rosman
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NC199007
  • User Pedon ID: 88NC199007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988NC199007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0874
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60992
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 35.8711128
  • Std. Longitude: -82.3191681
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From Burnsville s. on hwy. 197 approx. 2 miles to SR 1112, 1000 feet s. of bridge, 300 feet w. in field of CR vetch overgrown with tall annual weeds
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC199—Yancey
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.H. Ranson, B.P. Smith, R. Goodwin, H. Smith, F.M
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, isotic, mesic Fluventic Haplumbrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rosman
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rosman
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Fluventic Haplumbrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: very 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 - 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

    COVA2

    RUMEX

    SOLID

    Coronilla varia

    Rumex

    Solidago

    crownvetch

    dock

    goldenrod

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

    umbric epipedon

    0—36

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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

    1

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    828

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    147

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    12

    7

    17

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; 11 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04723. common fine mica flakes concentrations; common medium roots; many very fine roots
    A—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; 11 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04724. common fine mica flakes concentrations; common fine roots; common very fine roots
    Bw—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04725. (texture may be loamy fine sand) some coating and bridging of sand; many fine mica flakes concentrations; common fine roots; common very fine roots
    Ab—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04726. many fine mica flakes concentrations; common very fine roots
    C1—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04727. many fine mica flakes concentrations; common very fine roots
    C2—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; single grain; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04728. many fine mica flakes concentrations; few very fine roots
    C3—109 to 157 centimeters (42.9 to 61.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loamy sand; 11 percent fine faint mottles; single grain; loose; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P04729. many fine mica flakes concentrations; few very fine roots; common fine faint mottles
    C4—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loamy sand; 11 percent medium faint mottles; loose; 0.5 very fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P04730. many fine mica flakes concentrations; few very fine roots; common medium faint mottles