IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wayah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NC199009
  • User Pedon ID: 88NC199009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0957
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61075
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 35.8233337
  • Std. Longitude: -82.3666687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From Hwy 197 at the Yancey-Madison County line N. on gravel rd 2.2 miles through private gate on cut bank right side of rd near Summit of Ogle Meadows, a well-known grassy bald on private land. Mt. Mitchell, NC 7.5 feet quad, UTM zone 3965000mN, 376600mE
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC199—Yancey
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Allison, R. Ranson, A. Goodwin, E. Hayhurst
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, isotic, frigid Andic Haplumbrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wayah
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wayah
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplumbrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1988 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    paralithic contact

    0—25

    36—84

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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

    29

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    1609

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    45

    203

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; moderate very fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05207; moist when described;. Estimated 20 percent organic matter; common fine mica flakes concentrations; common fine roots; many very fine roots
    A2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05208; moist when described;. Estimated 10 percent organic matter; common mica flakes concentrations; common fine roots; common very fine roots
    BA—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05209; moist when described;. common fine mica flakes concentrations; common fine roots; common medium roots
    Bw—36 to 84 centimeters (14.2 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05210; moist when described;. common fine mica flakes concentrations; few fine roots; common very fine roots
    BC—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05211; moist when described;. Colluvial stone line at top of horizon; common fine mica flakes concentrations; few very fine roots
    C1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); 25 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3) cobbly sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 88P05212; moist when described;. common fine mica flakes concentrations
    C2—152 to 201 centimeters (59.8 to 79.1 inches); 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) and 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) very cobbly sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; 25 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P05213; moist when described;. common fine mica flakes concentrations