IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harmiller

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1988NC199012

User Pedon ID: 88NC199012

Vegetation Plot ID: S1988NC199012

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 88P0960

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61078

Print Date: 11/27/2024

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: 36.0372238

Std. Longitude: -82.4225006

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: From Spivey Gap on Hwy 19W turn N on improved USFS gravel rd, go approx 1 mi to Twin Gated Rds turn right go .3 mi to gate on left, through gate then .3 mi, site above rd in pit, note site 013 is 50 feet W, site 014 is 290 feet W on same rd

State: North Carolina

County: NC199—Yancey

MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

PEDON

Describers Name: R.H. Ranson, B.P. Smith, J.B. Allison, E. Hayhurst

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 12

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Harmiller

PSC - 8 to 53 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010

Moisture Class - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Junaluska Yel. T

Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus

Landform: hillside or mountainside

Hill Slope Profile: shoulder

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/1/1988 (actual site observation date)

Microrelief Elevation: 10

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 QUAL QUCO2	Acer rubrum Quercus alba Quercus coccinea	red maple white oak scarlet oak	— — —	— — —	— — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon paralithic contact	0—8 8—58 84—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
24	—	—	1122	—	225	147	—	—	13	8	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); 5.5 very fine roots top of horizon; fragments. Lab sample # 88P05227. many very fine roots in mat at top of horizon

A—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium roots; 3 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05228. common medium roots; common very fine roots throughout

Bt1—11 to 46 centimeters (4.3 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 3 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05229. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232822; continuous - phpvsfiid 232823; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232822; continuous - phpvsfiid 232823

Bt2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) channery sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 25 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05230. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few very fine roots in cracks; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232824; continuous - phpvsfiid 232825; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232824; continuous - phpvsfiid 232825

BC—61 to 87 centimeters (24.0 to 34.3 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) very channery sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; 2 percent distinct , moist, clay films on rock fragments and 2 percent faint , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 45 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05231. very few clay films surface features on rock fragments; very few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few very fine roots in cracks; patchy - phpvsfiid 232826; patchy - phpvsfiid 232827; patchy - phpvsfiid 232826; patchy - phpvsfiid 232827

Cr—87 to 206 centimeters (34.3 to 81.1 inches); loamy sand; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # 88P05232