IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Soco

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1988NC199013

User Pedon ID: 88NC199013

Vegetation Plot ID: S1988NC199013

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 88P0961

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61079

Print Date: 2/3/2025

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: 36.0372238

Std. Longitude: -82.4225006

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: From Spivey Gap on Hwy 19W turn N on improved USFS 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, site #012 is 50 feet E, #014 is 240 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: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Dystrochrepts

Current Taxon Kind: variant

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 13

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Soco

PSC - 10 to 36 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010

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: backslope

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 QUCO2 QUVI	Acer rubrum Quercus coccinea Quercus virginiana	red maple scarlet oak live oak	— — —	— — —	— — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon paralithic contact	0—5 10—36 56—213	—- —- —-

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
21	—	—	1121	—	225	147	—	—	13	8	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05233

A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) channery loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine roots top of horizon and 5.5 coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine tubular and 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05234. many coarse roots throughout; many very fine roots in mat at top of horizon

BA—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05235. common very fine roots throughout; many fine roots throughout

Bt—16 to 41 centimeters (6.3 to 16.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; 1 percent white (10YR 8/1) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05236. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; common fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout; few medium prominent 10YR81 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 232828; continuous - phpvsfiid 232829; patchy - phpvsfiid 232828; continuous - phpvsfiid 232829

BC—41 to 59 centimeters (16.1 to 23.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) channery loam; 1 percent white (10YR 8/1) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent distinct , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05237. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; common fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout; few medium prominent 10YR81 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 232830; continuous - phpvsfiid 232831; continuous - phpvsfiid 232830; continuous - phpvsfiid 232831

Cr1—59 to 125 centimeters (23.2 to 49.2 inches); 20 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 40 percent white (10YR 8/1); massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05238. few fine roots in cracks

Cr2—125 to 216 centimeters (49.2 to 85.0 inches); 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 30 percent pale yellow (5Y 8/2) and 50 percent white (10YR 8/1); massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P05239