IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Balsam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988NC199015
  • User Pedon ID: 88NC199015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0963
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61081
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 35.7591667
  • Std. Longitude: -82.2672195
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From the Mt. Mitchell State Park office at Stepps Gap turn right (N) on gravel rd go unknown miles to first stream turn left (W) following to park water supply station, site is 20 feet from right corner of fence in bank, site is in large colluvial bowl
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC199—Yancey
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Ranson, B. Smith, J. Allison, E. Hayhurst, W. L
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Andic Haplumbrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 15
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Balsam
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Balsam
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic 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
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—25

    61—203

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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

    21

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    1792

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    206

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 88P05247
    A1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam, muck; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05248. common fine roots throughout; common very fine roots throughout
    A2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 2.5 very fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05249. common medium roots throughout; common very fine roots throughout
    A3—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; 2 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron stains on horizontal faces of peds and 15 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, organic stains throughout; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05250. This layer may be a sand lens or a leach zone; very few iron stains surface features on horizontal faces of peds; few organic coats surface features throughout; few very fine roots in cracks; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223634; patchy - phpvsfiid 223633; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223634; patchy - phpvsfiid 223633
    A4—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) very gravelly loam; weak coarse platy structure; friable; 15 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05251. Possible Mn. concentration or surface feature in addition to orinlieu of organic; few organic coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 223635; continuous - phpvsfiid 223635
    Bs—66 to 71 centimeters (26.0 to 28.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) very gravelly loam; 15 percent prominent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, iron stains on horizontal faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 88P05252. few iron stains surface features on horizontal faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 223636; continuous - phpvsfiid 223636
    Bw1—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05253
    Bw2—109 to 157 centimeters (42.9 to 61.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very gravelly loamy sand; 2 percent prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, iron stains on all faces of peds and 15 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent very coarse spherical iron concretions and 11 percent very coarse irregular iron-manganese concretions; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05254. Active seep on fresh face at 61" - following approx. slope of landscape common fine and medium flakes of mica; common very coarse iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few very coarse iron concretions concentrations; very few iron stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 223637; patchy - phpvsfiid 223638; continuous - phpvsfiid 223637; patchy - phpvsfiid 223638
    Bw3—157 to 208 centimeters (61.8 to 81.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) very gravelly sandy loam; 45 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. 88P52C; common fine and medium flakes of mica