IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Emporia
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1989NC083001
User Pedon ID:
89NC083001
Vegetation Plot ID:
S1989NC083001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
89P0526
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
61628
Print Date:
10/31/2024
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:
36.2097206
Std. Longitude:
-77.7430573
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
.5 mile E of I95 on SR 1002; 100 feet S of SR1002 in field
State:
North Carolina
County:
NC083—Halifax
MLRA:
133A—Southern Coastal Plain
PEDON
Describers Name:
D.T. Anderson, R.D. Hayes, B.J. Ward
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic Paleudults
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
1
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Emporia
PSC -
20 to 71 cm.
Classificaton Date -
1/11/2010
Moisture Class -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Emporia
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Hapludult
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
3/1/1989
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
coastal plain
Anthropogenic Feature:
leveled land
Geomorphic Component Hills:
interfluve
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
3/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
Microrelief Elevation:
1
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
close-grown crop
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
SECAL
TRITI
Secale
Triticum
rye
wheat
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Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
argillic horizon
0—20
20—135
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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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16
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114
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9
4
16
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Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 2.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P02927; moist when described;. common coarse roots throughout
BE—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02928; moist when described;. many medium and coarse roots throughout
Bt1—30 to 74 centimeters (11.8 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02929; moist when described;. very few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233051; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233051
Bt2—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 2 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02930; moist when described;. very few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233052; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233052
Bt3—104 to 135 centimeters (40.9 to 53.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct and 1 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P02931; wet when described;. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR63 mottles; few fine distinct 2.5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233053; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233053
C—135 to 155 centimeters (53.1 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior sandy clay loam; massive; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P02932; wet when described;. C horizon contains gray stratus of clay