IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cashiers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990NC199001
  • User Pedon ID: 90NC199001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990NC199001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0221
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63268
  • 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: 36.0511093
  • Std. Longitude: -82.3666687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC199—Yancey
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Ranson & Henry Mount on 11/7/90, 10-1120 AM
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cashiers
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, micaceous Umbric Dystrochrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 99 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1990
  • 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: side slope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.45 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 35
  • 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

    ACER

    QURU

    TSUGA

    Acer

    Quercus rubra

    Tsuga

    maple

    northern red oak

    hemlock

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—33

    33—127

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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

    55

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    45

    152

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    25

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    26

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior, dry; loam; moderate granular structure; very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.5 medium and coarse interstitial pores; 20 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, lamotte-morgan; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01362. common very fine and fine roots throughout
    BA—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 5.5 fine and medium interstitial pores; 37 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains throughout; 30 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; 15 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, lamotte-morgan; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01363. many mica flakes concentrations; common organic coats surface features throughout; common fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226355; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226355
    Bw1—33 to 74 centimeters (13.0 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine and medium tubular and 2.5 fine and medium interstitial pores; 30 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, lamotte-morgan; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P01364. many mica flakes concentrations; few fine roots throughout
    Bw2—74 to 127 centimeters (29.1 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 medium interstitial pores; 30 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; 3 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, lamotte-morgan; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01365. many mica flakes concentrations; few fine roots throughout
    C/B—127 to 150 centimeters (50.0 to 59.1 inches); 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and 25 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 11 percent irregular iron-manganese masses; 30 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; 15 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, lamotte-morgan; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P01366. common soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many mica flakes concentrations
    C—150 to 198 centimeters (59.1 to 78.0 inches); 15 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior loamy sand; massive; firm; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 11 percent irregular iron-manganese masses; 11 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P01367. structure is rock controlled (platy); common soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common mica flakes concentrations