IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Biltmore
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991NC021004
  • User Pedon ID: 91NC021004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0084
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64323
  • 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: 35.5302773
  • Std. Longitude: -82.5586090
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC021—Buncombe
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Milton Martinez, Chip Smith, Mark Hudson
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Biltmore
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed Typic Udipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 99 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Position: drainageway
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    0—20

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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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    607

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    124

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 5.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 11 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00610. common very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; many very fine and fine roots throughout; many medium roots throughout; few medium distinct 10YR66 mottles
    C1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00611. charcoal stains; few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; few medium distinct 10YR73 mottles
    C2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00612. charcoal stains; few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; few medium distinct 10YR56 mottles
    C3—58 to 66 centimeters (22.8 to 26.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00613. few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations
    C4—66 to 107 centimeters (26.0 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00614. few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; few fine faint 10YR53 mottles
    C5—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loamy sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00615. C5 has an increase in charcoal; few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; few fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; few medium distinct 10YR64 mottles
    C6—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. 92P616; few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations
    C7—137 to 178 centimeters (53.9 to 70.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 11 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P00617. common very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; few fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles