IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wayah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991NC021005
  • User Pedon ID: 91NC021005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0085
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64324
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 35.7013893
  • Std. Longitude: -82.3897247
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: NE of Asheville on Blue Ridge Parkway, 0.85 miles NE of Blue Ridge Parkway on Craggey Gardens picnic area road in sharp curve, 50 feet E of road.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC021—Buncombe
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark S. Hudson, Milton Martinez, John B. Allison
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, isotic, frigid Andic Haplumbrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wayah
  • PSC - 25 to 99 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wayah
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplumbrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: undulating
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1991 (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—38

    64—114

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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

    35

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    —

    1573

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    0

    160

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments. no sample
    Oe—2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 92P00618
    A1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00619. (0-4 cm)and 92P0620(4-8 cm); few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; common medium and coarse roots throughout; many very fine and fine roots throughout
    A2—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots between peds and 2.5 medium and coarse roots between peds; 2.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular and 0.5 medium vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P00621. few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; common medium and coarse roots between peds; many very fine and fine roots between peds
    A3—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds and 2.5 medium and coarse roots between peds; 0.5 medium vesicular and tubular and 5.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00622. few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; common very fine and fine roots between peds; common medium and coarse roots between peds
    BA—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) medium faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.5 medium and coarse roots between peds; 0.5 medium vesicular and tubular and 5.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00623. few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; few medium and coarse roots between peds; common very fine and fine roots between peds; common medium faint 10YR34 mottles
    Bw1—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds and 2.5 medium roots between peds; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00624. few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; few very fine and fine roots between peds; common medium roots between peds
    Bw2—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 4 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00625. few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; few medium roots between peds
    BC—122 to 155 centimeters (48.0 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00626. few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; few very fine roots between peds
    C—155 to 208 centimeters (61.0 to 81.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse sandy loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P00627. few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; few very fine roots between peds