IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wayah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991NC021006
  • User Pedon ID: 91NC021006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0086
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64325
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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 grounds road in sharp curve, 50 feet E of road.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC021—Buncombe
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John B. Allison, Mark S. Hudson, Milton Martinez
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wayah
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Haplumbrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 99 cm.
  • 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
  • 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—30

    30—104

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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

    43

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    1573

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    225

    163

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. no sample
    Oe—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 92P00628
    Oa—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); 2.5Y 2/0 (2.5Y 2/0) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 5.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 5.5 very fine and fine interstitial and tubular pores; 1 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00629. few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; many very fine and fine roots throughout; many medium and coarse roots throughout
    A1—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.5 coarse roots between peds; 2.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular and 0.5 medium vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00630. few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; few very fine and fine roots between peds; few coarse roots between peds
    A2—20 to 35 centimeters (7.9 to 13.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.5 medium and coarse roots between peds; 5.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular and 0.5 medium vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00631. few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; few medium and coarse roots between peds; common very fine and fine roots between peds
    Bw1—35 to 65 centimeters (13.8 to 25.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular and 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00632. pockets of decomposed fragments; few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; few very fine and fine roots between peds; few very fine roots between peds
    Bw2—65 to 110 centimeters (25.6 to 43.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots between peds; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00633. decomposed fragments; few medium roots between peds
    BC—110 to 138 centimeters (43.3 to 54.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) coarse sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P00634. few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; few very fine roots between peds
    C—138 to 185 centimeters (54.3 to 72.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) coarse sandy loam; massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent platy mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P00635. few very fine and fine mica flakes concentrations; few very fine roots between peds