IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cullasaja

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1991NC171003

User Pedon ID: 91NC171003

Vegetation Plot ID: S1991NC171003

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 93P0266

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65609

Print Date: 2/16/2025

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: 36.5000000

Std. Longitude: -80.9180527

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: 4.0 miles SW of Low Gap. 1.4 miles W of intersection of Secondary Roads 1411 and 1408 on Secondary Road 1411. 1000 feet W of Eckerd Camp Shop and 300 feet W of campsite in hardwood forest.

Map Unit: BrE—Brevard-Greenlee complex, 25 to 60 percent slopes, very bouldery

State: North Carolina

County: NC171—Surry

MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC171—Surry County, North Carolina

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36080-E8—Cumberland Knob, Virginia

PEDON

Describers Name: Roger J. Leab, David C. Clapp

Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, acid, mesic Typic Haplumbrepts

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 3

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Cullasaja

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010

Moisture Class - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Cullasaja

Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Haplumbrept

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 9/13/1991

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Landscape: valley

Landform: cove

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: footslope

Slope Position: drainageway

Slope Shape Down: concave

Runoff: very high

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 0

Bedrock: with 100 to <200

Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/13/1991 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: B-3

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and 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
CARYA LITU MORUS RHODO	Carya Liriodendron tulipifera Morus Rhododendron	hybrid hickory tuliptree mulberry rhododendron	— — — —	— — — —	— — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
umbric epipedon cambic horizon	0—28 28—107	—- —-

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
25	122	61	625	—	180	1194	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very flaggy fine sandy loam; 59 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume rounded 600-?-? millimeter gneiss fragments and 30 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter gneiss fragments and 40 percent by volume angular 150-265-380 millimeter gneiss fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P02172; moist when described;

A2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) very flaggy fine sandy loam; 54 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; rapid permeability; 21.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter gneiss fragments and 40 percent by volume angular 150-265-380 millimeter gneiss fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02173; moist when described;

Bw1—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very flaggy fine sandy loam; 53 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; rapid permeability; 3.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 0.5 medium tubular pores; 25 percent by volume angular 150-265-380 millimeter gneiss fragments and 25 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter gneiss fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02174; moist when described;

Bw2—61 to 107 centimeters (24.0 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very flaggy fine sandy loam; 63 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 medium tubular pores; 25 percent by volume angular 150-265-380 millimeter gneiss fragments and 30 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter gneiss fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P02175; moist when described;

C—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very flaggy loamy sand; 78 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 2 percent clay; massive; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; 30 percent by volume angular 150-265-380 millimeter gneiss fragments and 50 percent by volume angular 2-76-150 millimeter gneiss fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 93P02176; moist when described;