IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): LONGHOPE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994NC189002
  • User Pedon ID: 94NC189002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994NC189002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0594
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66770
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025

    • 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: 36.3377762
  • Std. Longitude: -81.6461105
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Watauga County, Wisconsin—Long Hope Mountain Area; 10.7 miles northeast of Boone on North Carolina Highway 194; 1.0 mile northwest on Secondary Road 1346; 3.1 miles northwest on a private road; 0.25 mile southeast on a farm road; 500 feet northeast of the farm road; USGS Zionville topographic quadrangle.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC189—Watauga
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC189—Watauga County, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RLM; JWT; and JAK
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - LONGHOPE
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/2001
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Longhope
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, micaceous, euic Terric Borosaprist
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/4/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/4/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Very little agricultural or commercial
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CAREX

    DROSE

    LIGR2

    SASE

    VAMA

    VIOLA

    Carex

    Drosera

    Lilium grayi

    Salix sericea

    Vaccinium macrocarpon

    Viola

    sedge

    sundew

    Gray's lily

    silky willow

    cranberry

    violet

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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

    6

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    1219

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    1905

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    7.2

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    Oi—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); 95 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) crushed and 50 percent /), rubbed Error; massive; loose; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P04148
    Oe—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); 65 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face and 35 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed Error; massive; loose; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P04149
    Oa—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); 45 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face and 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed Error; massive; loose; 21.0 very fine to medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P04150. (Combined thickness of the O layer is 16 to 30 inches).
    Cg—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) sandy loam; massive; friable; 21 percent fine and medium mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P04151
    C1—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; massive; friable; 21 percent fine and medium mica flakes, unspecified; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P04152
    C2—122 to 165 centimeters (48.0 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) gravelly loamy sand; massive; loose; 21 percent fine and medium mica flakes, unspecified; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P04153