IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Herndon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995NC123003
  • User Pedon ID: 95NC123003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1995NC123003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0909
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67916
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 0.7 mile E of Ophir on Sr 1306; 1.8 miles north on SR 1305 to woods Road; 200 feet E to cable and 100 feet E past cable on ridge.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC123—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC123—Montgomery County, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Herndon
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Herndon
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: ridge
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/21/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: D-2
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    CORNU

    Cornus

    dogwood

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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

    2

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    315

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    E—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt—20 to 122 centimeters (7.9 to 48.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05912
    BC—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); 40 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) and 35 percent yellow (10YR 7/8) and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog.