IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Casville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996NC171007
  • User Pedon ID: 96NC171007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0390
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10073
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 36.4661102
  • Std. Longitude: -80.6547241
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 1.5 miles southwest of Mount Airy; 250 feet northwest of intersection of secondary roads 1359 and 1362 on SR 1359; 200 feet northeast of road in a field.
  • Map Unit: TtC—Toast-Bannertown complex, 8 to 15 percent slopes, very rocky
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC171—Surry
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC171—Surry County, North Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36080-D6—Dobson, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RJL, DCC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, semiactive, mesic Typic Kanhapludults
  • 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 #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Casville
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/24/2003
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wedowee
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: granite
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/16/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: F-4
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    kandic horizon

    0—25

    25—61

    25—61

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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

    10

    244

    61

    335

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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02352
    Ap2—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; brittle; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02352
    Bt1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium prominent irregular and 20 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium faint irregular mottles; strong coarse platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02353. continuous - phpvsfiid 195081; continuous - phpvsfiid 195081
    Bt2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sandy clay; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) coarse prominent irregular and 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium faint irregular mottles; strong coarse platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02354. continuous - phpvsfiid 183390; continuous - phpvsfiid 183390
    BC—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sandy clay loam; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) coarse prominent irregular and 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct irregular mottles; strong coarse platy parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.1 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02355. continuous - phpvsfiid 183391; continuous - phpvsfiid 183391
    C/B—76 to 86 centimeters (29.9 to 33.9 inches); 25 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and 30 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) and 25 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; massive; friable; 20 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02356. continuous - phpvsfiid 183392; continuous - phpvsfiid 183392
    C—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) sandy loam; massive; friable; 10 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 97P02356