IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hiwassee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999NC123005
  • User Pedon ID: 99NC123005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0561
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12065
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: N mile NW of Mt Gilead on NC73 to SR111, 2.5 mile S on SR1111 to SR3311, 1.3 mile SW on SR3311, 60 feet SW of Grave site.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC123—Montgomery
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC123—Montgomery County, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hiwassee
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, kaolinitic Typic Rhodudults
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/1999
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/23/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    98

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    225

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03669. % CF: quartz rounded 2
    Bt1—13 to 64 centimeters (5.1 to 25.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03670. % CF: 2
    Bt2—64 to 107 centimeters (25.2 to 42.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03671
    BCt—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; 25 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03672. % CF: 2
    C—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; 35 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P03673. % CF: 10