IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HORNSBORO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999NC153001
  • User Pedon ID: 99NC153001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0306
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11165
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 35.1447220
  • Std. Longitude: -79.9086075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.0 mile southeast of Littles Mill on North Carolina Highway 73; 800 feet south of road along an old logging road in woods
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC153—Richmond
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC153—Richmond County, North Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35079-B8—Mount Gilead East, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WEW, DLD, STE, MSP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Albaqualfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HORNSBORO
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric Albaqualfs
  • Classificaton Date - 1/12/1999
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/12/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; medium and coarse roots and 21.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01553
    Eg—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3 percent medium irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent medium pale brown (10YR 6/3); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01554
    Bt1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent medium irregular iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01555
    Bt2—38 to 90 centimeters (15.0 to 35.4 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent medium irregular light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01556
    Bt3—90 to 120 centimeters (35.4 to 47.2 inches); silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01557. mottled 50% yellowish red (10YR 5/8), 40% pinkish gray (10YR 7/2), and 10% yellowish red (5YR 5/8) silty clay; the areas with yellowish red are masses of iron accumulations and the areas with pinkish gray are iron depletions.
    BCg—120 to 145 centimeters (47.2 to 57.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent coarse irregular brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron and 21 percent fine spherical manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P01558
    Cg—145 to 175 centimeters (57.1 to 68.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay; massive; firm; 3 percent medium irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent fine spherical manganese concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 99P01559