IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mandale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006NC123001-Mandale, RCP
  • User Pedon ID: S06NC123001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006NC123001-Mandale, RC
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0099
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24528
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 35.3044624
  • Std. Longitude: -79.8979416
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sampled 2-21-06, RJL, JWL, PWW, STE. Sampled all horizons.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC123—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC123—Montgomery County, North Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35079-C8—Troy, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roger Leab, Steve Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mandale
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/21/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont, upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: argillite
  • Geology: Carolina Slate Belt formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/21/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: E-8
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIPA2

    PITA

    Pinus palustris

    Pinus taeda

    longleaf pine

    loblolly pine

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    41—130

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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

    5

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    350

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1); 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 09N00722; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    E—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4); ; 20 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 09N00723; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    EB—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4); 15 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 09N00724; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Bt1—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6); 5 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 09N00725; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Bt2—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4); 20 percent medium faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, and 20 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 09N00726; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Bt3—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4); 25 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 09N00727; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Btg—104 to 117 centimeters (40.9 to 46.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1); 25 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, and 25 percent coarse distinct pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), moist,; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 09N00728; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    BCtg—117 to 131 centimeters (46.1 to 51.6 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1); 20 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, and 25 percent coarse prominent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), moist, and 5 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 09N00729; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    CB—131 to 221 centimeters (51.6 to 87.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4); 20 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 09N00730; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cr—221 centimeters (87.0 inches); fragments.; observed in auger, bucket