IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Secrest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006NC123003-Secrest, TYP
  • User Pedon ID: S06NC123003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006NC123003-Secrest, TY
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0098
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24527
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 35.3051949
  • Std. Longitude: -79.8982468
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 4 miles south of Troy on Secondary Road 1005; 122 meters (about 400 feet) north of intersection with Secondary Road 1549 on Secondary Road 1005; 183 meters ( about 600 feet) west of road in select cut woods.
  • Map Unit: 39B—Callison-Secrest complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC123—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC123—Montgomery County, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Evans, Roger Leab, James Lewis, Perry Wyatt.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, subactive, thermic Aeric Epiaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Secrest
  • PSC - 36 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Secrest
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, siliceous, subactive, thermic Aeric Ep
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/21/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: acidic volcanic ash derived from volcanic rock
  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: ridge
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: argillite at 117cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/21/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    117 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—14

    20—117

    36—76

    117—

    —5—

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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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    146.6

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    1168

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    215

    15

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); 80 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) and 20 percent black (2.5Y 2.5/1) silt loam; moderate coarse platy parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; medium roots and 15.0 fine roots and coarse roots; and and pores; ; 2 percent by volume subrounded ? to 2-? millimeter quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N00714; moist when described;
    Eg—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) silt loam; moderate coarse platy parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; medium roots and 1.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent faint silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) masses of oxidized iron; ; 2 percent by volume subrounded quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00715; moist when described;
    BE—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; moderate coarse platy parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; medium roots and 1.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent faint silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) iron depletions between peds and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 20 percent medium faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; ; 2 percent by volume subrounded quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00716; moist when described;
    Bt1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and coarse roots; medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint silt coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) iron depletions and 20 percent medium faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay depletions; ; 2 percent by volume subrounded quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00717; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 432463; patchy - phpvsfiid 432463
    Bt2—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; medium roots and 0.3 fine roots; medium tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/1) iron depletions and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) clay depletions; ; 2 percent by volume subrounded quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00718; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 432464; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 432464
    BC—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; medium roots and 0.3 fine roots; 10 percent coarse faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) clay depletions and 15 percent coarse prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/1) iron depletions and 20 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; ; 2 percent by volume subrounded quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00719; moist when described;
    CBg—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) silt loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; medium roots and 0.3 fine roots and ; 20 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; ; 2 percent by volume quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 09N00720; moist when described;
    Cr—117 to 155 centimeters (46.1 to 61.0 inches); fragments.