IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pittsboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006NC123005-0106
  • User Pedon ID: S06NC123005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006NC123005-0106
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0096
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24525
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 35.2438622
  • Std. Longitude: -79.8713303
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 8.9 miles south of Troy on secondary road 1005 to secondary road 1564, 0.7miles West on secondary road 1564, 110 feet south of road along woods road and 10ft East in woods
  • 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-B7—Harrisville, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Evans, Lewis, Leab, Wyatt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pittsboro
  • PSC - 36 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pittsboro
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, thermic Oxyaquic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2006
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: moderately weathered, residuum weathered from volcanic rock
  • Landscape: upland on piedmont
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent moderate weathered igneous, unspecified at 89cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/22/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: F-10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PITA

    QUAL

    QUPA2

    QUST

    Pinus taeda

    Quercus alba

    Quercus palustris

    Quercus stellata

    loblolly pine

    white oak

    pin oak

    post oak

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

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    89 - 102

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—8

    36—76

    64—76

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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

    3

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    143

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    1125

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    200

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 0.2 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume subrounded ? to 25-? millimeter quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N00702; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    E—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) gravelly silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; 25 percent by volume subrounded ? to 25-? millimeter quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00703; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    EB—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; ; 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume subrounded ? to 20-? millimeter quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00704; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Bt1—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.2 fine roots; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, iron depletions and 5 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00705; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 432457; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 432457
    Bt2—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00706; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 432458; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 432458
    CB—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) paragravelly silty clay loam; massive; friable; 10 percent fine prominent light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent fine distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00707; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cr—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); fragments.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket