IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ALAMANCE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965NC167004
  • User Pedon ID: S1965NC167004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4061
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40253
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1.1 mile NNE of Albemarle city limit on farm of Mrs. Margaret S. Bell, near the intersection of county roads 1541 and 1537
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC167—Stanly
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC167—Stanly County, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Steele, J. B. Watts, and S. H. Hearn
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ALAMANCE
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/17/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ACV-5P-82
  • 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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    3

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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31048
    B21T—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) silty clay loam; 3 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium distinct and 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 pores; clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31049. patchy - phpvsfiid 202564; patchy - phpvsfiid 202564
    B22T—30 to 63 centimeters (11.8 to 24.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine distinct mottles; massive parts to moderate medium angular blocky; hard when dry, friable, moderately plastic; brittle; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 pores; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31050. continuous - phpvsfiid 202569; continuous - phpvsfiid 202569
    B3—63 to 76 centimeters (24.8 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) distinct and 3 percent light gray (N 7/0) distinct mottles; prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay films; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31051. patchy - phpvsfiid 200287; patchy - phpvsfiid 200287
    R—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A31052