IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PONZER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979NC095000
  • User Pedon ID: S1979NC095000
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0040
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47270
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 35.6028671
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4727249
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hyde County, North Carolina; 1 3/4 miles northeast of Ponzer; 200 feet south of intersection of Evans road and Fred Gall road in pasture.
  • Map Unit: PnA—Ponzer muck, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC095—Hyde
  • MLRA: 153B—Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-RIC—Richmond, Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC095—Hyde County, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, dysic, thermic Terric Medisaprists
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PONZER
  • Classificaton Date - 4/19/2004
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ponzer
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: organic matter underlain by loamy marine & fluvial sediment
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1979 (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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    Oap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); 1 percent black (N 2/), broken face and 1 percent black (N 2/), rubbed muck; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 35 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Oa2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); 1 percent black (N 2/), rubbed and 1 percent black (N 2/), broken face muck; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 35 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary.
    Oa3—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); 5 percent black (10YR 2/1) broken face muck; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 30 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00166
    Oa4—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); black (N 2/), rubbed and black (N 2/), broken face muck; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 55 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, bromcresol green; clear wavy boundary.
    2Cg1—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, bromcresol green; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 80P00167
    2Cg2—79 to 132 centimeters (31.1 to 52.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary.
    2Cg3—132 to 155 centimeters (52.0 to 61.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; 3 percent distinct mottles; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary.
    2Cg4—155 to 183 centimeters (61.0 to 72.0 inches); greenish gray (5BG 5/1) silty clay; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red.