IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ponzer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979NC095001
  • User Pedon ID: S1979NC095001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0248
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48026
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 35.6023102
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4727249
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 3/4 miles NE of Ponzer; 200 feet S of intersection of Evan 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
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ponzer
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ponzer
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, dysic, thermic Terric Medisaprist
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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); black (N 2/0) interior Error; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01349. Less than 1 percent fibers unrubbed and rubbed; common very fine grains of clean sand; about 35 percent mineral content.; common fine roots
    Oa1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); black (N 2/0) interior Error; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01350. Less than 1 percent fibers unrubbed and rubbed; common very fine grains of clean sand; about 35 percent mineral content.; few fine and medium roots
    Oa2—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior and black (N 2/0) crushed unknown texture; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P01351. About 5 percent fibers, less than 1 percent rubbed; common very fine grains of clean sand; about 30 percent mineral content.; few fine and medium roots
    Oa3—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); black (N 2/0) crushed unknown texture; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P01352. About 55 percent mineral content.; few fine and medium roots
    2Cg1—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 80P01353
    2Cg2—79 to 132 centimeters (31.1 to 52.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.
    2Cg3—132 to 155 centimeters (52.0 to 61.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior silty clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) distinct and 11 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) distinct mottles; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. common distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; common distinct 5YR54 mottles
    2Cg4—155 to 183 centimeters (61.0 to 72.0 inches); greenish gray (5BG 5/1) interior silty clay; massive; moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog.