IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Norfolk
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NC101001
  • User Pedon ID: S1981NC101001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0789
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50183
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 35.5000954
  • Std. Longitude: -78.3330612
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Johnson County, NC: 3.2 mi NW on US HWY 70 from intersection w/ state HWY 42 in Clayton .1 mi S & .15 mi SE on Rd.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC101—Johnston
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry F. Ratliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Norfolk
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Norfolk
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Paleudult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1981 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    kandic horizon

    0—43

    43—183

    43—183

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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

    0

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    85

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    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loamy sand; single grain; loose, very friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04695. Few pockets of partially decomposed organic residue. Few streaks of (10YR 5/6) loamy sand.; common fine and medium roots
    E—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loamy sand; single grain; very hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04696. Few pockets of Ap horizon material apparently from subsoiling activities.; few fine roots
    Bt1—43 to 91 centimeters (16.9 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04697. Sand grains coated and bridged with clay, few pockets of loamy sand.; few fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 1423695; patchy - phpvsfiid 1423695
    Bt2—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium and coarse distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium and coarse distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04698. Some mottles have firm yellowish red centers. Sand grains are coated and bridged with clay.; common medium and coarse distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; common medium and coarse distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 1423696; patchy - phpvsfiid 1423696
    Bt3—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium and coarse prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04699. Some mottles have firm red centers. Sand grains coated and bridged with clay. About 3 to 5 percent nodular plinthite.; many medium and coarse prominent 2.5YR46 mottles; few fine faint 10YR52 mottles
    Bt4—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior sandy clay loam; moderate medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P04700. Sand grains coated and bridged with clay. Estimated 5 to 10 percent platy plinthite.