IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oconaluftee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985NC099002
  • User Pedon ID: S1985NC099002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0633
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56899
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 35.5141678
  • Std. Longitude: -83.1936111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 7.8 mi NW of Cherokee on US 19 to Soco Gap; 2.0 mi NW on Blue Ridge Parkway; 400 feet W of parkway in woods end.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC099—Jackson
  • MLRA: 130B—Southern Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.Lynn, M.Sherrill, D.Thomas, B.Hale
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, isotic, frigid Andic Haplumbrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oconaluftee
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oconaluftee
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplumbrept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree
  • Forest Understory Veg. Type - tree
  • Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Dominant - shrub
  • Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Secondary - perennial forbs or herbaceous
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from metasedimentary rock
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 1.45 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    umbric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    3—58

    58—92

    —55—

    —34—
    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

    64

    —

    —

    1540

    —

    315

    1109

    —

    141

    12.2

    20.7

    2.4

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    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Canton, NC 1961-1990

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 85P03264; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—3 to 23 centimeters (1.2 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior channery loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 20 percent by volume flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03265; moist when described; observed in pit, small. many fine roots throughout; many medium roots throughout
    AB—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior channery fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 22 percent by volume flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03266; moist when described; observed in pit, small. common fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout
    Bw—58 to 92 centimeters (22.8 to 36.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior channery loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 26 percent by volume flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03267; moist when described; observed in pit, small. few fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout
    C—92 to 160 centimeters (36.2 to 63.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior channery fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 30 percent by volume flat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-76-150 millimeter metasedimentary, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P03268; moist when described; observed in pit, small. few fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout