IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Evard
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987NC009001
  • User Pedon ID: S1987NC009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0829
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60124
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 36.3833351
  • Std. Longitude: -81.3450012
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 9 mi SE of Jefferson on HWY 88 1000 yards N of Ebenezer Church on State Rd 1623 100 feet W of Rd in stand of pines.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC009—Ashe
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Ranson and John Allison
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, sesquic, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • 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 - Evard
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Classifier - M Hudson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clifton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1987
  • Classifier - R Ranson, J Allison
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - third edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - 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

  • Landscape: intermontane basin
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1987 (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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    46—109

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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

    15

    —

    —

    982

    —

    135

    135

    —

    —

    10

    19

    1

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak coarse granular, and weak medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; ; 2 percent by volume metamorphic, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P04573; observed in pit, small. (2 cm of slightly and partially decomposed white pine needle litter).
    BA—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 fine roots and 2.5 coarse roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine faint platy noncoherent cemented mica flakes, biotite throughout; 5 percent by volume metamorphic, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04574; observed in pit, small. Common fine mica flakes-probably biotite.; common fine roots; common coarse roots
    B t1—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 4 percent fine faint platy noncoherent cemented mica flakes, biotite throughout; 10 percent by volume metamorphic, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04575; observed in pit, small. Common fine mica flakes-probably biotite.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; common medium roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 673854; continuous - phpvsfiid 673854
    B t2—69 to 109 centimeters (27.2 to 42.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 4 percent fine faint platy noncoherent cemented mica flakes, biotite throughout; 6 percent by volume metamorphic, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04576; observed in pit, small. Common fine mica flakes-probably biotite.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; common medium roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 673855; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 673855
    BC—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine faint platy noncoherent cemented mica flakes, biotite throughout; 10 percent by volume metamorphic, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P04577; observed in pit, small. Many fine mica flakes-probably biotite.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; common medium roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 673856; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 673856
    C—142 to 200 centimeters (55.9 to 78.7 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior silt loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 21 percent fine distinct platy noncoherent cemented mica flakes, biotite throughout; 10 percent by volume metamorphic, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P04578; observed in auger, bucket. Many fine mica flakes-probably biotite. A subsample was taken at 166 cm (sample number 87P4579) for alfisol vs ultisol determination via base saturation-sum of cation method.; few fine roots