IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ponzer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989NC095007
  • User Pedon ID: S1989NC095007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0269
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62202
  • 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: 35.6027794
  • Std. Longitude: -76.4730530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hyde County, North Carolina; 6mi N of Scranton, UTM zone 3940670 mN 36650 mE
  • 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

  • Describers Name: J. Gagnon and T. Dilliplane
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, dysic, thermic Terric Medisaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ponzer
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ponzer
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, dysic, thermic Terric Medisaprist
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior and black (10YR 2/1) crushed muck; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01696. fibers <2% undisturbed <1% rubbed; common fine roots throughout
    Oa1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed muck; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01697. ;fibers 10% undisturbed <1% rubbed; few fine roots throughout
    Oa2—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed muck; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P01698. fibers 40% undisturbed 5% rubbed; few fine roots throughout
    Oa2—36 to 41 centimeters (14.2 to 16.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 90P01703. subsampled Oa2 (35-40cm) for ash layer 7.5YR 4/4 ash
    Cg1—53 to 99 centimeters (20.9 to 39.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01699. mica (t1) is very few; few mica flakes concentrations; common fine and medium roots throughout; few coarse distinct 10YR32 mottles
    Cg2—99 to 119 centimeters (39.0 to 46.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; massive; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01700. mica (t1) is very few; few mica flakes concentrations; common fine and medium roots throughout
    Cg2—109 to 119 centimeters (42.9 to 46.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 90P01704. subsampled Cg2 (115-119cm) for organic matter 10YRR 2/2—2msbk—fr—f1 roots—fiber content <5% undisturbed and <1% rubbed
    Cg3—119 to 163 centimeters (46.9 to 64.2 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silty clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P01701. motles are along root channels; mica (t1) is very few; few mica flakes concentrations; common medium roots throughout; common medium prominent 7.5YR46 mottles
    Cg4—163 to 180 centimeters (64.2 to 70.9 inches); greenish gray (5G 5/1) silty clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 90P01702. mottles are along root channels; mica (t1) is very few; few mica flakes concentrations; few medium roots throughout; common medium prominent 7.5YR46 mottles