IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brownwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000NC021010
  • User Pedon ID: S2000NC021010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000NC021010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0689
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12191
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC021—Buncombe
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC021—Buncombe County, North Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35082-E3—Black Mountain, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brownwood
  • Classificaton Date - 2/28/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/28/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUAL

    ROPS

    Quercus alba

    Robinia pseudoacacia

    white oak

    black locust

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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

    76

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    914

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    90

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments.
    Bw—10 to 71 centimeters (3.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments. mica: common
    Cr—71 centimeters (28.0 inches); fragments.