IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cecil
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000NC183004
  • User Pedon ID: S2000NC183004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P1187
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12683
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 35.8072500
  • Std. Longitude: -78.7142778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC183—Wake
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-GRN—Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC183—Wake County, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cecil
  • PSC - 55 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/29/2016
  • Classifier - Mark Van Lear
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cecil
  • Classificaton Date - 2/19/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/19/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    kandic horizon

    0—55

    55—128

    55—128

    —55—

    —73—

    —73—
    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

    6

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    123

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    225

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    Ap1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 21.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 21.0 fine pores; 28 percent by volume , 40 percent by weight 2-?-75 millimeter pyroclastic (consolidated) fragments observed by weighed method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P06842. 20% R F gr.
    Ap2—12 to 45 centimeters (4.7 to 17.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse granular structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 35 percent by volume , 49 percent by weight 2-?-75 millimeter pyroclastic (consolidated) fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06843. clay bodies 2.5YR 4/6; texture: 30% R F w/clay bodies.
    Ap3—45 to 55 centimeters (17.7 to 21.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy clay loam; weak medium and coarse granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 29 percent by volume , 42 percent by weight 2-?-75 millimeter pyroclastic (consolidated) fragments observed by weighed method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P06844. clay bodies 2.5YR 4/6; 20% R F.
    Bt1—55 to 77 centimeters (21.7 to 30.3 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films and 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06845. continuous - phpvsfiid 1368907; continuous - phpvsfiid 1368907
    Bt2—77 to 98 centimeters (30.3 to 38.6 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films and 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06846. continuous - phpvsfiid 1368909; continuous - phpvsfiid 1368909
    Bt3—98 to 128 centimeters (38.6 to 50.4 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films and 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 00P06847. C 2 P 10YR 6/6 Wx saprolite; 1% charcoal; quartzite 10 inch diameter rock (1 seen) localized.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1368911; continuous - phpvsfiid 1368911
    BCt1—128 to 150 centimeters (50.4 to 59.1 inches); 70 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine pores; red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films and 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume , 5 percent by weight 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 00P06848. roots: none; localized pockets of fractured rock mica schist 1% 10 inch diameter.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1368913; continuous - phpvsfiid 1368913
    BCt2—150 to 201 centimeters (59.1 to 79.1 inches); 50 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 40 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 10 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay loam; massive, and weak coarse subangular blocky; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine pores; red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films; 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06849. common C, F, M & P in channers; localized pockets of fractured rock mica schist 1% 10 inch diameter.
    CBt1—201 to 230 centimeters (79.1 to 90.6 inches); 50 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 40 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 10 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) very fine sandy loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # 00P06850
    CBt2—230 to 295 centimeters (90.6 to 116.1 inches); 50 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 40 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 10 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine sandy loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # 00P06851
    CBt2—295 to 340 centimeters (116.1 to 133.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) very fine sandy loam; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P06852
    C—340 to 380 centimeters (133.9 to 149.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loamy fine sand; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight 2-?-20 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by weighed method. Lab sample # 00P06853