IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Peakin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003NC123002
  • User Pedon ID: S2003NC123002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2003NC123002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0748
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16916
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 35.1833344
  • Std. Longitude: -79.9458313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 3.4 miles southeast of Mount Gilead on NC 73 to SR 1118, approximately 1.1 miles northeast on SR 1118 to Jimmy Haywood Chicken House Rd, approximately 0.75 miles east and north into woods on Farm/Woods Rd, approximately 175 feet south of old corregated storage tank. Area: Town Creek. Sheet D-12.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC123—Montgomery
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC123—Montgomery County, North Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35079-B8—Mount Gilead East, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Peakin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/2003
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: triassic mudstone and/or triassic siltstone
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/2/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    PITA

    Pinus taeda

    loblolly pine

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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

    3

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    76

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    248

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 7.0 fine and medium roots and 11.0 coarse roots; 20 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04269
    AB—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04270
    Bt1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04271
    Bt2—46 to 86 centimeters (18.1 to 33.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent clay films; 3 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04272. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 269978; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 269978
    Bt3—86 to 119 centimeters (33.9 to 46.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 35 percent clay films; 10 percent medium faint brown (7.5YR 5/4) iron depletions and 15 percent medium faint red (10R 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04273. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 269979; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 269979
    Bt4—119 to 140 centimeters (46.9 to 55.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 40 percent clay films; 20 percent coarse prominent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) iron depletions and 25 percent coarse faint red (10R 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04274. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 269982; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 269982
    BC—140 to 163 centimeters (55.1 to 64.2 inches); 45 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 40 percent red (10R 4/8) and 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04275
    C—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); 40 percent red (10R 4/8) and 25 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and 20 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) and 15 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) silty clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2. Lab sample # 04N04276