IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Candor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003NC123003
  • User Pedon ID: S2003NC123003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2003NC123003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0749
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16917
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 35.2036095
  • Std. Longitude: -79.6766663
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 3.0 miles south of Candor on US 220 to SR 1003, approximately 4.6 miles south on SR 1003 to a Field Road, approximately 0.7 miles northeast on the Field Road, approximately 35 feet northeast of cable in pines. Area: Wind Blow. Sheet H-6.
  • 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-B6—Norman, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, siliceous, thermic Arenic Paleudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Candor
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, siliceous, thermic Arenic Paleudults
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: marine deposits
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/3/2003 (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

    PIPA2

    Pinus palustris

    longleaf 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

    2

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    180

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    315

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N04277
    E—8 to 58 centimeters (3.1 to 22.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04278
    Bt—58 to 94 centimeters (22.8 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04279
    BC—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04280
    E'—112 to 145 centimeters (44.1 to 57.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) sand; weak fine granular structure; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04281
    B't1—145 to 160 centimeters (57.1 to 63.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04282
    B't2—160 to 175 centimeters (63.0 to 68.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent medium prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) iron depletions and 15 percent medium faint 2.5Y 5/8 (2.5Y 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N04283
    B't3—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; 5 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium faint light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions; 10 percent by volume rounded 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # 04N04284