IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Craggey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004NC009003
  • User Pedon ID: S2004NC009003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1081
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16923
  • 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: 36.4063873
  • Std. Longitude: -81.4667282
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Mt Jefferson State Park, Jefferson, NC
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC009—Ashe
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC009—Ashe County, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M.J. Vepraskas, R.L. Mathis, G.S. Kreiser, & A.J. Zelasko
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Craggey
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: sideslope of mountain ridge mountain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    80

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    1304.5

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    270

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    A1—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); black (N 2.5/0) cobbly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06001
    A2—24 to 37 centimeters (9.4 to 14.6 inches); black (N 2.5/0) cobbly loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N06002
    Bw—37 to 45 centimeters (14.6 to 17.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) cobbly loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 medium and coarse roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 04N06003
    R—45 centimeters (17.7 inches); amphibolite fragments.