IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rabun
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004VA003001
  • User Pedon ID: S2004VA003001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2004VA003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1179
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17321
  • 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: 37.9830551
  • Std. Longitude: -78.4597244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 72B3—Rabun clay, 2 to 7 percent slopes, severely eroded
  • State: Virginia
  • County: VA003—Albemarle
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: VA003—Albemarle County, Virginia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Ellen Cook, J. Coalbraith and Andy Jones
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, kaolinitic, mesic Typic Rhodudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rabun
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, kaolinitic, mesic Typic Rhodudults
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from greenstone
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    FESTU

    POA

    TRRE3

    Festuca

    Poa

    Trifolium repens

    fescue

    bluegrass

    white clover

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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

    11

    20

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    178

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    Ap—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; firm; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter quartzite fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06882
    Bt1—7 to 20 centimeters (2.8 to 7.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; 75 percent thin clay films; 10 percent worm casts; 2 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter quartzite fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06883. patchy - phpvsfiid 328464; patchy - phpvsfiid 328464
    Bt2—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 75 percent thin clay films; 10 percent worm casts; 2 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter quartzite fragments and 2 percent by volume greenstone fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06884. continuous - phpvsfiid 328465; continuous - phpvsfiid 328465
    Bt3—40 to 80 centimeters (15.7 to 31.5 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent thin clay films; 10 percent worm casts; 2 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter quartzite fragments and 3 percent by volume greenstone fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06885. patchy - phpvsfiid 328466; patchy - phpvsfiid 328466
    BCt—80 to 102 centimeters (31.5 to 40.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent thin clay films; 3 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter quartzite fragments and 5 percent by volume greenstone fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06886. patchy - phpvsfiid 328467; patchy - phpvsfiid 328467
    C/Bt—102 to 120 centimeters (40.2 to 47.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silt loam, silty clay loam; massive, and weak medium subangular blocky; friable; 10 percent thin clay films; 20 percent by volume greenstone fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N06887. patchy - phpvsfiid 328468; patchy - phpvsfiid 328468
    Cr—120 centimeters (47.2 inches); bedrock; fragments.