IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Biscoe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006NC123001-Biscoe, OSD
  • User Pedon ID: S2006NC123004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006NC123001-Biscoe, OSD
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0097
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24526
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 35.3047218
  • Std. Longitude: -79.8988876
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Montgomery County, North Carolina; about 4.0 miles south of Troy on Secondary Road 1005; 122 meters north of the intersection with Secondary Road 1549 on Secondary Road 1005; 244 meters west of road in cut-over. USGS Troy, NC topographic quadrangle; latitude 35 degrees 18 minutes and 17.4 seconds N. and longitude 79 degrees 53 minutes 55.8 seconds W.
  • Map Unit: 39B—Callison-Secrest complex, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC123—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC123—Montgomery County, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Leab/Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, subactive, thermic Aeric Epiaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Biscoe
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, siliceous, subactive, thermic Aeric Epiaquults
  • PSC - 20 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Carolina Slate-belt
  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: flat
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent moderate weathered argillite at 23cm with 10 to <45
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/22/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: E-8
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop trees
  • 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

    PITA

    Pinus palustris

    Pinus taeda

    longleaf pine

    loblolly pine

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    bedrock, lithic

    moderately coherent

    indurated

    58 - 104

    104 - 203

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

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    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

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    7—58

    20—58

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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

    30

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    147

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    216

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    A—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) interior silt loam; moderate thick platy, and weak fine angular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N00709; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BE—7 to 20 centimeters (2.8 to 7.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) interior silt loam; moderate thick platy, and weak fine angular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 1.0 medium tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent medium faint irregular light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent coarse prominent irregular 10Y 6/6 (10Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent irregular brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented quartz fragments; positive to alpha-alpha dipyridyl; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00710; moist when described; observed in pit, small. positive reaction to alpha,alpha-dipyridyl
    Bt—20 to 53 centimeters (7.9 to 20.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 2.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular and 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium irregular and light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 5 percent coarse irregular light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 5 percent medium irregular brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent coarse irregular brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent medium irregular dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent coarse irregular red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N00711; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 432713; patchy - phpvsfiid 432713
    Btg—53 to 58 centimeters (20.9 to 22.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 10 percent distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay bridges on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium irregular olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent coarse irregular light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, and masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 09N00712; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 432714; patchy - phpvsfiid 432714
    Cr—58 to 104 centimeters (22.8 to 40.9 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. soft argillite; fractured at intervals of 10 to 45 cm with 10YR 6/2 clay flows in fractures; moderately cemented with high excavation difficulty
    R—104 to 203 centimeters (40.9 to 79.9 inches); fragments. hard argillite; fractured at intervals of 45 to more than 100 cm; strongly cememted with very high excavation difficulty