IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tarrus

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2012NC135008

User Pedon ID: S2012NC135008

Vegetation Plot ID: S2012NC135008

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 13N4953

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72778

Print Date: 12/11/2024

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: 36.1622306

Std. Longitude: -79.1122222

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Samples from NCSU Breeze Farm location in Orange Co.

State: North Carolina

County: NC135—Orange

MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont

MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-GRN—Greensboro, North Carolina

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC135—Orange County, North Carolina

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36079-B1—Caldwell, North Carolina

PEDON

Describers Name: Steve Evans, James Lewis, Larry Sink

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Purpose: research site

Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Tarrus

Taxonomic Class - Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 10 to 60 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/18/2012

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: formed in residuum from argillite or other fine-grained metavolcanic rocks of the Carolina Slate Belt

Landscape: piedmont slope

Landform: ridge

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: concave

Drainage Class: well

Bedrock: strongly coherent argillite at 124cm; very strongly coherent argillite at 124cm

Geology: ;

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/5/2012 (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
ACRU CARYA CERCI2 LITU PITA	Acer rubrum Carya Cercis Liriodendron tulipifera Pinus taeda	red maple hybrid hickory redbud tuliptree loblolly pine	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, lithic	strongly coherent	124 -	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon kandic horizon	0—10 10—124 10—124	—- —- —-

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
13	—	—	195	—		1221	—	210	14.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loam; 35 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate coarse granular, and moderate medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N03343; observed in pit, small

Bt1—10 to 48 centimeters (3.9 to 18.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 35 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; faint yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N03344; observed in pit, small

Bt2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay; 15 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 45 percent clay; 5 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.2 coarse roots throughout; faint yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N03345; observed in pit, small

Bt3—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay; 20 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 40 percent clay; 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 15 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium faint mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.2 very fine roots throughout and 0.2 fine roots throughout; faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N03346; observed in pit, small

BC—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) silty clay loam; 32 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 28 percent clay; 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.1 medium roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine prominent light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N03347; observed in auger, bucket

R—124 centimeters (48.8 inches); fragments.