IDENTIFIERS

  • User Site ID: S2016NC103001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016NC103001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0320
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 35.0913000
  • Std. Longitude: -77.4739000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From NC Hwy 41 and NC Hwy 58 in Trenton, 7.15 miles NW on Hwy 58 to Timber Company Rd. .25 miles south on Timber Company Rd.; 360 feet east on path, then 220 feet north on path; 240 feet east through woods.
  • Map Unit: Gt—Grifton fine sandy loam
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC103—Jones
  • MLRA: 153A—Atlantic Coast Flatwoods
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 3-NEW—New Bern, North Carolina
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC103—Jones County, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: b. ward
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grifton
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1981
  • Classifier - staff
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grifton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Endoaqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/30/2016
  • Classifier - b. ward
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flood plain, stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/13/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: b. ward
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    36—203

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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
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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N01803; observed in pit, small
    Eg—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); single grain; very friable; 5 percent medium distinct masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N01804; observed in pit, small
    Btg—63 to 110 centimeters (24.8 to 43.3 inches); moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 50 percent medium prominent masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N01805; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—110 to 163 centimeters (43.3 to 64.2 inches); moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 17N01806; observed in auger, bucket
    Bt2—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 17N01807; observed in auger, bucket