IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mecklenburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996NC081002
  • User Pedon ID: 96NC081002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0063
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68538
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 36.0686111
  • Std. Longitude: -79.7441635
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: A & T State University Research Farm, Greensboro, NC
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC081—Guilford
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC081—Guilford County, North Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36079-A6—McLeansville, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wyatt, Spangler, Woody
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mecklenburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 18 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/1996
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) oxidized and broken face loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine dendritic tubular pores; quartzite fragments and 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P00382
    Bt1—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) oxidized and broken face clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 10 percent prominent red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P00383. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182867; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182867
    Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) oxidized and broken face clay; 3 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) medium distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 10 percent distinct red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P00384. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182868; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182868
    BC—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) oxidized and broken face clay loam; 21 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) medium and coarse distinct irregular mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine and fine pores; 1 percent faint red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P00385. patchy - phpvsfiid 182869; patchy - phpvsfiid 182869
    C—86 to 168 centimeters (33.9 to 66.1 inches); 60 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) oxidized and 40 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) exterior loam; 3 percent white (5YR 8/1) fine and medium prominent mottles; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 97P00386. In the mottles relic rock appearance