IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hiwassee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999NC123006
  • User Pedon ID: 99NC123006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1999NC123006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0558
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12062
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 3.1 mile NW of Mt Gilead, NC 73 to SR 1111, 3.9 mile W & N on SR 1111 to SR1185, 2.0 mile SW & N on SR1185, 70 feet N of road in woods.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC123—Montgomery
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC123—Montgomery County, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hiwassee
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, kaolinitic Typic Rhodudults
  • Classificaton Date - 3/29/1999
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/29/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    PITA

    QUAL

    Pinus taeda

    Quercus alba

    loblolly pine

    white oak

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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

    6

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    335

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    225

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P03649. % CF: 2 quartz
    Bt1—10 to 46 centimeters (3.9 to 18.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03650
    Bt—10 to 60 centimeters (3.9 to 23.6 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 00P03654
    Bt2—46 to 84 centimeters (18.1 to 33.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03651. % CF: quartz 1
    Bt3—84 to 130 centimeters (33.1 to 51.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) silty clay, clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P03652
    BCt—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam, clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P03653. has some relic C2D rock (2.5YR 6/6)
    BCt—132 to 142 centimeters (52.0 to 55.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 00P03655