IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): PORTSMOUTH
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955NC049001
  • User Pedon ID: S1955NC049001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955NC049001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5174
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41863
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: This plot is located in Craven County, N. C., in the Croatan National Forest, just east of Jones County line. It lies south of Trent River and is about six miles SW of New Bern and about eight miles east of Pollocksville (Ref. New Bern quad. 1:24,000).
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC049—Craven
  • MLRA: 153A—Atlantic Coast Flatwoods
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC049—Craven County, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - PORTSMOUTH
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/2001
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - PORTSMOUTH
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    NYSY

    PERSE

    Nyssa sylvatica

    Persea

    blackgum

    bay

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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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    A11—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A38947
    A12—16 to 31 centimeters (6.3 to 12.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; granular structure; friable; fragments.
    B1—31 to 56 centimeters (12.2 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; coarse subangular blocky parts to strong fine subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; very sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A38949
    B2G—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; 21 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) distinct mottles; coarse prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; very sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 roots; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A38950
    2C1—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2); granular structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A38951
    2C2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2); firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A38952