IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orange
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965NC145006
  • User Pedon ID: S1965NC145006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4057
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39699
  • 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: 36.2634125
  • Std. Longitude: -78.8414078
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Piedmont plateau; from Moriah; .6 miles west on paved road (County Road No. 1715); 300 yards north of road in small field
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC145—Person
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC145—Person County, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. B. Watts and V. S. Jenkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Orange
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ORANGE
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/19/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AJW1AA126
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31025
    A2—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 3 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium faint mottles; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31026
    B1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31027. patchy - phpvsfiid 202523; patchy - phpvsfiid 202523
    B2T—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay; 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium and coarse distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent clay films; 1 percent noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1); 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31028
    B3T—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay; 3 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) coarse prominent and 3 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine prominent mottles; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31029
    C1—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) and gray (10YR 5/1) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and black (10YR 2/1); friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31030
    C2—107 to 178 centimeters (42.1 to 70.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A31031