IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): COLFAX
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965NC167006
  • User Pedon ID: S1965NC167006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4063
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40255
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1.1 mile NNE of Albemarle city limit on farm of Mrs. Margaret S. Bell; near the intersection of county roads 1541 and 1537
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC167—Stanly
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC167—Stanly County, North Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Steele, J. B. Watts, and S. H. Hearn
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, thermic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - COLFAX
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - COLFAX
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/1965
  • 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: 11/17/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ACV-5P-82
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    3

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31058
    B1—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) crushed silt loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine distinct and 1 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; hard when dry, friable; brittle; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A31059
    B21T—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silt loam; 3 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) medium distinct and 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky; brittle; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A31060. continuous - phpvsfiid 200289; continuous - phpvsfiid 200289
    B22T—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; brittle; 0.5 pores; clay films; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A31061. patchy - phpvsfiid 200290; patchy - phpvsfiid 200290
    B3—71 to 79 centimeters (28.0 to 31.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately sticky; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A31062
    R—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A31063