IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fuquay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005NC183001
  • User Pedon ID: S2005NC183001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0636
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17289
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 35.6677780
  • Std. Longitude: -78.5149994
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: NCSU Research Farm, Clayton, NC (Upper pit)
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC183—Wake
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.Tredway & M.Stamper
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Arenic Plinthic Kandiudults
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fuquay
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Arenic Plinthic Kandiudults
  • Classificaton Date - 5/25/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy marine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: marine terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/25/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    100 - 170

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragic soil properties

    100—170

    —70—
    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

    3

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    270

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); fragments.
    E—20 to 60 centimeters (7.9 to 23.6 inches); fragments.
    Bt—60 to 100 centimeters (23.6 to 39.4 inches); fragments.
    Btvx1—100 to 120 centimeters (39.4 to 47.2 inches); 6 percent medium distinct platy weakly coherent cemented plinthite nodules with clear boundaries between peds; fragments.
    Btvx2—120 to 170 centimeters (47.2 to 66.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellow (10YR 7/6), dry; clay; moderate thick platy structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; brittle; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 fine and medium roots in cracks; 15 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent medium prominent platy weakly coherent cemented red (2.5YR 5/8) plinthite nodules with sharp boundaries on horizontal faces of peds and 20 percent medium prominent irregular gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 25 percent coarse prominent platy yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N03767, 05N03765, 05N03766; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—170 to 205 centimeters (66.9 to 80.7 inches); fragments.