*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 87NC121001

( Mitchell, North Carolina )

Print Date: Dec 17 2024 11:33PM

Sampled as on Sep 1, 1987:	Saunook ; Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Humic Hapludult
Revised to correlated:	Saunook ; Fine, isotic, mesic Andic Haplohumults

				United States Department of Agriculture
SSL	-	Project	CP87NC264   MOUNTIAN SOILS	Natural Resources Conservation Service
	-	Site ID	S1987NC121001   Lat: 36° 7' 50.00" north  Long: 82° 9' 8.00" west  MLRA: 130	National Soil Survey Center
	-	Pedon No.	87P0817	Soil Survey Laboratory
	-	General Methods 1B1A, 2A1, 2B		Lincoln, Nebraska 68508-3866

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Layer	Horizon	Orig Hzn	Depth (cm)	Field Label 1	Field Label 2	Field Label 3	Field Texture	Lab Texture
87P04483	Ap	Ap	0-25				L	SIL
87P04484	BA	BA	25-39				L	L
87P04485	Bt1	Bt1	39-64				L	SIL
87P04486	Bt2	Bt2	64-97				L	SIL
87P04487	Bt3	Bt3	97-127				L	L
87P04488	2Bt1	2Bt4	127-197				L	SL
87P04489	2Bt2	2Bt5	197-263				L	SL

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Pedon Calculations
Calculation Name	Result	Units of Measure
CEC Activity, CEC7/Clay, Weighted Average	0.9	(NA)
Clay, carbonate free, Weighted Average	20	% wt
Weighted Particles, 0.1-75mm, 75 mm Base	32	% wt
Volume, >2mm, Weighted Average	10	% vol
Clay, total, Weighted Average	20	% wt
LE, Whole Soil, Summed to 1m	3	cm/m
Weighted averages based on control section: 39-89 cm

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PSDA  &  Rock Fragments				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-	-15-	-16-	-17-	-18-
					(- - - - - Total - - - - - -)			(- - Clay - - -)		(- - - - Silt - - - - -)		(- - - - - - - - - - - - Sand - - - - - - - - - - - -)					( Rock Fragments   (mm) )
				Lab	Clay	Silt	Sand	Fine	CO3	Fine	Coarse	VF	F	M	C	VC	(- - - - - - - - Weight - - - - - - - -)				>2 mm
				Text-	<	.002	.05	<	<	.002	.02	.05	.10	.25	.5	1	2	5	20	.1-	wt %
	Depth			ure	.002	-.05	-2	.0002	.002	-.02	-.05	-.10	-.25	-.50	-1	-2	-5	-20	-75	75	whole
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep		(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % of <2mm Mineral Soil - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)												(- - - - - - - % of <75mm - - - - - -)				soil
				3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a		3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3A1a1a	3B1	3B1	3B1
87P04483	0-25	Ap	S	sil	22.4	55.7	21.9	3.2		45.8	9.9	4.5	4.4	4.1	3.9	5.0	1	1	--	19	2
87P04484	25-39	BA	S	l	14.0	48.6	37.4	1.6		35.9	12.7	15.0	9.7	5.0	4.5	3.2	3	4	--	28	13
87P04485	39-64	Bt1	S	sil	18.9	52.7	28.4	2.3		39.2	13.5	6.6	5.8	5.0	5.7	5.3	2	4	8	33	24
87P04486	64-97	Bt2	S	sil	20.2	52.8	27.0	2.5		40.9	11.9	7.4	6.2	4.6	4.4	4.4	2	3	8	30	23
87P04487	97-127	Bt3	S	l	16.8	44.0	39.2	2.0		33.0	11.0	11.1	9.5	6.9	6.5	5.2	2	3	28	52	42
87P04488	127-197	2Bt1	S	sl	4.9	31.4	63.7	0.7		19.1	12.3	16.5	15.1	11.6	10.7	9.8	5	9	44	78	73
87P04489	197-263	2Bt2	S	sl	9.7	31.8	58.5	1.3		22.0	9.8	11.4	12.7	10.5	11.9	12.0	5	5	28	67	53

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 87NC121001

( Mitchell, North Carolina )

Print Date: Dec 17 2024 11:33PM

Sampled As	:	Saunook		Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Humic Hapludult
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  87P0817

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Bulk Density  &  Moisture				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-
				(Bulk Density)		Cole	(- - - - - - - - - - - Water Content - - - - - - - - - - -)					( Air Dry-Oven Dry )		WRD	Aggst
				33	Oven	Whole	6	10	33	1500	1500 kPa	(- - - - Ratio - - - -)		Whole	Stabl	(- - Ratio/Clay - -)
	Depth			kPa	Dry	Soil	kPa	kPa	kPa	kPa	Moist		Corrected	Soil	2-0.5mm	CEC7	1500 kPa
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - g cm-3 - - -)			(- - - - - - - - - - - - pct of < 2mm - - - - - - - - - - - -)							cm3 cm-3	%
				4A1d	4A1h				4B1c	3C2a1a		3D1		4C1		8D1	8D1
87P04483	0-25	Ap	S	0.96	1.11	0.049			44.9	22.9		1.038		0.21		1.65	1.02
87P04484	25-39	BA	S	1.12	1.18	0.016			35.6	21.2		1.033		0.15		1.67	1.51
87P04485	39-64	Bt1	S	0.97	1.02	0.015			35.5	19.5		1.031		0.14		0.93	1.03
87P04486	64-97	Bt2	S	1.05	1.13	0.022			38.5	19.8		1.030		0.18		0.86	0.98
87P04487	97-127	Bt3	S	1.05	1.10	0.012			36.6	17.9		1.028		0.15		0.99	1.07
87P04488	127-197	2Bt1	S	1.03	1.05	0.003			33.7	11.7		1.022		0.11		2.31	2.39
87P04489	197-263	2Bt2	S	1.10	1.11	0.002			34.5	13.6		1.023		0.16		1.30	1.40

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Water Content				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-
				(- - Atterberg - -)		(- - - - - Bulk Density - - - - -)			(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Water Content - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)
				(- - - Limits - - -)		Field	Recon	Recon	Field	Recon	(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sieved Samples - - - - - - - - - - - - -)
				LL	PI		33	Oven		33	6	10	33	100	200	500
	Depth						kPa	Dry		kPa	kPa	kPa	kPa	kPa	kPa	kPa
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	pct <0.4mm		(- - - - - - - - g cm-3 - - - - - - -)			(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % of < 2mm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)
				4F1	4F
87P04483	0-25	Ap	S	63	15
87P04486	64-97	Bt2	S	47	15
87P04489	197-263	2Bt2	S	38	8

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Carbon  &  Extractions				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-	-15-	-16-	-17-	-18-	-19-
				(- - - - - Total - - - - -)			Est	OC	C/N	(- - - Dith-Cit Ext - - -)			(- - - - - - Ammonium Oxalate Extraction - - - - - -)						(- - - Na Pyro-Phosphate - - -)
	Depth			C	N	S	OC	(WB)	Ratio	Fe	Al	Mn	Al+½Fe	ODOE	Fe	Al	Si	Mn	C	Fe	Al	Mn
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - - - - - - - - % of <2 mm - - - - - - - - - -)						(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % of < 2mm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)								mg kg-1	(- - - - - - % of < 2mm - - - - -)
					6B3a			6A1c		6C2b	6G7a	6D2a		8J	6C9a	6G12	6V2	6D5b		6C8a	6G10
87P04483	0-25	Ap	S		0.463			6.31	14	3.3	1.2	0.1	2.14	0.39	1.55	1.36	0.14	580.6		1.0	1.2
87P04484	25-39	BA	S		0.169			2.02	12	4.7	1.1	0.1	2.45	0.23	1.84	1.53	0.22	359.0		0.8	1.0
87P04485	39-64	Bt1	S		0.124			1.13	9	3.8	0.9	0.1	2.11	0.17	1.86	1.18	0.20	406.7		0.5	0.8
87P04486	64-97	Bt2	S		0.103			0.93	9	3.8	0.9	0.1	1.98	0.16	1.72	1.11	0.19	345.5		0.5	0.7
87P04487	97-127	Bt3	S		0.096			0.87	9	3.6	0.9	0.1	2.29	0.15	1.90	1.34	0.32	321.5		0.3	0.5
87P04488	127-197	2Bt1	S					0.56		2.6	0.7	0.1
87P04489	197-263	2Bt2	S					0.50		3.3	0.7	0.1

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 87NC121001

( Mitchell, North Carolina )

Print Date: Dec 17 2024 11:33PM

Sampled As	:	Saunook		Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Humic Hapludult
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  87P0817

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CEC  &  Bases				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-	-12-	-13-	-14-
				(- - - - - - NH4OAC Extractable Bases - - - - -)								CEC8	CEC7	ECEC		(- - - - Base - - - -)
								Sum	Acid-	Extr	KCl	Sum	NH4	Bases	Al	(- Saturation -)
	Depth			Ca	Mg	Na	K	Bases	ity	Al	Mn	Cats	OAC	+Al	Sat	Sum	NH4OAC
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - cmol(+) kg-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)							mg kg-1	(- - - - cmol(+) kg-1 - - -)			(- - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - -)
				6N2e	6O2d	6P2b	6Q2b		6H5a	6G9b		5A3a	5A8b	5A3b	5G1	5C3	5C1
87P04483	0-25	Ap	S	19.7	7.4	0.1	0.3	27.5	19.4			46.9	36.9			59	75
87P04484	25-39	BA	S	6.7	3.1	0.1	0.1	10.0	19.3	--		29.3	23.4			34	43
87P04485	39-64	Bt1	S	2.7	1.9	tr	0.1	4.7	18.7	0.6		23.4	17.6	5.3	11	20	27
87P04486	64-97	Bt2	S	2.8	1.7	0.1	0.1	4.7	17.9			22.6	17.4			21	27
87P04487	97-127	Bt3	S	2.0	1.7	0.1	0.1	3.9	18.1			22.0	16.7			18	23
87P04488	127-197	2Bt1	S	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.1	1.3	13.7			15.0	11.3			9	12
87P04489	197-263	2Bt2	S	0.9	0.6	0.1	0.1	1.7	12.7	--		14.4	12.6			12	13

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Salt

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

-15-

-16-

-17-

-18-

-19-

-20-

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Water Extracted From Saturated Paste - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

1:2

Total

Elec

Elec

Exch

Depth

Ca

Mg

Na

K

CO3

HCO3

F

Cl

PO4

Br

OAC

SO4

NO2

NO3

H2O

Salts

Cond

Cond

Na

SAR

Layer

(cm)

Horz

Prep

(- - - - - mmol(+) L-1 - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - mmol(-) L-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - - % - - - -)

(- - dS m-1 - -)

%

8A

4F1a1a1

87P04483

0-25

Ap

S

tr

87P04484

25-39

BA

S

tr

87P04485

39-64

Bt1

S

--

87P04486

64-97

Bt2

S

63.9

0.10

1

87P04487

97-127

Bt3

S

1

87P04488

127-197

2Bt1

S

1

87P04489

197-263

2Bt2

S

1

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 87NC121001

( Mitchell, North Carolina )

Print Date: Dec 17 2024 11:33PM

Sampled As	:	Saunook		Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Humic Hapludult
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  87P0817

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pH  &  Carbonates				-1-	-2-	-3-	-4-	-5-	-6-	-7-	-8-	-9-	-10-	-11-
				(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - pH - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)						(- - Carbonate - -)		(- - Gypsum - - -)
					CaCl2					As CaCO3		As CaSO4*2H2O		Resist
	Depth				0.01M	H2O	Sat			<2mm	<20mm	<2mm	<20mm	ohms
Layer	(cm)	Horz	Prep	KCl	1:2	1:1	Paste	Oxid	NaF	(- - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - -)				cm-1
				4C1a2a3	4C1a2a	4C1a2a	8C1b							8E1
87P04483	0-25	Ap	S	5.7	5.6	5.8
87P04484	25-39	BA	S	4.9	5.0	5.4
87P04485	39-64	Bt1	S	4.5	5.0	5.4
87P04486	64-97	Bt2	S	4.4	5.2	5.7	5.6							26000
87P04487	97-127	Bt3	S	4.7	5.5	5.9
87P04488	127-197	2Bt1	S	4.9	5.3	5.8
87P04489	197-263	2Bt2	S	4.7	4.6	4.7

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 87NC121001

( Mitchell, North Carolina )

Print Date: Dec 17 2024 11:33PM

Sampled As	:	Saunook		Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Humic Hapludult
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  87P0817

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Clay Mineralogy (<.002 mm)

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

-15-

-16-

-17-

-18-

X-Ray

Thermal

Elemental

EGME

Inter

SiO2

Al2O3

Fe2O3

MgO

CaO

K2O

Na2O

Retn

preta

Depth

Fract

7A2i

7A4b

7C3

tion

Layer

(cm)

Horz

ion

( - - - - - - - - - peak size - - - - - - - - - - )

(- - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

mg g-1

87P04483

0.0-25.0

Ap

tcly

VR 2

KK 2

GI 1

KK 47

GI 22

25

10.9

0.7

87P04486

64.0-97.0

Bt2

tcly

VR 2

KK 2

GI 2

KK 40

GI 8

27

11.9

0.9

87P04489

197.0-263.0

2Bt2

tcly

GI 3

VR 2

KK 1

KK 25

GI 25

33

11.0

0.4

FRACTION INTERPRETATION:
tcly - Total Clay <0.002 mm

MINERAL INTERPRETATION:
GI Gibbsite	KK Kaolinite	VR Vermiculite

RELATIVE PEAK SIZE:

5 Very Large

4 Large

3 Medium

2 Small

1 Very Small

6 No Peaks

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 87NC121001

( Mitchell, North Carolina )

Print Date: Dec 17 2024 11:33PM

Sampled As	:	Saunook		Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Humic Hapludult
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  87P0817

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Sand - Silt Mineralogy (2.0-0.002 mm)

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

-13-

-14-

-15-

-16-

-17-

-18-

X-Ray

Thermal

Optical

EGME

Inter

Tot Re

Grain Count

Retn

preta

Depth

Fract

7B1a2

tion

Layer

(cm)

Horz

ion

( - - - - - - - - peak size - - - - - - - - - )

(- - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - -)

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

mg g-1

87P04486

64.0-97.0

Bt2

vfs

69

QZ 36

GE 25

HN 13

BT 8

FK 7

OP 6

OT 3

GN 1

RA 1

QC tr

PR tr

FP tr

ZR tr

87P04489

197.0-263.0

2Bt2

vfs

56

QZ 27

GE 23

BT 21

HN 14

FK 6

OP 6

OT 2

GN tr

FP tr

MS tr

ZR tr

PR tr

FRACTION INTERPRETATION:
vfs - Very Fine Sand 0.05-0.1 mm

MINERAL INTERPRETATION:
BT Biotite	FK Potassium Feldspar	FP Plagioclase Feldspar	GE Goethite	GN Garnet
HN Hornblende	MS Muscovite	OP Opaques	OT Other	PR Pyroxene
QC Clay-Coated Quartz	QZ Quartz	RA Resistant Aggregates	ZR Zircon