*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 88NC199015

( Yancey, North Carolina )

Print Date: Feb 16 2025 5:20AM

Sampled as on Aug 1, 1988:	Balsam ; Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Haplumbrept
Revised to correlated:	Balsam ; Loamy-skeletal, isotic, frigid Andic Haplumbrepts

				United States Department of Agriculture
SSL	-	Project	CP88NC258   NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAIN SOILS-1988	Natural Resources Conservation Service
	-	Site ID	S1988NC199015   Lat: 35° 45' 33.00" north  Long: 82° 16' 1.99" west  MLRA: 130	National Soil Survey Center
	-	Pedon No.	88P0963	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
88P05247	Oe	OE	5-0
88P05248	A1	A1	0-10				L	FSL
88P05249	A2	A2	10-26				L	SL
88P05250	A3	A3	26-45				SL	LS
88P05251	A4	A4	45-60				L	LS
88P05252	Bs	Bs	60-66				L	LS
88P05253	Bw1	Bw1	66-103				SL	LS
88P05254	Bw2	Bw2	103-153				LS	LCOS
88P05255	Bw3	Bw3	153-203				SL	SL
88P05256	Bs	Bs	60-66
88P05257			103-153		FE
88P05258			103-153		MNO2

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Pedon Calculations
Calculation Name	Result	Units of Measure
CEC Activity, CEC7/Clay, Weighted Average	5.48	(NA)
Clay, carbonate free, Weighted Average	3	% wt
Weighted Particles, 0.1-75mm, 75 mm Base	80	% wt
Volume, >2mm, Weighted Average	40	% vol
Clay, total, Weighted Average	3	% wt
Weighted averages based on control section: 25-100 cm

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 88NC199015

( Yancey, North Carolina )

Print Date: Feb 16 2025 5:20AM

Sampled As	:	Balsam		Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Haplumbrept
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  88P0963

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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
88P05247	5-0	Oe	S														tr	tr	--
88P05248	0-10	A1	S	fsl	11.1	33.7	55.2	2.6		24.2	9.5	13.1	19.2	12.8	6.3	3.8	2	4	--	46	6
88P05249	10-26	A2	S	sl	8.2	22.8	69.0	1.5		15.7	7.1	14.4	23.8	15.3	10.6	4.9	4	7	14	66	25
88P05250	26-45	A3	S	ls	2.6	16.9	80.5	0.9		9.0	7.9	17.7	27.9	16.9	9.8	8.2	5	9	23	77	46
88P05251	45-60	A4	S	ls	3.0	17.4	79.6	0.9		10.3	7.1	15.2	26.8	19.3	11.4	6.9	7	10	25	80	42
88P05252	60-66	Bs	S	ls	2.6	20.2	77.2	1.3		12.8	7.4	16.0	26.9	17.6	10.2	6.5	8	12	20	77	53
88P05253	66-103	Bw1	S	ls	2.9	18.5	78.6	1.2		11.5	7.0	15.2	25.7	16.9	11.1	9.7	5	13	34	82	64
88P05254	103-153	Bw2	S	lcos	1.6	13.5	84.9	--		8.4	5.1	13.0	25.7	18.7	14.6	12.9	7	22	28	88	60
88P05255	153-203	Bw3	S	sl	3.3	48.3	48.4	1.2		13.5	34.8	2.8	11.8	24.8	5.2	3.8	6	11	34	73	61
88P05256	60-66	Bs	S														31	--	--
88P05257	103-153		S														--	--	--
88P05258	103-153		S														--	--	--

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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	4B2b	3D1		4C1	3F1a1a	8D1	8D1
88P05247	5-0	Oe	S							100.0		1.057
88P05248	0-10	A1	S	0.34	0.50	0.136			139.0	29.2		1.033		0.37	92	4.30	2.63
88P05249	10-26	A2	S							14.0		1.026			96	3.79	1.71
88P05250	26-45	A3	S							6.8		1.018			89	6.73	2.62
88P05251	45-60	A4	S	1.47	1.48	0.002			18.6	8.9		1.025		0.10	94	6.43	2.97
88P05252	60-66	Bs	S	1.44	1.47	0.004			16.1	9.7		1.029		--		8.00	3.73
88P05252	60-66	Bs	M								26.1
88P05253	66-103	Bw1	S	1.41	1.43	0.002			17.5	6.0		1.019		0.08		3.97	2.07
88P05254	103-153	Bw2	S	1.53	1.56	0.004			15.7	5.1		1.015		0.09		5.31	3.19
88P05255	153-203	Bw3	S	1.32	1.35	0.004			25.9	5.5		1.017		0.15		2.76	1.67

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 88NC199015

( Yancey, North Carolina )

Print Date: Feb 16 2025 5:20AM

Sampled As	:	Balsam		Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Haplumbrept
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  88P0963

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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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

4F

88P05249

10-26

A2

S

NP

88P05253

66-103

Bw1

S

NP

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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 - - - - -)
				6A2d	6B3a	6R3a		6A1c		6C2b	6G7a	6D2a		8J	6C9a	6G12	6V2	6D5b		6C8a	6G10
88P05247	5-0	Oe	S	39.13	2.177			47.52	22					0.23	0.47	0.26	0.01	97.6
88P05248	0-10	A1	S		0.793			16.73	21	3.7	0.9	--	1.65	0.96	2.19	0.55	0.02	--		1.7	0.5
88P05249	10-26	A2	S		0.290			6.55	23	2.7	0.6	--	2.07	0.79	2.82	0.66	0.03	--		2.1	0.7
88P05250	26-45	A3	S		0.118			2.41	20	1.9	0.6	--	1.54	0.41	1.73	0.67	0.03	--		1.3	0.7
88P05251	45-60	A4	S					2.39		2.1	1.0	--	1.88	0.45	1.59	1.08	0.07	--		1.1	1.1
88P05252	60-66	Bs	S					2.20		2.1	1.2	--	2.21	0.47	1.57	1.42	0.15	47.1		1.1	1.1
88P05253	66-103	Bw1	S					0.86		1.9	0.7	tr	1.46	0.16	0.95	0.98	0.20	298.8		0.4	0.5
88P05254	103-153	Bw2	S					0.56		1.6	0.5	tr	1.12	0.11	0.81	0.72	0.16	365.6
88P05255	153-203	Bw3	S			0.02		0.62		1.9	0.5	--	1.34	0.11	1.01	0.83	0.21	37.5
88P05256	60-66	Bs	S							5.1	1.8	--		0.61	3.77	1.44	0.13	74.8
88P05257	103-153		GP					0.69		2.1	0.5	0.1		0.17	1.32	0.45	0.08	440.2
88P05258	103-153		GP					0.22		1.1	0.3	0.2		0.05	0.48	0.26	0.05	1235.0

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 88NC199015

( Yancey, North Carolina )

Print Date: Feb 16 2025 5:20AM

Sampled As	:	Balsam		Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Haplumbrept
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  88P0963

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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	6D3	5A3a	5A8b	5A3b	5G1	5C3	5C1
88P05248	0-10	A1	S	0.6	0.4	tr	0.3	1.3	53.0	11.4	0.4	54.3	47.7	12.7	90	2	3
88P05249	10-26	A2	S	tr	0.1	tr	tr	0.1	39.8	7.4	tr	39.9	31.1	7.5	99	tr	0
88P05250	26-45	A3	S	--	tr	tr	--	tr	23.7	3.7	--	23.7	17.5	3.7	100	tr	0
88P05251	45-60	A4	S	--	tr	tr	--	tr	28.4	3.0	--	28.4	19.3	3.0	100	tr	0
88P05252	60-66	Bs	S	--	tr	tr	--	tr	27.8	2.6	0.1	27.8	20.8	2.6	100	tr	0
88P05253	66-103	Bw1	S	tr	--	tr	--	tr	14.9	1.1	tr	14.9	11.5	1.1	100	tr	0
88P05254	103-153	Bw2	S	tr	tr	tr	--	tr	10.1	0.5	tr	10.1	8.5	0.5	100	tr	0
88P05255	153-203	Bw3	S	tr	--	tr	tr	tr	9.7			9.7	9.1			tr	0

---

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 - -)

%

88P05248

0-10

A1

S

--

88P05249

10-26

A2

S

--

88P05250

26-45

A3

S

--

88P05251

45-60

A4

S

--

88P05252

60-66

Bs

S

--

88P05253

66-103

Bw1

S

--

88P05254

103-153

Bw2

S

--

88P05255

153-203

Bw3

S

--

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 88NC199015

( Yancey, North Carolina )

Print Date: Feb 16 2025 5:20AM

Sampled As	:	Balsam		Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Haplumbrept
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  88P0963

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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			4C1a1a1	6E1g
88P05247	5-0	Oe	S	4.5	3.6	4.4			5.9	--
88P05248	0-10	A1	S	4.3	3.5	3.9			7.2
88P05249	10-26	A2	S	4.6	3.9	4.5			8.8
88P05250	26-45	A3	S	4.2	4.3	4.7			10.7
88P05251	45-60	A4	S	4.5	4.5	4.9			11.5	--
88P05252	60-66	Bs	S	4.5	4.6	5.4			11.4	tr
88P05253	66-103	Bw1	S	4.6	4.8	5.5			11.1	--
88P05254	103-153	Bw2	S	4.8	4.9	5.4			10.9
88P05255	153-203	Bw3	S	4.8	5.1	5.5			10.8	--

---

Phosphorus

-1-

-2-

-3-

-4-

-5-

-6-

-7-

-8-

-9-

-10-

-11-

-12-

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Phosphorus - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

KCl

Melanic

NZ

Acid

Anion Exch Resin

Bray

Bray

Olsen

H2O

Citric

Mehlich

Extr

Depth

Index

Oxal

Available

Capacity

1

2

Acid

III

NO3

Layer

(cm)

Horz

Prep

%

(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - mg kg-1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)

6S4

6S3

88P05247

5-0

Oe

S

30

88P05248

0-10

A1

S

77

88P05249

10-26

A2

S

77

88P05250

26-45

A3

S

60

88P05251

45-60

A4

S

79

88P05252

60-66

Bs

S

83

2.0

88P05253

66-103

Bw1

S

61

88P05254

103-153

Bw2

S

44

88P05255

153-203

Bw3

S

53

88P05256

60-66

Bs

S

95

2.0

88P05257

103-153

GP

49

88P05258

103-153

GP

31

*** Primary Characterization Data ***

Pedon ID: 88NC199015

( Yancey, North Carolina )

Print Date: Feb 16 2025 5:20AM

Sampled As	:	Balsam		Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Haplumbrept
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  88P0963

---

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									7C3								tion
Layer	(cm)	Horz	ion	( - - - - - - - - - peak size - - - - - - - - - - )					(- - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - -)				(- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - % - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -)							mg g-1
88P05252	60.0-66.0	Bs	tcly	GI 1	VR 1									14	6.7
88P05253	66.0-103.0	Bw1	tcly	GI 1										17	7.3
88P05256	60.0-66.0	Bs	tcly	GI 1										13	11.6
88P05257	103.0-153.0		tcly	GI 2	KK 1									12	15.7
88P05258	103.0-153.0		tcly	GI 1										10	5.4			0.6

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: 88NC199015

( Yancey, North Carolina )

Print Date: Feb 16 2025 5:20AM

Sampled As	:	Balsam		Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Haplumbrept
USDA-NRCS-NSSC-Soil Survey Laboratory			;	Pedon No.  88P0963

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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

88P05250

26.0-45.0

A3

fs

58

QZ 39

BT 28

GN 16

MS 13

OP 3

HN tr

ZR tr

FP tr

88P05253

66.0-103.0

Bw1

fs

33

BT 54

QZ 21

MS 11

GN 7

OP 5

OT 1

FK tr

TM tr

FRACTION INTERPRETATION:
fs - Fine Sand 0.1-0.25 mm

MINERAL INTERPRETATION:
BT Biotite	FK Potassium Feldspar	FP Plagioclase Feldspar	GN Garnet	HN Hornblende
MS Muscovite	OP Opaques	OT Other	QZ Quartz	TM Tourmaline
ZR Zircon