IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bladen

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2004GA179001

User Pedon ID: 04GA179001

Vegetation Plot ID: S2004GA179001

User Site Association ID: 3-RHI Liberty and Long Counties Georgia Typical Pedons

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 05N0456

Print Date: 12/17/2024

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: 31.7534714

Std. Longitude: -81.5328903

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: In Liberty County, 4.8 miles from Walthourville at the intersection of E. B. Cooper Hwy, Georgia Highway 119, and Dunlevie Road and along E.B. Cooper Highway; and in a pine plantation, 240 feet north of the highway right across from a timber road entrance.

Map Unit: Bd—Bladen fine sandy loam

Country: US—United States

State: Georgia

County: GA179—Liberty

MLRA: 153A—Atlantic Coast Flatwoods

Regional Office: SE—Southeast

MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-RHI—Richmond Hill, Georgia

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: GA644—Liberty and Long Counties, Georgia

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31081-G5—Hinesville, Georgia

PEDON

Describers Name: L. West, E. Ealy, H. Markewich, D. Bradshaw, M. Crouch, S. Lawrence

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Albaquults

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 1

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Bladen

Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Albaquults

PSC - 18 to 68 cm.

Classificaton Date - 12/9/2004

Moisture Class - aquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: clayey marine deposits over loamy

Landscape: lower coastal plain

Landform: marine terrace

Geomorphic Component Flats: talf

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: negligible

Drainage Class: poorly

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 12/9/2004 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
PITA PITA	Pinus taeda Pinus taeda	loblolly pine loblolly pine	— —	— —	— —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon	0—18 18—122	—- —-

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
0.2	—	—	65.1	—	51	1228	—	269	19.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	GA3538	Fort Stewart, GA 3538	NOAA

Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N02606; observed in pit, small

Ap2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02607; observed in pit, small

Btg1—18 to 47 centimeters (7.1 to 18.5 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02608; observed in pit, small

Btg2—47 to 61 centimeters (18.5 to 24.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02609; observed in pit, small

Btg3—61 to 96 centimeters (24.0 to 37.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) clay; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 25 percent distinct pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 50 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02610; observed in pit, small

Btg4—96 to 122 centimeters (37.8 to 48.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 25 percent distinct pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 50 percent distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02611; observed in pit, small

BCg1—122 to 172 centimeters (48.0 to 67.7 inches); 50 percent gray (10YR 6/1) interior and 5 percent gray (10YR 5/1) exterior clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent distinct pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent prominent dark red (10R 3/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02612; observed in pit, small

BCg2—172 to 230 centimeters (67.7 to 90.6 inches); 30 percent gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; very firm; 10 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent prominent 10YR 4/8 (10YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent prominent 10YR 4/8 (10YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02613; observed in push tube

BCg3—230 to 240 centimeters (90.6 to 94.5 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent prominent 10YR 4/8 (10YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent prominent 10YR 4/8 (10YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02614; observed in push tube

BCg4—240 to 268 centimeters (94.5 to 105.5 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds; 15 percent prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) masses of oxidized iron; ; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N02615; observed in push tube

Cg—268 to 330 centimeters (105.5 to 129.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; structureless massive; firm; 10 percent carbonate masses; fragments. Lab sample # 05N02616; observed in push tube