IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cape Fear
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980SC089009
  • User Pedon ID: 80SC089009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0388
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48166
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 33.4970856
  • Std. Longitude: -79.7306137
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 5.4 mi W of Earle, 1.4 mi on Hwy 41 to dirt Rd; 1.3 mi W on dirt Rd; .45 mi N on Oak Ridge Bay Rd.
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC089—Williamsburg

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cape Fear
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed Typic Umbraquults
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    1A1—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 medium and coarse roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Few clean sand grains.; many medium and coarse roots
    1A2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior loamy sand; 30 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Few sand grains that are coated with organic matter.; common fine roots; many fine and medium distinct 10YR61 mottles
    1B21tg—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior sandy clay; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02096. Few coarse clean sand grains.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine and medium roots; common medium distinct 5YR56 mottles
    1B22tg—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior clay; 30 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02097. Few coarse, clean sand grains; few fine gravel.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; many medium distinct 7.5YR68 mottles
    1B3g—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent yellow (10YR 7/8) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02098. Common coarse clean sand grains; few fine gravel.; common fine mica flakes concentrations; few fine distinct 10YR78 mottles; common medium distinct 5YR56 mottles
    2Cg—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior sand; 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. few fine mica flakes concentrations; common fine and medium distinct 10YR68 mottles