IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Unknown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 82FN543007
  • User Pedon ID: 82FN543007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0565
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51352
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 15 meters W of old road, 1 km NE of Thabana-Tsooana, 1 km SSW of Ha Fusi.
  • State: Foreign

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Eacock, Cauley and Matela
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unknown
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1982 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    1580

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    90

    140

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    1Ap—0 to 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior fine sandy loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P02877
    1AB—21 to 39 centimeters (8.3 to 15.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P02878. common very fine roots
    1Bt—39 to 69 centimeters (15.4 to 27.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P02879. Few fine clay bridges; 10% 2 to 10 mm irregular Fe/Mn concretions.; common very fine roots
    2Btc1—69 to 98 centimeters (27.2 to 38.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior very gravelly clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P02880. Few faint clay bridges; 50% 3 to 15 mm irregular Fe/Mn concretions.; few very fine roots
    2Btc2—98 to 109 centimeters (38.6 to 42.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior gravelly clay loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02881. 20% 5 to 25 mm irregular Fe/Mn concretions.; common clay films surface features; few very fine roots; many fine prominent 10YR58 mottles
    2Bt—109 to 129 centimeters (42.9 to 50.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 5.5 very fine tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P02882. few clay films surface features; few very fine roots; many fine prominent 5YR46 mottles
    2C—129 to 149 centimeters (50.8 to 58.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P02883. 60% weathered shale fragments.; few very fine roots
    2Cr—149 to 155 centimeters (58.7 to 61.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior weathered bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 82P02884. Highly weathered shale saprolite with many prominent manganese coatings on fragments.