IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pelham
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983GA003013
  • User Pedon ID: 83GA003013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0759
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53546
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 31.3416672
  • Std. Longitude: -82.8708344
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Atkinson County, GA: NE of Pearson 6 km on paved County Rd from US Hwy 84; 122 meters E on dirt Rd; 122 meters S on SE Rd;
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA003—Atkinson
  • MLRA: 153A—Atlantic Coast Flatwoods

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H Perkins T Rigdon R Wilkes V Schmidt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Arenic Paleaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pelham
  • PSC - 87 to 137 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pelham
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, siliceous, thermic Arenic Paleaquult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: plain
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—85

    85—200

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    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

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    64

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    122

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    1A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03751. Few small pockets of uncoated sand grains; many fine and medium roots throughout
    1A/E—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) interior loamy sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03752. few coarse roots throughout; few fine roots throughout
    1E—30 to 87 centimeters (11.8 to 34.3 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior loamy sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03753. few fine roots throughout
    1Btg1—87 to 130 centimeters (34.3 to 51.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior sandy loam; 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03754. Few thin lenses of sand and sandy clay loam; common medium prominent 10YR66 mottles; common fine prominent 10YR56 mottles
    1Btg2—130 to 200 centimeters (51.2 to 78.7 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) interior sandy loam; 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 83P03755. many medium prominent 10YR66 mottles