IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pelham
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983GA005012
  • User Pedon ID: 83GA005012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0760
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53547
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 31.4833336
  • Std. Longitude: -82.5500031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Bacon County, GA: SE of Alma 10 km on GA HWY 64 1 Km S on dirt road just W of RR 8 meters W of road.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA005—Bacon
  • MLRA: 153A—Atlantic Coast Flatwoods

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H Perkins R Rigdon R Wilkes V Schmidt
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, siliceous, thermic Arenic Paleaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pelham
  • PSC - 76 to 126 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pelham
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, siliceous, thermic Arenic Paleaquult
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • 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
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for very long periods
  • 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—76

    76—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

    0

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    52

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    270

    122

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    1A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 medium and coarse roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03756. Common small pockets of uncoated sand grains; many medium and coarse roots throughout; many fine roots throughout
    1A/E—15 to 44 centimeters (5.9 to 17.3 inches); 50 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior and 50 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) interior loamy sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03757. few fine roots throughout
    1E—44 to 76 centimeters (17.3 to 29.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior loamy sand; 1 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) fine distinct mottles; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 83P03758. Few small pockets of uncoated sand few small pockets of sandy clay loam; few fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 10YR76 mottles
    1Btg1—76 to 100 centimeters (29.9 to 39.4 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior sandy loam; 30 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) medium prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 83P03759. many medium prominent 10YR76 mottles
    1Btg2—100 to 148 centimeters (39.4 to 58.3 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior sandy clay loam; 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 83P03760. common medium prominent 10YR66 mottles
    1Btg3—148 to 177 centimeters (58.3 to 69.7 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior sandy clay loam; 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) coarse prominent and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03761. many coarse prominent 10YR58 mottles; common coarse prominent 10YR66 mottles
    1C—177 to 225 centimeters (69.7 to 88.6 inches); 30 percent 10YR 4/8 (10YR 4/8) interior and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) interior and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior sandy clay; massive; extremely firm*; fragments. Lab sample # 83P03762. Mottled