IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ashlar
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983GA089002
  • User Pedon ID: 83GA089002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0442
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52679
  • 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: 33.6705551
  • Std. Longitude: -84.1238861
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Aarabia mountain site 30 meters W of Klondike road
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA089—DeKalb

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R Gerald
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashlar
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1983 (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
    • 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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    090451

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    O—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Not sampled Forest litter
    A—2 to 17 centimeters (0.8 to 6.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P02019. many fine and medium roots
    Bw—17 to 58 centimeters (6.7 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P02020. Split for sampling—36 to 56 cm 83P2021; many fine and medium roots
    C—58 to 73 centimeters (22.8 to 28.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior coarse sandy loam; massive; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P02022. Few fine mica flakes; common fine roots
    Cr—73 to 88 centimeters (28.7 to 34.6 inches); weathered bedrock; 80 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments and 95 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter metamorphic, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 83P02023. 5 % clay in cracks and partly weathered gneiss
    R—88 to 90 centimeters (34.6 to 35.4 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 83P02024. Hard gneiss