IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bladen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984GA039001
  • User Pedon ID: 84GA039001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984GA039001
  • User Site Association ID: 3-RHI Camden and Glynn Counties Georgia Typical Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0161
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 31.0983111
  • Std. Longitude: -81.7365250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Camden County, Georgia 0.7 mi W of Waverly, Georgia from US Highway 17 on abandoned paved rd 10 feet S of road.
  • Map Unit: Bk—Bladen loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA039—Camden
  • MLRA: 153A—Atlantic Coast Flatwoods
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-RHI—Richmond Hill, Georgia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: GA616—Camden and Glynn Counties, Georgia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31081-A6—Waverly, Georgia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert L. Wilkes, H. F. Perkins and Allen Rigdon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bladen
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed Typic Albaquults
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey marine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Robert Wilkes, H.F. Perkins, Allen Rigdon
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    LIQUI

    PITA

    PLATA

    Liquidambar

    Pinus taeda

    Platanus

    sweetgum

    loblolly pine

    sycamore

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    13—23

    23—165

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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

    1

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    5

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    180

    129

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    20

    27

    12

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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); 99 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00775. many fine and medium roots throughout
    1E—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); 95 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior fine sandy loam; 11 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00776. many fine and medium roots throughout; common fine distinct 2.5Y66 mottles
    1Btg1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior sandy clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00777. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; common medium prominent 10YR58 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218056; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218056
    1Btg2—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00778. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; many medium prominent 10YR56 mottles; few fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218057; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218057
    1Btg3—61 to 153 centimeters (24.0 to 60.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior clay; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00779. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; many medium prominent 10YR56 mottles; few medium prominent 2.5YR48 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 218058; continuous - phpvsfiid 218058
    1Btg4—153 to 165 centimeters (60.2 to 65.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior sandy clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 30 percent greenish gray (5G 5/1) coarse distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 37 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00780. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; many coarse distinct 5G51 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR58 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218059; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218059
    1Cg1—165 to 204 centimeters (65.0 to 80.3 inches); greenish gray (5G 6/1) interior loamy sand; 11 percent greenish gray (5G 5/1) medium faint mottles; massive; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00781. common medium faint 5G51 mottles
    1Cg2—204 to 229 centimeters (80.3 to 90.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior sandy loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 85P00782. common fine prominent 10YR56 mottles