IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bladen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984GA127001
  • User Pedon ID: 84GA127001
  • 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 # - 85P0162
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 31.2016659
  • Std. Longitude: -81.6988907
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Glynn County, Georgia; 4.7 mi E of Brantley County on US 82 to GA 99, SW 0.4 mi on private rd, 15 feet W of road.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA127—Glynn
  • MLRA: 153A—Atlantic Coast Flatwoods

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert L. Wilkes, H. F. Perkins and Allen Rigdon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, thermic Typic Albaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • 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, thermic Typic Albaquults
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1984
  • 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: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    12—25

    25—242

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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

    —

    —

    6

    —

    0

    129

    —

    —

    20

    27

    12

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    —

    —

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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); 99 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00783. many medium roots throughout
    1E—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); 99 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00784. many medium roots throughout
    1Btg1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy clay; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00785. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots throughout; many fine prominent 10YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 218060; patchy - phpvsfiid 218060
    1Btg2—36 to 110 centimeters (14.2 to 43.3 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00786. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; common fine prominent 10YR56 mottles; few fine prominent 2.5Y56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218061; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218061
    1Btg3—110 to 150 centimeters (43.3 to 59.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent and 11 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00787. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; common medium prominent 2.5Y66 mottles; few fine prominent 2.5Y56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218062; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218062
    1Btg4—150 to 178 centimeters (59.1 to 70.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay; 11 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 37 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 85P00788. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine prominent 2.5Y66 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230477; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230477