IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orangeburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984GA163001
  • User Pedon ID: 84GA163001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0164
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55880
  • 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: 33.1130562
  • Std. Longitude: -82.4283371
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Jefferson County, 3.9 mi N of Louisville on US 1, 3.3 mi NW on GA 296, .4 mi N on field Rd. 150 feet E of field Rd.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA163—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert L. Wilkes, H. F. Perkins and Allen Rigdon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Orangeburg
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orangeburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Paleudult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1984 (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—20

    20—178

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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

    —

    —

    117

    —

    0

    110

    —

    —

    18

    26

    9

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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00795. many fine and medium roots throughout
    1Bt1—20 to 35 centimeters (7.9 to 13.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00796. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 230482; patchy - phpvsfiid 230482
    1Bt2—35 to 59 centimeters (13.8 to 23.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00797. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230483; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230483
    1Bt3—59 to 109 centimeters (23.2 to 42.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior sandy clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00798. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230484; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230484
    1Bt4—109 to 178 centimeters (42.9 to 70.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior sandy clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 85P00799. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine prominent 10YR56 mottles; few medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 230485; patchy - phpvsfiid 230485