IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bladen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984GA179001
  • User Pedon ID: 84GA179001
  • User Site Association ID: 3-RHI Liberty and Long Counties Georgia Typical Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0163
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55879
  • 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: 31.7551880
  • Std. Longitude: -81.5373383
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Liberty County, GA; 2 mi S of Allenhurst GA to Baconton Church, 4.7 mi E of Riceboro Rd. 50 feet N of paved Rd.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA179—Liberty
  • MLRA: 153A—Atlantic Coast Flatwoods

    • 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 Albaqualfs
  • PSC - 33 to 83 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: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • 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)
  • 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—33

    25—33

    33—203

    —-

    —-

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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

    —

    —

    6

    —

    180

    1228

    —

    269

    19.8

    26

    11

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    GA3538

    Fort Stewart, GA 3538

    NOOA
    1Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); 99 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00789. many fine and medium roots throughout
    1E—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); 99 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P00790. many fine and medium roots throughout
    1Btg1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00791. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; few fine prominent 5YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 230478; patchy - phpvsfiid 230478
    1Btg2—46 to 101 centimeters (18.1 to 39.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 11 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; strong fine 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 # 85P00792. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; common fine prominent 10YR56 mottles; common fine prominent 2.5YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 230479; continuous - phpvsfiid 230479
    1Btg3—101 to 161 centimeters (39.8 to 63.4 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 30 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P00793. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; many medium prominent 2.5YR56 mottles; common fine prominent 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230480; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230480
    1Btg4—161 to 203 centimeters (63.4 to 79.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) interior sandy clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 85P00794. No clod samples collected.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium prominent 5YR56 mottles; few medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230481; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230481