IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ailey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985GA125001
  • User Pedon ID: 85GA125001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985GA125001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0955
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57221
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 33.2825012
  • Std. Longitude: -82.4972229
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: NW of Wrens GA, 4 mi NW on GA HWY 16 from GA HWY 296 to Rivers Rd, E on Rivers Rd 1.1 mi, 1000 feet N in woods.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA125—Glascock
  • MLRA: 137—Carolina and Georgia Sand Hills
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.L. Wilkes, H.F. Perkins, H.L. Paulk
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Arenic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ailey
  • PSC - 63 to 113 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ailey
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, siliceous, thermic Arenic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1985 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PITA

    QUFA

    QUNI

    Pinus taeda

    Quercus falcata

    Quercus nigra

    loblolly pine

    southern red oak

    water oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—63

    63—125

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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

    6

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    159

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    315

    123

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    17

    25

    9

    1

    1

    1

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05100; very moist when described;. many fine roots throughout
    1E1—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05101; very moist when described;. common fine roots throughout
    1E2—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05102; very moist when described;. common fine roots throughout
    1Bt—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05103; very moist when described;. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 219351; patchy - phpvsfiid 219351
    1Btx1—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and structureless angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05104; very moist when described;. About 10% brittleness in red nodules; few coarse kaolinite balls.; few fine mica flakes concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; common medium distinct 5YR58 mottles; few medium distinct 7.5YR54 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 219352; patchy - phpvsfiid 219352
    1Btx2—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; 11 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 11 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) medium distinct and 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and strong fine platy structure; firm; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05105; very moist when described;. About 15 percent brittleness in red nodules; few medium kaolinite lenses.; few fine mica flakes concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium distinct 2.5YR58 mottles; common medium distinct 2.5YR44 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR68 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 219353; patchy - phpvsfiid 219353
    2C—127 to 203 centimeters (50.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior coarse sandy loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; firm; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 85P05106; very moist when described;. Hard in place when dry.; few fine mica flakes concentrations; common medium distinct 10YR58 mottles; few fine prominent 10YR72 mottles