IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ailey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985GA197001
  • User Pedon ID: 85GA197001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985GA197001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0957
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57223
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 32.3994446
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4497223
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.7 mi N of Tazwell Georgia on GA HWY 240, 50 meters E of Highway in pine plantation.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA197—Marion
  • MLRA: 137—Carolina and Georgia Sand Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.L. Wilkes, H.F. Perkins, A. Green
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ailey
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, siliceous Arenic Hapludults
  • PSC - 70 to 120 cm.
  • 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: summit
  • 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 - conifers
  • 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

    Pinus taeda

    loblolly pine

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—70

    70—115

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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

    2

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    178

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    180

    128

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    18

    27

    9

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05114. Ironstone nodules in lower part.; many fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; few fine faint 10YR52 mottles
    1E—18 to 71 centimeters (7.1 to 28.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent very coarse spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05115. few very coarse ironstone nodules concentrations; common fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout
    1Bt1—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent extremely coarse platy ironstone nodules and 11 percent extremely coarse spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P05116. common extremely coarse ironstone nodules concentrations; few extremely coarse ironstone nodules concentrations; few fine roots throughout; few coarse roots throughout
    1Bt2—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05117. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; few fine prominent 2.5YR48 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 219356; continuous - phpvsfiid 219356
    1Btx—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 1 percent light reddish brown (2.5YR 7/4) fine distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 11 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P05118. Mottles are horizontally oriented.; few fine roots in cracks; common fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; common medium prominent 2.5YR48 mottles; few fine distinct 2.5YR74 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 219357; continuous - phpvsfiid 219357
    2C—117 to 203 centimeters (46.1 to 79.9 inches); 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and 33 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) interior and 33 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) interior coarse sandy loam; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 85P05119