IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Red Bay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985GA261001
  • User Pedon ID: 85GA261001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985GA261001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0177
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57982
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 32.0033340
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4000015
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sumter County, GA; 1.3 mi SW of Plains, GA and US Hwy 280 on GA Hwy 45; 1.0 mi S on field Rd, 900 feet E and 200 feet S.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA261—Sumter
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Talbert Gerald and Winfield Carson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Rhodic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Red Bay
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Rhodic Kandiudults
  • PSC - 17 to 67 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1985 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QULA3

    Quercus laurifolia

    laurel 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—17

    17—300

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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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    142

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    225

    126

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    19

    27

    10

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    1Ap—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01090. many fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—17 to 50 centimeters (6.7 to 19.7 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent faint , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01091. common clay bridging surface features between sand grains; common fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231270; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231270
    1Bt2—50 to 100 centimeters (19.7 to 39.4 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) 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; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01092. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 231271; patchy - phpvsfiid 231271
    1Bt3—100 to 137 centimeters (39.4 to 53.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01093. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 219926; patchy - phpvsfiid 219926
    1Bt4—137 to 175 centimeters (53.9 to 68.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 86P01094. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium prominent 5YR58 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 219927; patchy - phpvsfiid 219927
    1Bt5—240 to 300 centimeters (94.5 to 118.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 86P01095. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium distinct 5YR58 mottles; few medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 219928; patchy - phpvsfiid 219928