IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Americus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985GA261004
  • User Pedon ID: 85GA261004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985GA261004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0180
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57985
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 32.0011101
  • Std. Longitude: -84.3972244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sumter County, GA; 1.3 mi SW of Plains, GA & US Hwy 280 on GA Hwy 45 1.4 mi S on field Rd; .5 mi E on Woods Road.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA261—Sumter
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Talbert R. Gerald and Winfield S. Carson
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Americus
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, siliceous Typic Dystrochrepts
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • 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: somewhat excessively
  • 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—18

    18—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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    139

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    225

    126

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    19

    27

    10

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01108. many fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—18 to 45 centimeters (7.1 to 17.7 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent faint , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01109. common clay bridging surface features between sand grains; common fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 219937; patchy - phpvsfiid 219937
    1Bt2—45 to 105 centimeters (17.7 to 41.3 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01110. many clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219938; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219938
    1Bt3—105 to 150 centimeters (41.3 to 59.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01111. many clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219939; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219939
    1Bt4—150 to 230 centimeters (59.1 to 90.6 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01112. many clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219940; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219940
    1Bt5—230 to 300 centimeters (90.6 to 118.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 55 percent distinct , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments. Lab sample # 86P01113. many clay bridging surface features between sand grains; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219941; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219941