IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Freemanville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985GA261005
  • User Pedon ID: 85GA261005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0181
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57986
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 32.0088882
  • Std. Longitude: -84.3958359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sumter County, GA; 1.2 mi SW of Plains, GA & US Hwy 280 on GA Hwy 45, 1.0 mi SE on field Rd; 300 feet E of Woods.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA261—Sumter
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Talbert Gerald,Winfield Carson,& Robert Wilkes
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Freemanville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous Plinthic Kandiudults
  • PSC - 18 to 68 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 - crop cover
  • 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

    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

    1

    —

    —

    144

    —

    270

    126

    —

    —

    19

    27

    10

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior sandy loam, sandy clay loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; coarse spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01114. many fine roots throughout; many medium roots throughout
    1Bt1—18 to 35 centimeters (7.1 to 13.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior sandy clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; coarse spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01115. common clay bridging surface features between sand grains; common fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 219942; patchy - phpvsfiid 219942
    1Bt2—35 to 63 centimeters (13.8 to 24.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior sandy clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; coarse spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01116. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219943; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219943
    1Btc—63 to 98 centimeters (24.8 to 38.6 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior sandy clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; coarse spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01117. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219944; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219944
    1Btcv—98 to 160 centimeters (38.6 to 63.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior sandy clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint and 11 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 37 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; coarse spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01118. 5 percent nodular plinthite.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine faint 10YR66 mottles; common medium faint 2.5YR46 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219945; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219945
    1Bt—160 to 195 centimeters (63.0 to 76.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior sandy clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium prominent and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; coarse spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01119. 2 percent nodular plinthite.; few medium prominent 10YR66 mottles; common medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; common medium distinct 5YR46 mottles
    1BC1—195 to 235 centimeters (76.8 to 92.5 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior unknown texture; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; coarse spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P01120
    1BC2—235 to 300 centimeters (92.5 to 118.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct and 1 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) medium faint and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # 86P01121. few medium distinct 10YR66 mottles; common medium distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; few medium faint 2.5YR36 mottles