IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Iredell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985SC023002
  • User Pedon ID: 85SC023002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0773
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57039
  • 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: 34.7833328
  • Std. Longitude: -81.1686096
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Chester County, South Carolina: 8 mi NE of Chester on SC HWY 72, W on SC 909 2 mi.
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC023—Chester
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Herren, Halbick Stuckey and Defrancesco
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Iredell
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 15 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    paralithic contact

    lithic contact

    0—15

    15—64

    99—140

    140—0

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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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    176

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    45

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior sandy clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 medium continuous tubular and 2.5 fine continuous tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04093. many very fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout
    1Bt1—15 to 53 centimeters (5.9 to 20.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior clay; 1 percent black (N 2/0) medium distinct mottles; strong very coarse prismatic, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm*; 2.5 very fine roots between peds; 55 percent prominent olive (5Y 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04094. 1 cm crac. Subsampled at 15 to 36 cm and 36 to 53 cm.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots between peds; few medium distinct N20 mottles
    1Bt2—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay; strong very coarse prismatic, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm*; 2.5 very fine roots between peds; 55 percent prominent olive (5Y 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04096. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots between peds
    1C—64 to 99 centimeters (25.2 to 39.0 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and 10 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior sandy loam; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04097. few very fine roots throughout
    1Cr—99 to 140 centimeters (39.0 to 55.1 inches); 55 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and 10 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior sandy loam; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04098. few very fine roots in cracks
    1R—140 to 150 centimeters (55.1 to 59.1 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Multicolored gneiss. Weathered bedrock.