IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cowarts
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986GA163002
  • User Pedon ID: 86GA163002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0819
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59113
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 32.8227768
  • Std. Longitude: -82.5180588
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Jefferson County, S of Barton on US hwy 319 3.5 miles; SW on unpaved road; .9 mile SW to Nails creek cemetery; .3 mile S to unpaved road; W .1 mile on unpaved road; 300 feet N in field.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA163—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. L. Wilkes, H. L. Paulk, and H. F. Perkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowarts
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1986 (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—28

    41—91

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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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    —

    107

    —

    0

    113

    —

    —

    17

    26

    8

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    1Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior loamy coarse sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 600-?-? millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04942. many fine roots throughout
    1BE—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04943. few fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04944. few fine roots throughout
    1Bt2—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04945. few fine roots throughout; few medium prominent 5YR58 mottles; common fine distinct 7.5YR58 mottles
    1C1—91 to 138 centimeters (35.8 to 54.3 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior sandy clay loam; 11 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium prominent and 11 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent mottles; extremely firm*; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 75 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04946. 5 to 8 cm sandy clay strata with same colors at bottom of horizon.; few fine roots in cracks; common medium prominent 10YR71 mottles; common medium prominent 2.5YR48 mottles
    1C2—138 to 183 centimeters (54.3 to 72.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and red (2.5YR 4/8) and light gray (10YR 7/1) coarse sandy loam; extremely firm*; 0.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 86P04947