IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Byars
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986SC067001
  • User Pedon ID: 86SC067001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0130
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59426
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 34.2083321
  • Std. Longitude: -79.4166641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Marion County, SC: 2 mi NW of Marion; 2 mi N of Railroad Crossing Catfish Canal; 650 feet W of Catfish Canal.
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC067—Marion
  • MLRA: 153A—Atlantic Coast Flatwoods

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Morton and Brown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, kaolinitic, thermic Umbric Paleaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Byars
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, kaolinitic, thermic Umbric Paleaquults
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00739. common fine roots
    1A—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00740. few fine roots
    1Btg1—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00741. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    1Btg2—53 to 109 centimeters (20.9 to 42.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00742. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    1Btg3—109 to 165 centimeters (42.9 to 65.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) interior clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00743. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; common fine and medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common fine and medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    1Btg4—165 to 185 centimeters (65.0 to 72.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00744