IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Byars
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986SC075001
  • User Pedon ID: 86SC075001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0131
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59427
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 33.3833351
  • Std. Longitude: -80.4833298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Orangeburg County, SC: 22 mi E of Orangeburg, 1 mi S on US HWY 15 from junction w/ I 95; 50 feet N of drainage ditch.
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC075—Orangeburg
  • MLRA: 153A—Atlantic Coast Flatwoods

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DeFrancesco and Stuckey
  • 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 Umbric Paleaquults
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1986 (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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    1A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00745. many fine and medium roots
    1Btg1—10 to 41 centimeters (3.9 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 2.5 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00746. Gray sand coatings around decaying roots and in root channels.; common fine and medium roots; common coarse roots
    1Btg2—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior clay loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine and medium roots and 2.5 coarse roots; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00747. Gray sand coatings around decaying roots, in root channels and on ped faces.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine and medium roots; common coarse roots; very few to few fine 10YR51 mottles
    1Btg3—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior clay; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct and 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coarse distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00748. Gray sand coatings on faces of peds.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; many coarse distinct 10YR31 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR44 mottles
    1Btg4—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct and 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coarse faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00749. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; many coarse faint 10YR31 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR44 mottles
    1BCg—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P00750. Pockets of sand and sandy clay loam.