IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cecil
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988GA219001
  • User Pedon ID: 88GA219001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0508
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60626
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 33.8686104
  • Std. Longitude: -83.4519424
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Oconee County, Southern piedmont ARS Sta. 1.3 mi SW of GA HWY 207 on 53, 100 feet NW of HWY 53.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA219—Oconee
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T.R. Gerald, R.L. Wilkes and I.G. Verstraaten
  • 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 #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cecil
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1988 (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—15

    15—160

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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

    5

    —

    —

    232

    —

    180

    125

    —

    —

    17

    26

    7

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02602. many fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—15 to 62 centimeters (5.9 to 24.4 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02603. Split for sampling at 36 cm. Muscovite micas.; few fine mica flakes concentrations; common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 223242; continuous - phpvsfiid 223242
    1Bt2—62 to 83 centimeters (24.4 to 32.7 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02605. Musccovite mica.; common fine mica flakes concentrations; common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 232687; continuous - phpvsfiid 232687
    1BC—83 to 160 centimeters (32.7 to 63.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior sandy clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02606. Split for sampling at 120 cm. Muscovite micas, few fine feldspars.; common fine mica flakes concentrations
    1C—160 to 175 centimeters (63.0 to 68.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior sandy clay loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 88P02608. Muscovite micas; few fine feldspars.; common fine mica flakes concentrations