IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cecil
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988GA219001A
  • User Pedon ID: 88GA219001A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0509
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60627
  • 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: 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 - 25 to 75 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—25

    25—178

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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

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    180

    125

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    17

    26

    7

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    1Ap1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02609. common fine roots; few medium roots
    1Ap2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior and red (2.5YR 4/6) interior sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02610. few fine mica flakes concentrations; few fine roots
    1Bt1—38 to 80 centimeters (15.0 to 31.5 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; strong fine angular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 55 percent prominent , moist, clay films; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02611. few fine mica flakes concentrations; many clay films surface features; few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 232688; continuous - phpvsfiid 232688
    1Bt2—80 to 112 centimeters (31.5 to 44.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. few fine mica flakes concentrations; common clay films surface features; few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 232689; continuous - phpvsfiid 232689
    1Bt3—112 to 157 centimeters (44.1 to 61.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. few fine mica flakes concentrations; common clay films surface features; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232690; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 232690
    1BC—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior sandy clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. common fine mica flakes concentrations