IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eustis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988GA261001
  • User Pedon ID: 88GA261001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0941
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61059
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 31.9947224
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4038925
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: USDA-ARS SEWRL Water Quality Project Site 44. SE 1.4 miles of Plains, GA on Hwy. 45: South on field road 1.6 miles, 50 feet west of field boundary. Bottsford, GA 7.5 feet quad, UTM zone 19, 3542650 MN, 745280 ME.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA261—Sumter
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dr. Larry West, Talbert Gerald, R.L. Wilkes
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eustis
  • Taxonomic Class - Siliceous Psammentic Paleudults
  • PSC - 91 to 142 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • 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—33

    91—0

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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

    0

    —

    —

    139

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    315

    127

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    7

    3

    12

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) loamy sand; loose; 5.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05086. many fine roots
    Ab—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) loamy sand; 30 percent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) medium prominent and 30 percent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) coarse prominent mottles; very friable; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05087. Sand-grains in red areas are coated, horizon is mixture of Ap and Bw; common fine roots; many medium prominent 5YR48 mottles; many coarse prominent 5YR48 mottles
    Bw—33 to 71 centimeters (13.0 to 28.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 2.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05088. Most sand grains coated, few medium biotubules; common fine roots; common medium roots
    Bt1—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 15 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent medium irregular ironstone nodules; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05089. Sand grains coated; few medium ironstone nodules concentrations; few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few fine roots; few medium roots
    Bt2—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 15 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent medium irregular ironstone nodules and 1 percent coarse irregular ironstone nodules; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05090. few medium ironstone nodules concentrations; few coarse ironstone nodules concentrations; few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few fine roots
    Bt3—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 15 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent medium irregular ironstone nodules and 1 percent coarse irregular ironstone nodules; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05091. few medium ironstone nodules concentrations; few coarse ironstone nodules concentrations; few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few fine roots
    Bt4—165 to 211 centimeters (65.0 to 83.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 15 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent coarse irregular ironstone nodules; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05092. few coarse ironstone nodules concentrations; few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few fine roots
    Bt5—211 to 244 centimeters (83.1 to 96.1 inches); sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 15 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent coarse irregular ironstone nodules; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05093. Nodules increase in quantity with depth; few coarse ironstone nodules concentrations; few clay bridging surface features between sand grains; few fine roots
    Bt6—244 to 267 centimeters (96.1 to 105.1 inches); sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay bridges between sand grains; 11 percent coarse irregular ironstone nodules; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05094. common coarse ironstone nodules concentrations; few clay bridging surface features between sand grains
    Bt7—267 to 295 centimeters (105.1 to 116.1 inches); sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05095
    Bt8—295 to 320 centimeters (116.1 to 126.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments. Lab sample # 88P05096