IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bonifay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988GA277001
  • User Pedon ID: 88GA277001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0522
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60640
  • 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: 31.4916668
  • Std. Longitude: -83.5427780
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Tift County, Costal Plane Experiment Station.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA277—Tift
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T.R. Gerald and R.L. Wilkes
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bonifay
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, kaolinitic Grossarenic Plinthic Kandiudults
  • PSC - 102 to 152 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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—102

    102—283

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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

    4

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    —

    104

    —

    0

    118

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    —

    19

    27

    10

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    1Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior sand; single grain; loose; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02650. Surface—clean sand grains—(10YR 7/1).; many fine roots throughout
    1E1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02651. Siliceous pebbles.; few fine roots throughout
    1E2—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 11 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02652. Siliceous pebbles.; few fine roots throughout; common medium distinct 10YR73 mottles; few fine distinct 7.5YR58 mottles
    1EB—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P02653. Siliceous pebbles.
    1Bt—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent coarse plinthite nodules; 1 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02654. Siliceous pebbles.; few coarse plinthite segregations concentrations; few fine prominent 2.5YR56 mottles
    1Btv1—130 to 173 centimeters (51.2 to 68.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; 11 percent red (10R 4/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films; 1 percent coarse plinthite nodules; 1 percent by volume 20-48-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02655. Red bodies are firm, moist.; few coarse plinthite segregations concentrations; few clay films surface features; common medium prominent 10R48 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223247; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223247
    1Btv2—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) interior sandy clay loam; 11 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films; 1 percent coarse plinthite nodules; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02656. Red bodies (20%) are brittle.; few coarse plinthite segregations concentrations; few clay films surface features; common 2.5YR36 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223248; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 223248
    1Bt'—203 to 283 centimeters (79.9 to 111.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) interior and red (2.5YR 4/6) interior sandy clay loam, sandy clay; 11 percent dark red (10R 3/6) mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 88P02657. Red bodies are firm, moist. Sampled strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and gray (10YR 7/2) separately.; common 10R36 mottles