IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dothan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S10GA201001
  • User Pedon ID: S10GA201001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10GA201001
  • User Site Association ID: DSP - Tifton Longleaf - Gulf Pasture 1
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0024
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43374
  • User Project ID: DSP - MLRA 133A - Georgia - 2010 - Tifton Longleaf
  • Project Name: DSP - MLRA 133A - Georgia - Tifton Longleaf
  • 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: 31.1844778
  • Std. Longitude: -84.5405306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Tifton Longleaf DSP S10GA201001 Gulf Pasture 1-1 (GP1-1) Plot center GASR251, 200 feet west of Miller-Baker County line.
  • Map Unit: TuA—Tifton sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA201—Miller
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-TIF—Tifton, Georgia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: GA646—Miller and Seminole Counties, Georgia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken Monroe and Scott Moore
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Plinthic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: ecological site data
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dothan
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/2017
  • Classifier - Dee Pederson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tifton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Plinthic Kandiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/2017
  • Classifier - Ken Monroe & Scott Moore
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Class - duff
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - bahiagrass
  • Litter Cover % - 100
  • RaCA Information:
  • Distance From Plot Center - 4.6
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy marine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • RaCA Information:
  • DSP Plot ID - GP1
  • Plot Configuration - 4.6
  • Triangle Plot Side Length - 87

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/28/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Res. Retention Class - class 1
  • Pedoderm Class - duff
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PANO2

    Paspalum notatum

    bahiagrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    kandic horizon

    argillic horizon

    plinthite

    0—28

    28—152

    28—152

    140—152

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    —124—

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    Pedon Soil Stability
    Depth Sample Collector Data Collector Test Date First Rep Second Rep Third Rep Predominant Class
    cm

    0

    2

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    9/28/2010

    9/28/2010

    class 5

    class 5

    class 6

    class 5

    class 4

    class 6

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    class 5
    Pedon Penetration Resistance
    Depth Moisture State Tip Type Spring Type Orientation Reading 1 Reading 2 Reading 3 Reading 4 Data Collector
    cm tons/square feet

    0

    2

    5

    moist

    rod

    jones 11

    vertical

    2.25

    1.75

    1

    1.5

    1.75

    2

    1

    1.75

    2.25

    1.5

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    Pedon Infiltration Summary
    Date Data Collector Infiltration Mean Infiltation Std. Dev. Test Method
    cm/hr

    9/28/2010

    Dan Wallace

    5.08

    single ring falling head
    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

    2

    100

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    51.3

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    0

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    A—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); loamy fine sand; weak very fine granular structure; loose; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00166, 11N00167; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00168; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—56 to 102 centimeters (22.0 to 40.2 inches); sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent medium faint noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00163; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Bt3—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent medium faint noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments observed by visual inspection method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00164; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Btv1—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent plinthite nodules and 10 percent medium faint noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments observed by visual inspection method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00165; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Btv2—152 centimeters (59.8 inches); sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 7 percent plinthite nodules and 10 percent fine prominent noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions; fragments.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket