IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): tifton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S10GA275001
  • User Pedon ID: S10GA275001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10GA275001
  • User Site Association ID: DSP - TIfton Longleaf - Gulf Longleaf 3
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0059
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43360
  • User Project ID: DSP - MLRA 133A - Georgia - 2010 - Tifton Longleaf
  • Project Name: DSP - MLRA 133A - Georgia - Tifton Longleaf
  • Print Date: 1/28/2025

    • 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: 30.8423667
  • Std. Longitude: -84.0133167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Tifton Longleaf DSP S10GA275001 Gulf Longleaf 3-1 (GL 3-1) 15' off Plot center
  • Map Unit: TfB—Tifton loamy sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA275—Thomas
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-TIF—Tifton, Georgia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: GA612—Brooks and Thomas Counties, Georgia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken Monroe
  • 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 - Tifton
  • PSC - 45 to 95 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2010
  • Classifier - Ken Monroe
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tifton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Plinthic Kandiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 45 to 95 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/2010
  • Classifier - Ken Monroe
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Litter Cover % - 90
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy marine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • 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 - GL3
  • Triangle Plot Side Length - 87

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    PIPA2

    GEPE3

    Pinus palustris

    Gentiana pennelliana

    longleaf pine

    wiregrass gentian

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    —

    —

    —

    overstory

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    kandic horizon

    plinthite

    0—45

    45—183

    45—183

    120—183

    —45—

    —138—

    —138—

    —63—
    Pedon Soil Stability
    Depth Sample Collector Data Collector Test Date First Rep Second Rep Third Rep Predominant Class
    cm

    0

    2

    Karim Batchily

    Karim Batchily

    Karim Batchily

    Karim Batchily

    10/7/2010

    10/7/2010

    class 6, hydrophic

    class 6

    class 6

    class 6

    class 6, hydrophic

    class 6

    class 6

    class 6
    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

    dry

    moist

    rod

    jones 11

    vertical

    1.5

    1

    0.5

    1.75

    1

    0.75

    1

    1.5

    1.25

    0.75

    1

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

    10/7/2010

    Karim Batchily

    114.3

    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

    1

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    —

    83.2

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    240

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    Ac—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); loamy fine sand; weak very fine granular structure; loose; 7 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00323, 11N00324; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ec—10 to 45 centimeters (3.9 to 17.7 inches); loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00325; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btc—45 to 120 centimeters (17.7 to 47.2 inches); fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments observed by visual inspection method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00326; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Btvc—120 to 183 centimeters (47.2 to 72.0 inches); fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent weakly coherent cemented plinthite nodules; 5 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments observed by visual inspection method. Lab sample # 11N00327; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket