IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tifton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S10GA277011
  • User Pedon ID: S10GA277011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10GA277011
  • User Site Association ID: DSP - Tifton Longleaf - Gulf Pasture 4
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0134
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43335
  • User Project ID: DSP - MLRA 133A - Georgia - 2010 - Tifton Longleaf
  • Project Name: DSP - MLRA 133A - Georgia - Tifton Longleaf
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 31.5001389
  • Std. Longitude: -83.5408556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Tifton Longleaf DSP S10GA277011 Gulf Pasture 4-4 (GP4-4) 120 degrees + 135' from plot center + 15' offset perpendicular to tape
  • Map Unit: TfB—Tifton loamy sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA277—Tift
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-TIF—Tifton, Georgia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: GA277—Tift County, Georgia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Alfred Green, Alvin Perez, Scott Moore, Ken Monroe and Sherry Carlson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Plinthic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: ecological site data
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tifton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Plinthic Kandiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/27/2013
  • Classifier - Ken Monroe
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • 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 - improved bermudagrass
  • Litter Cover % - 70
  • RaCA Information:
  • Azimuth From Plot Center - 120
  • Distance From Plot Center - 41.2
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy marine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • 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 - GP4
  • Plot Configuration - 41.2
  • Triangle Plot Side Length - 87

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/2010 (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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    understory
    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    kandic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—50

    28—50

    —28—

    —22—

    —22—
    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

    Dan Wallace

    Dan Wallace

    10/27/2010

    10/27/2010

    class 5

    class 3

    class 4

    class 3

    class 3

    class 3

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    class 3
    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

    rod

    jones 323

    vertical

    2.25

    3.5

    3.75

    1

    3.5

    4.5

    1

    4

    3.5

    1.25

    4

    3.5

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

    10/27/2010

    Dan Wallace

    4.57

    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

    5

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    105.9

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    200

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    Apc—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); variegated loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose; 7 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00629, 11N00630; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—28 to 50 centimeters (11.0 to 19.7 inches); sandy loam, sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard; fragments. Lab sample # 11N00631; dry when described; observed in pit, small