IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tifton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S10GA287004
  • User Pedon ID: S10GA287004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10GA287004
  • User Site Association ID: DSP - Tifton Longleaf - Gulf Longleaf 2
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43356
  • User Project ID: DSP - MLRA 133A - Georgia - 2010 - Tifton Longleaf
  • Project Name: DSP - MLRA 133A - Georgia - Tifton Longleaf
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 31.6213333
  • Std. Longitude: -83.4948556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Tifton Longleaf DSP S10GA287004 Gulf Longleaf 2-4 (GL2-4) 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: GA287—Turner
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-TIF—Tifton, Georgia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: GA631—Crisp and Turner 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, 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 - 9/4/2013
  • Classifier - Ken Monroe
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Class - duff
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Litter Cover % - 80
  • 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 - GL2
  • Triangle Plot Side Length - 87

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/6/2010 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion sheet
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIPA2

    Pinus palustris

    longleaf pine

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    kandic horizon

    0—28

    28—45

    28—45

    —28—

    —17—

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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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    10/6/2010

    10/6/2010

    class 5

    class 5

    class 5

    class 6

    class 6, hydrophic

    class 6

    class 5

    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

    8

    moist

    rod

    jones 11

    vertical

    1.75

    1.5

    2

    2.5

    1

    1.5

    2.5

    2.75

    1

    1.75

    2.5

    0.75

    1.25

    3.5

    2.5

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

    10/6/2010

    Karim Batchily

    12.95

    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

    3

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    104

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    15

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00307, 11N00308; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00309; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—28 to 45 centimeters (11.0 to 17.7 inches); sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 11N00310; moist when described; observed in pit, small