IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TIFTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956GA277004
  • User Pedon ID: S1956GA277004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5159
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41848
  • Print Date: 1/28/2025
  • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Border between experimental plots, 200 yards, S. E. Agronomy Barn, Coastal Plain Experiment Station.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA277—Tift
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: GA277—Tift County, Georgia
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Pedersen, Calhoun, Middleton, and Carter
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - TIFTON
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1956 (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
  • 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

    AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; loose; 21 percent weakly coherent cemented iron concretions; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38842
    A2—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; loose; 21 percent weakly coherent cemented iron concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38843
    B1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21 percent weakly coherent cemented iron concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38844
    B21—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21 percent weakly coherent cemented iron concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38845
    B22—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21 percent weakly coherent cemented iron concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38846
    B3—86 to 99 centimeters (33.9 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy loam; 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21 percent noncoherent cemented iron concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38847
    C1—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy loam; 21 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) medium distinct and 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38848
    C2—124 to 145 centimeters (48.8 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 21 percent weak red (10R 4/4) coarse prominent and 21 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) coarse prominent mottles; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A38849