IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): TIFTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956GA277005
  • User Pedon ID: S1956GA277005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5160
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41849
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 31.3465919
  • Std. Longitude: -83.5876770
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1/2 mile N. E. of the Center of Omega, Ga., along US Highway No. 319 in cultivated field 120 feet south of Highway and 175 yards S. W. of Ponder Plant Company building on Ponder Farm.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA277—Tift
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: GA277—Tift County, Georgia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Alexander, Cady, Pedersen, Middleton, Calhoun, and Carter
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • 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
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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; loose; 21 percent weakly coherent cemented iron concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38850
    A2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21 percent weakly coherent cemented iron concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38851
    B1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21 percent weakly coherent cemented iron concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38852
    B2—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21 percent weakly coherent cemented iron concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38853
    B3—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 3 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent weakly coherent cemented iron concretions and 21 percent noncoherent cemented iron concretions; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38854
    C1—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent noncoherent cemented iron concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38855
    C2—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 21 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent and 21 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38856
    C3—142 to 188 centimeters (55.9 to 74.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sandy clay loam; 21 percent red (10R 4/6) coarse prominent and 21 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) coarse prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A38857