IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GALESTOWN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958GA191001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958GA191001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958GA191001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5133
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41822
  • 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: 31.4590855
  • Std. Longitude: -81.4209442
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sparsely wooded area (old field 50 years ago) one mile east of US Highway No. 17 on south side of graded road to Meridian, southwest of large borrow pit in pine thicket.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA191—McIntosh
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: GA191—McIntosh County, Georgia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. T. Alexander, K. W. Flach, R. H. Jordan, D. G. Aydelott, D. D. Bacon, and E. M. Stone
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - GALESTOWN
  • Classificaton Date - 4/14/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: shoreline
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/14/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DSE-2L176
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    MOCE2

    MOCE2

    PIEL

    QUERC

    QULA3

    QUST

    Morella cerifera

    Morella cerifera

    Pinus elliottii

    Quercus

    Quercus laurifolia

    Quercus stellata

    wax myrtle

    wax myrtle

    slash pine

    oak

    laurel oak

    post oak

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    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

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    11

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; loose; 3.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A38664
    C1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) distinct mottles; weak granular structure; loose, nonsticky; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38665
    C2—30 to 74 centimeters (11.8 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; massive; loose, nonsticky; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38666
    C3—74 to 112 centimeters (29.1 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium faint and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; massive; loose, nonsticky; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38667
    C4—112 to 130 centimeters (44.1 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 21 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) coarse faint mottles; massive; loose, nonsticky; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A38668