IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FAIRHOPE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958GA191004
  • User Pedon ID: S1958GA191004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958GA191004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5131
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41820
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 31.4624195
  • Std. Longitude: -81.4531631
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Six miles north of Darien, Georgia, and one mile west of US Highway No. 17 on north side of graded road—200 feet in woods.
  • 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, and E. M. Stone
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - FAIRHOPE
  • Classificaton Date - 4/16/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: shoreline
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/16/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DSE-3L-64
  • 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

    ILCO

    PIEL

    Ilex coriacea

    Pinus elliottii

    large gallberry

    slash pine

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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

    1

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    8

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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; nonsticky; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38650
    A2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; nonsticky; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A38651
    2B21T—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium faint and 1 percent weak red (10R 4/4) medium faint and 21 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) medium prominent and 21 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A38652
    2B22TG—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 21 percent weak red (10R 4/4) prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A38653
    2B23TG—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 21 percent dark red (10R 3/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A38654
    3C—104 to 130 centimeters (40.9 to 51.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and gray (5Y 6/1) loamy fine sand; massive; firm, nonsticky; fragments. Lab sample # 40A38655