IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): AMERICUS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1962GA193004
  • User Pedon ID: S1962GA193004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5117
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41806
  • Print Date: 3/14/2025

    • 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: 32.3274002
  • Std. Longitude: -84.0135193
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: North of city limit of Montezuma and approximately 1/2 mile east of Georgia Highway No. 49.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA193—Macon
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: GA634—Dooly and Macon Counties, Georgia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John C. Woods
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - AMERICUS
  • Classificaton Date - 4/3/1962
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/3/1962 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: KU-1M-75
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38557
    B1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38558
    B21—33 to 63 centimeters (13.0 to 24.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) loamy sand; massive parts to weak subangular blocky; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38559
    B22—63 to 89 centimeters (24.8 to 35.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) loamy sand; massive parts to weak subangular blocky; very friable; 3.0 roots; 3.0 pores; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38560
    B23—89 to 124 centimeters (35.0 to 48.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) loamy sand; massive parts to weak subangular blocky; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38561
    B24—124 to 178 centimeters (48.8 to 70.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6) loamy sand; massive parts to weak fine subangular blocky; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A38562