IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dothan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981GA287003A
  • User Pedon ID: S1981GA287003A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0235
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50472
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • 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: 31.7521362
  • Std. Longitude: -83.7787933
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: TURNER COUNTY.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA287—Turner
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-TIF—Tifton, Georgia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: GA631—Crisp and Turner Counties, Georgia
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Plinthic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dothan
  • PSC - 21 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2015
  • Classifier - Alvin Perez
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dothan
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous Plinthic Paleudults
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    kandic horizon

    plinthite

    0—21

    21—161

    21—161

    39—161

    —21—

    —140—

    —140—

    —122—

    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

    3

    O—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); undecomposed organic matter; nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments.; observed in pit, small. NOT SAMPLED. PINE NEEDLES.
    Ap—1 to 21 centimeters (0.4 to 8.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior loamy sand; weak very fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5.5 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P01216; moist when described; observed in pit, small. many roots
    Bt—21 to 39 centimeters (8.3 to 15.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. NOT SAMPLED. ROOT HOLES FILLED WITH AP.; common roots
    Btv1—39 to 77 centimeters (15.4 to 30.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. NOT SAMPLED.; few roots
    Btv2—77 to 130 centimeters (30.3 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy clay loam; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. NOT SAMPLED.; few roots; common medium distinct 5YR58 mottles; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    Btv3—130 to 161 centimeters (51.2 to 63.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy clay loam; 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium prominent and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P01217; moist when described; observed in pit, small. few roots; many medium prominent 2.5YR48 mottles; many medium prominent 10YR71 mottles; many medium prominent 5YR58 mottles
    BC—161 to 185 centimeters (63.4 to 72.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy clay loam; 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. NOT SAMPLED.; few roots; many medium prominent 2.5YR48 mottles; many medium prominent 10YR71 mottles
    C—185 to 273 centimeters (72.8 to 107.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) interior sandy clay loam; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. NOT SAMPLED. FOURTH MOIST COLOR (2.5YR 4/8).; few roots