IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cahaba
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986SC005002
  • User Pedon ID: S1986SC005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Clemson
  • Lab Pedon # - S86SC005-6
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82681
  • 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: 32.9121033
  • Std. Longitude: -81.4445523
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Typical pedon of Cahaba loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes, is located about 8 miles southwest of Allendale, about 0.9 mile south on South Carolina Highway 3 from its junction with South Carolina Highway 107, about 1.2 miles west of South Carolina highway 3 on a private dirt road to Milbury Plantation, and about 0.14 mile south on a dirt road. Site is 400 feet east of the road, in a cultivated field.
  • Map Unit: CaA—Cahaba loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC005—Allendale
  • MLRA: 153A—Atlantic Coast Flatwoods
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-LAU—Laurens, South Carolina14-3—Bishopville, South Carolina
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC005—Allendale County, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert T. Eppinette, C.J. Mitchell,R.K. Fowler, and J.R.Brown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cahaba
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - second edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cahaba
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy alluvium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/31/2011 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; medium roots and fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0025
    E—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; medium roots and fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0026
    Bt1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0027
    Bt2—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fine mica flakes, mixed; mica fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0028
    Bt3—76 to 135 centimeters (29.9 to 53.1 inches); red (10R 4/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fine mica flakes, mixed; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0029
    C—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); red (10R 4/8) sandy loam; massive; very friable; fine mica flakes, mixed; fragments. Lab sample # CL0030