IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Byars
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988SC005703
  • User Pedon ID: S1988SC005703
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Clemson
  • Lab Pedon # - S88SC005-3
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82708
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 32.8746041
  • Std. Longitude: -81.3314935
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Typical pedon of Byars loam, ponded, is located in the Barton community. From the intersection of South Carolina Highway 19 and 49, travel west on South Carolina highway 49 for 1.2 miles, turn north on a dirt road, and travel for 1 mile. Site is 300 feet west of the road.
  • Map Unit: By—Byars loam, ponded
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC005—Allendale
  • MLRA: 153A—Atlantic Coast Flatwoods
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-RHI—Richmond Hill, Georgia
  • 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: Clayey, kaolinitic, thermic Umbric Paleaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Byars
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1988
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - third edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Byars
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey marine deposits and/or loamy marine deposits
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/2011 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; medium roots and fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0334
    Btg1—25 to 64 centimeters (9.8 to 25.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; medium roots and fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0335
    Btg2—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); gray (N 5/0) clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; medium roots and fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0336
    Btg3—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); gray (N 6/0) clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # CL0337