IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cowarts
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988SC005706
  • User Pedon ID: S1988SC005706
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Clemson
  • Lab Pedon # - S85SC005-10
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82669
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Cowarts loamy sand, 6 to 10 percent slopes, is located in the Martin-Millet community. From the intersection of South Carolina Highways 47 and 3, travel northwest for 1.5 miles on South Carolina Highway 47 and northeast for 0.2 mile on a field road. Site is 1 ,300 feet northwest of the field road.
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC005—Allendale
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-LAU—Laurens, 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 Kanhapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.2
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

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

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/18/2016 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    BC

    C1

    C2

    0

    13

    28

    38

    53

    79

    127

    13

    28

    38

    53

    79

    127

    157

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    BC

    C1

    C2

    0

    13

    28

    38

    53

    79

    127

    13

    28

    38

    53

    79

    127

    157

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    BC

    C1

    C2

    0

    13

    28

    38

    53

    79

    127

    13

    28

    38

    53

    79

    127

    157

    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

    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; medium roots and many fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0011
    Bt1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0012
    Bt2—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0013
    Bt3—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 10 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0014
    BC—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0015. pockers or strata of coarser textured material
    C1—79 to 127 centimeters (31.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0016
    C2—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) sandy clay loam; 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # CL0017. pockers or strata of coarser textured material