IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Emporia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988SC005708
  • User Pedon ID: S1988SC005708
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Clemson
  • Lab Pedon # - S85SC005-13
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82671
  • Print Date: 2/2/2025
  • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Emporia loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes, is located in the Martin-Millet community. From the intersection of South Carolina Highway 125 and South Carolina Secondary Highway 52, travel northwest on South Carolina Highway 125 for 1.6 miles and southwest on an unimproved road for 1.8 miles. Site is 15 feet east of the unimproved 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 Hapludults
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    E

    Bt1

    Bt2

    BC

    C

    0

    15

    33

    53

    99

    127

    15

    33

    53

    99

    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

    Ap

    E

    Bt1

    Bt2

    BC

    C

    0

    15

    33

    53

    99

    127

    15

    33

    53

    99

    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 %

    Ap

    E

    Bt1

    Bt2

    BC

    C

    0

    15

    33

    53

    99

    127

    15

    33

    53

    99

    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

    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; medium roots and many fine roots and few coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0001
    E—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4); weak fine granular structure; very friable; common fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0002
    Bt1—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0003
    Bt2—53 to 99 centimeters (20.9 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few medium and many fine pores; 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0004
    BC—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8); 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct and 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct and 10 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0005. horizon contains pockets of coarser textured material
    C—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6); 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; massive; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # CL0006. horizon contains pockets or strata of coarser textured material