IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Callison

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1992SC081002

User Pedon ID: S1992SC081002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - Clemson

Lab Pedon # - S92SC081-1

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82767

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: 34.0072222

Std. Longitude: -81.9636111

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: TUD taken from Saluda county SC. Callison silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes; Saluda County, South Carolina; about 15.0 miles north of Edgefield from the junction of U.S. Forest Service Roads C-592 and 591, southwest 0.3 mile on U.S. Forest Service Road 591, about 130 degrees southeast for 85 feet; USGS topographic quadrangle, Good Hope, SC (1971); lat. 34 degrees 00 minutes 26 seconds N. and long. 81 degrees 57 minutes 49 seconds W.

Map Unit: CaB—Callison silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

State: South Carolina

County: SC081—Saluda

MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont

Regional Office: SE—Southeast

MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-LAU—Laurens, South Carolina

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC081—Saluda County, South Carolina

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34081-A8—Good Hope, South Carolina

PEDON

Describers Name: Ed Herren

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Callison

Classificaton Date - 6/22/2015

Classifier - Jonathan Doss

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: residuum

Landscape: piedmont

Landform: interfluve

Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: moderately well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/22/2015 (entry creation date)

Data Collector: Ed Herren

Surface Cover Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, paralithic bedrock, lithic	— —	94 - 114 114 - 203	- 20 - - 89 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon paralithic contact lithic contact	0—13 13—94 94—114 114—203	—13— —81— —20—89 —-

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
4	—	—	159	—		1195	—	225	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL1104; moist when described;

Bt1—13 to 46 centimeters (5.1 to 18.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL1105; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 1407695; patchy - phpvsfiid 1407695

Bt2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume slate fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL1106; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 1407693; continuous - phpvsfiid 1407693

Bt3—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few medium roots between peds and few fine roots between peds; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent coarse prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume slate fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL1107; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 1407694; continuous - phpvsfiid 1407694

Btg—86 to 94 centimeters (33.9 to 37.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few medium roots between peds and common fine roots between peds; 55 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; reduced matrix throughout and 10 percent coarse prominent masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL1108; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 1407696; continuous - phpvsfiid 1407696

Crt—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) bedrock; structureless massive; high excavation difficulty; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL1109; moist when described;

R—114 to 203 centimeters (44.9 to 79.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.