IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ailey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993SC017003
  • User Pedon ID: S1993SC017003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Clemson
  • Lab Pedon # - S89SC017-11
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82728
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 33.6736722
  • Std. Longitude: -80.9395444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: TUD taken from Calhoun County, SC; Typical pedon of Ailey sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes; about 12 miles west of St. Matthews, about 1.3 miles east on S.C. Highway 172 from Staleys Crossroads at S-9- 29, about 100 feet north of the road.
  • Map Unit: AeB—Ailey sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC017—Calhoun
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-LAU—Laurens, South Carolina
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC017—Calhoun County, South Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 33080-F8—Staley Crossroads, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis J. DeFrancesco
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Arenic Kanhapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ailey
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/2015
  • Classifier - Jonathan Doss
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ailey
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy and loamy marine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/2015 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Dennis J. DeFrancesco
  • 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

    fragipan

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    102 - 132

    - 30 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    kandic horizon

    fragic soil properties

    0—74

    74—132

    74—132

    102—132

    —74—

    —58—

    —58—

    —30—
    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

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    31

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    1360

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    255

    18

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0514; moist when described;
    E—18 to 74 centimeters (7.1 to 29.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0515; moist when described;
    Bt—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0516; moist when described;
    Btx—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) sandy clay loam; 25 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) coarse prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0517; moist when described;
    C—132 to 173 centimeters (52.0 to 68.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy clay loam; 25 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) medium prominent mottles; structureless massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # CL0518; moist when described;