IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Faceville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993SC017009
  • User Pedon ID: S1993SC017009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Clemson
  • Lab Pedon # - S89SC017-10
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82727
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 33.6616982
  • Std. Longitude: -80.7392138
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: TUD taken from Calhoun County SC; Typical pedon of Faceville fine sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes; about 3 miles east of St. Matthews, 1.1 miles east on S.C. Highway 6 from U.S. Highway 601, about 1.85 miles northeast on S-9-43, about 50 feet south of the road.
  • Map Unit: FaB—Faceville fine sandy loam, 2 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-F6—Fort Motte, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis J. DeFrancesco
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Faceville
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2015
  • Classifier - Jonathan Doss
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Faceville
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/30/2015 (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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    kandic horizon

    0—23

    23—155

    23—155

    —23—

    —132—

    —132—
    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

    —

    —

    87

    —

    1360

    —

    255

    18

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0509; moist when described;
    AB—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0510; moist when described;
    Bt1—23 to 86 centimeters (9.1 to 33.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0511; moist when described;
    Bt2—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 10 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; ironstone nodules fragments and quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0512; moist when described;
    Bt3—122 to 155 centimeters (48.0 to 61.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay; 25 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # CL0513; moist when described;