IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Greenville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993SC017012
  • User Pedon ID: S1993SC017012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Clemson
  • Lab Pedon # - S89SC017-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82726
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 33.7103856
  • Std. Longitude: -80.6654823
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: TUD taken from Calhoun County SC; Typical pedon of Greenville fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes; about 2.5 miles southeast of Fort Motte, 600 feet northeast on U.S. Highway 601 from Wiles Crossroads at S.C. Highway 419, about 28 feet west of the road.
  • Map Unit: GrA—Greenville fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 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 Rhodic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenville
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2015
  • Classifier - Jonathan Doss
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Greenville
  • 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

    0—18

    18—173

    —18—

    —155—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    29

    —

    1360

    —

    255

    18

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) 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 # CL0567; moist when described;
    Bt1—18 to 31 centimeters (7.1 to 12.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0568; moist when described;
    Bt2—31 to 79 centimeters (12.2 to 31.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0569; moist when described;
    Bt3—79 to 173 centimeters (31.1 to 68.1 inches); dark red (10R 3/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # CL0570; moist when described;