IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Norfolk
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993SC017019
  • User Pedon ID: S1993SC017019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Clemson
  • Lab Pedon # - S90SC017-4
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82756
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 33.5430228
  • Std. Longitude: -80.6953138
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: TUD taken from Calhoun County SC; Typical pedon of Norfolk loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes; about 10 miles southeast of St. Matthews, 1.7 miles south on U.S. Highway 601 from S.C. Highway 6 in St. Matthews, 8.2 miles southeast on U.S. Highway 176, about 0.1 mile northeast on S-9-214, about 75 feet southeast of the road in a field.
  • Map Unit: NrA—Norfolk loamy sand, 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-E6—Cameron, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis J. DeFrancesco
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, 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 - Norfolk
  • Classificaton Date - 1/9/2016
  • Classifier - Dennis J. DeFrancesco
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - fifth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Norfolk
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy 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: 8/5/2015 (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—28

    28—158

    28—158

    —28—

    —130—

    —130—
    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

    —

    —

    49

    —

    1360

    —

    255

    18

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0830; moist when described;
    E—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0831; moist when described;
    Bt1—28 to 91 centimeters (11.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0832; moist when described;
    Bt2—91 to 130 centimeters (35.8 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0833; moist when described;
    Bt3—130 to 158 centimeters (51.2 to 62.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 10 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # CL0834; moist when described;